f32149 cc15424	Gloucestershire v Lancashire
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	Phoenix County Ground, Bristol on 12th, 13th, 14th July 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 7 wickets
Points	Gloucestershire 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Lancashire 16 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	R Julian, KE Palmer
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 83/8 (Simmons 57*, Arrowsmith 6*; 38 overs)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 105/0 (D Lloyd 59*, Kennedy 42*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Stovold	b Allott	30
Sadiq Mohammad	c Wood b Ratcliffe	9
Zaheer Abbas	lbw b Wood	22
AJ Hignell	c CH Lloyd b Ratcliffe	32
*MJ Procter	b Ratcliffe	14
JC Foat	c Simmons b Ratcliffe	0
DA Graveney	c Simmons b Ratcliffe	46
+AJ Brassington	c and b Wood	8
JH Shackleton	c Lyon b Wood	0
J Davey	c CH Lloyd b Allott	2
JH Childs	not out	0
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(all out, 67.4 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-61, 3-61, 4-81, 5-87, 6-112, 7-139, 8-140, 9-143, 10-164 (67.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ratcliffe	24.4	13	54	5	-	-
Allott	20	5	55	2	-	-
Wood	20	7	45	3	-	-
Arrowsmith	1	0	7	0	-	-
Simmons	2	0	2	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Lloyd	b Procter	4
A Kennedy	c Brassington b Procter	0
J Abrahams	c Shackleton b Procter	7
*FC Hayes	c Foat b Procter	0
CH Lloyd	c Brassington b Procter	0
B Wood	lbw b Procter	2
J Simmons	c Zaheer Abbas b Procter	81
+J Lyon	c Brassington b Davey	5
RM Ratcliffe	c Stovold b Davey	0
R Arrowsmith	c Hignell b Childs	23
PJW Allott	not out	0
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 51.5 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-5, 3-7, 4-7, 5-9, 6-32, 7-62, 8-66, 9-125, 10-127 (51.5 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	19	6	45	7	-	-
Davey	19	6	37	2	-	-
Shackleton	10	3	29	0	-	-
Childs	3.5	1	11	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Stovold	c Lyon b Ratcliffe	0
Sadiq Mohammad	c D Lloyd b Allott	10
Zaheer Abbas	c D Lloyd b Allott	1
AJ Hignell	lbw b Allott	15
JC Foat	c CH Lloyd b Simmons	38
*MJ Procter	c Lyon b Ratcliffe	20
DA Graveney	c Lyon b Ratcliffe	4
+AJ Brassington	b Ratcliffe	0
JH Shackleton	c CH Lloyd b Arrowsmith	22
J Davey	st Lyon b Simmons	10
JH Childs	not out	3
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 3 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 64.3 overs)	133
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-1, 3-21, 4-28, 5-62, 6-68, 7-68, 8-107, 9-129, 10-133 (64.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ratcliffe	22	9	34	4	-	-
Allott	16	1	54	3	-	-
Arrowsmith	8.3	5	12	1	-	-
Simmons	11	6	17	2	-	-
Kennedy	7	3	6	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Lloyd	lbw b Procter	63
A Kennedy	c Zaheer Abbas b Shackleton	76
J Abrahams	c Brassington b Davey	3
*FC Hayes	not out	15
CH Lloyd	not out	7
B Wood	did not bat
J Simmons	did not bat
+J Lyon	did not bat
RM Ratcliffe	did not bat
R Arrowsmith	did not bat
PJW Allott	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 5 nb)	7
Total	(3 wickets, 56.3 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-118, 2-128, 3-158

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	14	5	39	1	-	-
Davey	12	2	44	1	-	-
Shackleton	11	5	21	1	-	-
Childs	8	1	23	0	-	-
Graveney	11	6	30	0	-	-
Sadiq Mohammad	0.3	0	7	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
--> PJW Allott made his debut in First-Class matches
--> PJW Allott made his debut in County Championship matches
--> JH Shackleton made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JH Shackleton made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> DA Graveney (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 33
--> D Lloyd (2) passed 11000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 36
--> RM Ratcliffe reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> MJ Procter reached 1100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> RM Ratcliffe reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings

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