f32224 cc15490	Worcestershire v Lancashire
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 23rd, 24th, 25th August 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Worcestershire 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Lancashire 5 (Batting 4, Bowling 1)
Umpires	DJ Constant, AGT Whitehead
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 77/1 (Kennedy 38*, Abrahams 19*; 20 overs)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 134/3 (Neale 55*, D'Oliveira 5*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	c Hughes b Ratcliffe	96
JA Ormrod	c CH Lloyd b Reidy	37
PA Neale	lbw b Simmons	4
EJO Hemsley	not out	105
BL D'Oliveira	not out	146
DN Patel	did not bat
+DJ Humphries	did not bat
CN Boyns	did not bat
GG Watson	did not bat
*N Gifford	did not bat
AP Pridgeon	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 5 nb)	7
Total	(3 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	395
Fall of wickets:
1-84, 2-108, 3-162

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Croft	19	4	90	0	-	-
Ratcliffe	17	4	78	1	-	-
Reidy	20	4	61	1	-	-
Simmons	25	5	76	1	-	-
Hughes	19	1	83	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Lloyd	b Pridgeon	10
A Kennedy	lbw b Boyns	70
J Abrahams	c D'Oliveira b Pridgeon	20
*FC Hayes	b Watson	31
CH Lloyd	c Hemsley b Patel	120
BW Reidy	c Turner b Gifford	88
J Simmons	not out	24
DP Hughes	not out	13
RM Ratcliffe	did not bat
CEH Croft	did not bat
+CJ Scott	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 7 lb, 1 w)	14
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	390
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-82, 3-122, 4-165, 5-348, 6-362

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	20	3	70	1	-	-
Pridgeon	19	2	86	2	-	-
Boyns	7	1	35	1	-	-
Gifford	38	7	134	1	-	-
Patel	16	2	51	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	c Hughes b Simmons	49
JA Ormrod	c Simmons b Croft	2
PA Neale	c D Lloyd b Croft	67
EJO Hemsley	run out	18
BL D'Oliveira	b Reidy	42
DN Patel	c Hughes b Reidy	4
+DJ Humphries	c Scott b Simmons	4
CN Boyns	hit wkt b Simmons	15
GG Watson	lbw b Croft	2
*N Gifford	not out	37
AP Pridgeon	not out	6
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 7 nb)	15
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 99 overs)	261
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-83, 3-124, 4-162, 5-179, 6-198, 7-200, 8-214, 9-222

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Croft	23	5	53	3	-	-
Ratcliffe	16	3	63	0	-	-
Reidy	18	3	47	2	-	-
Simmons	26	7	47	3	-	-
Hughes	16	6	36	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Lloyd	run out	2
A Kennedy	c Boyns b Patel	31
J Abrahams	c Humphries b Watson	62
*FC Hayes	not out	38
CH Lloyd	c and b Pridgeon	3
BW Reidy	not out	1
J Simmons	did not bat
DP Hughes	did not bat
RM Ratcliffe	did not bat
CEH Croft	did not bat
+CJ Scott	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb)	2
Total	(4 wickets, 31 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-59, 3-128, 4-134

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	8	0	36	1	-	-
Pridgeon	11	1	42	1	-	-
Boyns	2	0	12	0	-	-
Gifford	3	0	16	0	-	-
Patel	7	0	31	1	-	-

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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
--> CH Lloyd (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 66
--> CH Lloyd (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 66
--> BW Reidy (1) passed his previous highest score of 78 in County Championship matches
--> BW Reidy (1) passed his previous highest score of 80 in First-Class matches
--> BW Reidy (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 62
--> PA Neale (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> BL D'Oliveira (2) passed 12000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 9
--> J Abrahams (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 35
--> AP Pridgeon reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> CEH Croft reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire second innings
--> CEH Croft reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire second innings

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