f32745 cc15681	Lancashire v Leicestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1979
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 5th, 6th September 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 10 wickets
Points	Lancashire 18 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Leicestershire 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	D Shackleton, AGT Whitehead
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 110/2 (Hayes 60*, Lloyd 21*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	b Malone	30
JF Steele	c Scott b Malone	11
JC Balderstone	lbw b Lee	31
BF Davison	b Malone	0
DI Gower	c Scott b Malone	13
PB Clift	c Hayes b Simmons	19
+RW Tolchard	b Simmons	0
J Birkenshaw	c Scott b Malone	5
K Shuttleworth	c Hayes b Malone	20
NGB Cook	c Scott b Lee	10
*K Higgs	not out	7
Extras	(1 lb, 1 w)	2
Total	(all out, 63.4 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-44, 3-44, 4-62, 5-92, 6-96, 7-100, 8-126, 9-134, 10-148 (63.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Malone	29	8	60	6	-	-
Lee	19.4	3	54	2	-	-
Ratcliffe	12	5	23	0	-	-
Simmons	3	0	9	2	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	lbw b Higgs	4
A Kennedy	b Shuttleworth	21
*FC Hayes	b Higgs	85
CH Lloyd	c Tolchard b Higgs	36
J Abrahams	lbw b Shuttleworth	0
I Cockbain	c Steele b Higgs	23
J Simmons	not out	41
RM Ratcliffe	lbw b Higgs	0
MF Malone	c Tolchard b Higgs	0
+CJ Scott	b Clift	0
PG Lee	b Shuttleworth	19
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 2 w)	8
Total	(all out, 79.2 overs)	237
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-69, 3-134, 4-135, 5-175, 6-178, 7-178, 8-178, 9-179, 10-237 (79.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	29	6	84	6	-	-
Shuttleworth	22.2	1	81	3	-	-
Clift	22	4	61	1	-	-
Cook	4	3	3	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	2	2	0	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	run out	29
JF Steele	b Malone	8
JC Balderstone	c Wood b Malone	22
BF Davison	c Lloyd b Lee	10
DI Gower	b Ratcliffe	10
PB Clift	c Scott b Ratcliffe	0
+RW Tolchard	c Lloyd b Malone	4
J Birkenshaw	lbw b Ratcliffe	6
K Shuttleworth	c Hayes b Malone	3
NGB Cook	b Malone	2
*K Higgs	not out	0
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 48.3 overs)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-47, 3-57, 4-77, 5-79, 6-79, 7-86, 8-92, 9-92, 10-94 (48.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Malone	19.3	10	32	5	-	-
Lee	10	1	38	1	-	-
Ratcliffe	17	10	22	3	-	-
Wood	2	0	2	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	not out	1
A Kennedy	not out	6
*FC Hayes	did not bat
CH Lloyd	did not bat
J Abrahams	did not bat
I Cockbain	did not bat
J Simmons	did not bat
RM Ratcliffe	did not bat
MF Malone	did not bat
+CJ Scott	did not bat
PG Lee	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 0.5 overs)	7

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davison	0.5	0	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> I Cockbain made his debut in First-Class matches
--> I Cockbain made his debut in County Championship matches
--> J Simmons reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> J Simmons reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> PB Clift reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire first innings

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