f32064 cc15357	Lancashire v Worcestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 31st May, 1st, 2nd June 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 233 runs
Points	Lancashire 17 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Worcestershire 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	R Aspinall, WE Phillipson
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 129/6 (Turner 17*; 46.2 overs)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 306/2 (D Lloyd 121*, CH Lloyd 3*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Lloyd	b D'Oliveira	38
A Kennedy	b Pridgeon	17
*FC Hayes	c D'Oliveira b Cumbes	29
CH Lloyd	c Turner b Cumbes	54
J Abrahams	b Watson	1
DP Hughes	c Boyns b Watson	0
J Simmons	c Humphries b Pridgeon	10
+J Lyon	b Pridgeon	5
RM Ratcliffe	lbw b Cumbes	1
CEH Croft	c Humphries b Cumbes	5
W Hogg	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 58.1 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-84, 3-90, 4-109, 5-111, 6-141, 7-155, 8-157, 9-163, 10-163 (58.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	11	1	34	2	-	-
Pridgeon	13.1	1	39	3	-	-
D'Oliveira	9	1	31	1	-	-
Gifford	5	3	4	0	-	-
Cumbes	20	4	52	4	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Ormrod	c D Lloyd b Hughes	38
+DJ Humphries	c Hayes b Croft	9
PA Neale	c CH Lloyd b Hughes	21
EJO Hemsley	c CH Lloyd b Ratcliffe	7
BL D'Oliveira	b Hughes	12
GM Turner	c Simmons b Ratcliffe	17
CN Boyns	lbw b Croft	12
GG Watson	c Lyon b Ratcliffe	0
*N Gifford	not out	2
AP Pridgeon	b Croft	0
J Cumbes	b Croft	0
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 5 nb, 2 w)	13
Total	(all out, 52.2 overs)	131
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-63, 3-82, 4-86, 5-106, 6-129, 7-129, 8-130, 9-131, 10-131 (52.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Croft	18.2	7	21	4	-	-
Hogg	5	2	13	0	-	-
Ratcliffe	20	8	44	3	-	-
Hughes	8	1	35	3	-	-
Simmons	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Lloyd	not out	121
A Kennedy	c Turner b Pridgeon	43
*FC Hayes	b Pridgeon	113
CH Lloyd	not out	3
J Abrahams	did not bat
DP Hughes	did not bat
J Simmons	did not bat
+J Lyon	did not bat
RM Ratcliffe	did not bat
CEH Croft	did not bat
W Hogg	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 17 lb, 1 nb)	26
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 88.3 overs)	306
Fall of wickets:
1-109, 2-294

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	16	1	58	0	-	-
Pridgeon	19.3	2	76	2	-	-
D'Oliveira	13	6	21	0	-	-
Gifford	22	7	70	0	-	-
Cumbes	15	3	46	0	-	-
Boyns	3	0	9	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	c Kennedy b Croft	11
+DJ Humphries	c D Lloyd b Hogg	2
PA Neale	b Hogg	9
EJO Hemsley	c Lyon b Hogg	18
BL D'Oliveira	lbw b Hogg	9
*N Gifford	c Lyon b Hogg	0
CN Boyns	not out	19
GG Watson	b Ratcliffe	23
AP Pridgeon	b Croft	5
J Cumbes	c Hughes b Ratcliffe	1
JA Ormrod	absent ill
Extras	(3 lb, 5 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 35.2 overs)	105
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-18, 3-34, 4-47, 5-49, 6-54, 7-93, 8-104, 9-105 (35.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Croft	8	2	24	2	-	-
Hogg	14	4	32	5	-	-
Ratcliffe	3.2	0	14	2	-	-
Hughes	7	1	14	0	-	-
Simmons	3	1	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> DP Hughes reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> W Hogg achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Worcestershire second innings (previous best was 4-73)
--> W Hogg achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Worcestershire second innings
--> W Hogg achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Worcestershire second innings (previous best was 4-73)
--> W Hogg achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Worcestershire second innings

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