a1874	Lancashire v Gloucestershire
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1977 (Group A)
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 30th April, 2nd, 3rd May 1977 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won on faster scoring rate (Run rate)
Points	Lancashire 0; Gloucestershire 3
Umpires	DGL Evans, WE Phillipson
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire 191/8 innings closed
Close of play day 2	Lancashire 113/3 (D Lloyd 56*, Hayes 32*)
Man of the Match	MJ Procter

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Gloucestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
Sadiq Mohammad	c Lyon b Croft	37
+AW Stovold	lbw b Wood	37
Zaheer Abbas	b Ratcliffe	17
*MJ Procter	b Croft	64
DR Shepherd	b Simmons	15
JC Foat	c Abrahams b Simmons	5
DA Graveney	b Ratcliffe	5
MJ Vernon	run out	4
JH Shackleton	not out	1
BM Brain	did not bat
J Davey	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 3 nb)	6
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-75, 2-75, 3-98, 4-134, 5-157, 6-185, 7-189, 8-191 (55 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Croft	11	2	42	2	-	-	33.00	3.82
Lee	11	1	34	0	-	-	-	3.09
Ratcliffe	11	1	56	2	-	-	33.00	5.09
Wood	11	2	34	1	-	-	66.00	3.09
Simmons	11	4	19	2	-	-	33.00	1.73

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Lancashire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
B Wood	run out	11
*D Lloyd	not out	56
H Pilling	lbw b Shackleton	9
CH Lloyd	lbw b Shackleton	0
FC Hayes	not out	32
J Abrahams	did not bat
RM Ratcliffe	did not bat
J Simmons	did not bat
+J Lyon	did not bat
CEH Croft	did not bat
PG Lee	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(3 wickets, 37 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-39, 3-39

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Procter	4	1	8	0	-	-	-	2.00
Brain	6	1	9	0	-	-	-	1.50
Davey	3	0	13	0	-	-	-	4.33
Shackleton	11	0	31	2	-	-	33.00	2.82
Vernon	7	2	22	0	-	-	-	3.14
Graveney	6	0	25	0	-	-	-	4.17

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> When play was halted Lancashire needed to have scored 129 runs to win
--> MJ Procter passed 3500 runs in List A matches when he reached 2
--> CEH Croft made his debut for Lancashire in List A matches
--> CEH Croft made his debut in England in List A matches

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