f30744 cc14967	Lancashire v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1975
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 10th, 11th, 12th September 1975 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 10 wickets
Points	Lancashire 18 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Gloucestershire 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	A Jepson, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 279/6 (Hughes 23*, Simmons 13*; 85 overs)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 126/7 (Foat 0*, Graveney 0*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	b Davey	46
A Kennedy	b Davey	92
FC Hayes	c Dixon b Davey	23
CH Lloyd	b Brown	6
*D Lloyd	lbw b Dixon	17
+FM Engineer	c Stovold b Dixon	26
DP Hughes	b Davey	34
J Simmons	c Davey b Dixon	18
RM Ratcliffe	not out	5
P Lever	not out	2
PG Lee	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 19 lb, 3 nb)	33
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 92.4 overs)	302
Fall of wickets:
1-119, 2-173, 3-176, 4-180, 5-218, 6-249, 7-292, 8-295

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davey	25.4	6	73	4	-	-
Dixon	23	4	70	3	-	-
Shackleton	19	4	51	0	-	-
Brown	25	6	75	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Sadiq Mohammad	c Kennedy b Lee	4
+AW Stovold	c Engineer b Lever	3
Zaheer Abbas	c Hayes b Lee	0
DR Shepherd	c Kennedy b Ratcliffe	59
NHC Cooper	lbw b Lever	0
JC Foat	c Engineer b Lee	7
*AS Brown	c Engineer b Lever	18
DA Graveney	c Wood b Lee	8
JH Shackleton	c Simmons b Lee	8
J Davey	run out	6
JH Dixon	not out	4
Extras	(3 lb, 4 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 38.1 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-5, 3-11, 4-14, 5-65, 6-86, 7-102, 8-108, 9-116, 10-124 (38.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	14.1	5	40	3	-	-
Lee	18	5	66	5	-	-
Ratcliffe	5	2	8	1	-	-
Hughes	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Sadiq Mohammad	c Simmons b Hughes	38
+AW Stovold	c Lever b Lee	4
Zaheer Abbas	c Simmons b Ratcliffe	51
DR Shepherd	c Hayes b Ratcliffe	27
NHC Cooper	c Simmons b Ratcliffe	2
*AS Brown	lbw b Ratcliffe	0
JH Shackleton	b Simmons	2
JC Foat	c Wood b Lee	8
DA Graveney	not out	14
J Davey	c Engineer b Ratcliffe	27
JH Dixon	c Engineer b Lee	8
Extras	(4 b, 3 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 64.2 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-83, 3-112, 4-123, 5-123, 6-124, 7-126, 8-135, 9-177, 10-188 (64.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	4	0	19	0	-	-
Lee	16.2	1	55	3	-	-
Ratcliffe	17	5	45	5	-	-
Hughes	9	3	24	1	-	-
Wood	8	2	21	0	-	-
Simmons	10	3	17	1	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Kennedy	not out	1
+FM Engineer	not out	7
B Wood	did not bat
FC Hayes	did not bat
CH Lloyd	did not bat
*D Lloyd	did not bat
DP Hughes	did not bat
J Simmons	did not bat
RM Ratcliffe	did not bat
P Lever	did not bat
PG Lee	did not bat
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(no wicket, 1.5 overs)	11

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shepherd	1	0	4	0	-	-
Stovold	0.5	0	4	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
--> FC Hayes (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 9
--> FC Hayes (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> Zaheer Abbas (2) passed 12000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> J Davey (2) passed his previous highest score of 22 in County Championship matches
--> J Davey reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> P Lever reached 750 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> PG Lee reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings

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