f31532 cc15147	Lancashire v Gloucestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 4th, 5th, 6th May 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Lancashire 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Gloucestershire 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	A Jepson, R Julian
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 3/0 (Wood 2*, D Lloyd 1*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 57/5 (Sadiq Mohammad 39*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Sadiq Mohammad	c Wood b Arrowsmith	43
+AW Stovold	c Abrahams b Croft	36
Zaheer Abbas	c Lyon b Lee	47
*MJ Procter	c Lyon b Lee	54
DR Shepherd	c Pilling b Simmons	0
JC Foat	lbw b Simmons	5
DA Graveney	c Lyon b Simmons	0
MJ Vernon	c Lyon b Lee	0
JH Shackleton	c Simmons b Arrowsmith	7
BM Brain	b Lee	7
JH Childs	not out	0
Extras	(5 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 82.1 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-70, 2-80, 3-185, 4-186, 5-190, 6-190, 7-191, 8-193, 9-204, 10-205 (82.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Croft	16	3	45	1	-	-
Lee	24	5	59	4	-	-
Simmons	17	6	30	3	-	-
Arrowsmith	20.1	9	45	2	-	-
Wood	5	1	20	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	c Procter b Brain	4
*D Lloyd	c Sadiq Mohammad b Childs	51
H Pilling	c Foat b Graveney	18
CH Lloyd	c Sadiq Mohammad b Procter	95
FC Hayes	c Shackleton b Vernon	73
J Abrahams	c and b Procter	2
J Simmons	c Shackleton b Procter	20
+J Lyon	st Stovold b Procter	5
CEH Croft	c Procter b Childs	10
PG Lee	not out	2
R Arrowsmith	c Vernon b Childs	1
Extras	(2 b, 10 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 100.3 overs)	294
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-77, 3-79, 4-247, 5-251, 6-273, 7-274, 8-289, 9-291, 10-294 (100.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	27	14	39	4	-	-
Brain	19	5	49	1	-	-
Childs	15.3	2	35	3	-	-
Shackleton	12	1	45	0	-	-
Vernon	6	2	22	1	-	-
Graveney	21	6	91	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Sadiq Mohammad	c Hayes b Croft	56
+AW Stovold	c Lyon b Lee	1
Zaheer Abbas	lbw b Lee	4
*MJ Procter	c Lyon b Croft	4
DR Shepherd	c Lyon b Croft	4
JC Foat	not out	25
DA Graveney	c D Lloyd b Simmons	10
MJ Vernon	lbw b Lee	4
JH Shackleton	c D Lloyd b Croft	0
BM Brain	not out	16
JH Childs	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(8 wickets, 65 overs)	130
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-35, 3-49, 4-53, 5-57, 6-82, 7-104, 8-112

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Croft	20	8	33	4	-	-
Lee	14	4	49	3	-	-
Simmons	17	7	24	1	-	-
Arrowsmith	12	7	16	0	-	-
D Lloyd	2	1	2	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
--> CEH Croft made his debut in County Championship matches
--> Sadiq Mohammad (2) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> JC Foat (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 10
--> DA Graveney (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> CEH Croft made his debut for Lancashire in First-Class matches
--> MJ Vernon made his debut for Gloucestershire in County Championship matches
--> MJ Vernon made his debut for Gloucestershire in First-Class matches
--> CEH Croft made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> BM Brain reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> JH Childs reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> BM Brain reached 500 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire first innings

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