sec1851	Lancashire Second XI v Leicestershire Second XI
	Second Eleven Championship 1976
Venue	Moorside Road, Urmston on 23rd, 24th June 1976 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire Second XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire Second XI won by 131 runs
Umpires	WH Cottrill, T Drinkwater
Scorers	SG Chamberlain (Leicestershire), W Lodge (Lancashire)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire Second XI (1) 160/7 (Birkenshaw 50*, Parsons 2*)

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Lancashire Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Kennedy	c Dudleston b Birkenshaw	33
GE Trim	c Birkenshaw b Steele	27
J Abrahams	c Merry b Birkenshaw	35
BW Reidy	c Cook b Birkenshaw	33
*J Sullivan	b Birkenshaw	69
DP Hughes	c Humphries b Birkenshaw	21
R Arrowsmith	not out	12
+J Lyon	not out	20
AJ Good	did not bat
W Hogg	did not bat
GJ Dodds	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 81 overs)	262
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-104, 3-104, 4-190, 5-227, 6-230

Leicestershire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Merry	3	0	16	0	-	-
Parsons	3	0	12	0	-	1
Birkenshaw	37	9	82	5	-	-
Spencer	4	1	13	0	-	-
Cook	20	3	74	0	-	-
Steele	14	5	53	1	-	-

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Leicestershire Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Sullivan b Hughes	34
JF Steele	c Hughes b Good	4
DI Gower	lbw b Hughes	46
+DJ Humphries	c Reidy b Hughes	8
M Schepens	c Reidy b Hughes	0
J Birkenshaw	c Sullivan b Hughes	81
DJ Munden	c Kennedy b Hughes	11
NGB Cook	c Hughes b Abrahams	0
GJ Parsons	c Reidy b Hughes	2
WG Merry	c Trim b Hughes	6
*CT Spencer	not out	0
Extras	(1 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 57 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-82, 3-89, 4-89, 5-106, 6-127, 7-128, 8-161, 9-188, 10-198 (57 ov)

Lancashire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Good	9	2	32	1	-	2
Hogg	7	1	34	0	1	2
Hughes	26	8	75	8	-	-
Arrowsmith	11	2	40	0	-	-
Abrahams	4	0	11	1	-	-

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Lancashire Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Kennedy	c Steele b Birkenshaw	51
GE Trim	c Humphries b Spencer	0
J Abrahams	c Birkenshaw b Merry	0
BW Reidy	c Humphries b Spencer	29
*J Sullivan	c Cook b Spencer	16
DP Hughes	c Schepens b Cook	47
R Arrowsmith	c Spencer b Cook	12
+J Lyon	not out	5
AJ Good	c Schepens b Cook	6
W Hogg	did not bat
GJ Dodds	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 nb)	5
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 58.3 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-2, 3-48, 4-70, 5-142, 6-155, 7-165, 8-171 (58.3 ov)

Leicestershire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	20	4	51	3	-	-
Merry	4	0	8	1	-	1
Birkenshaw	15	3	31	1	-	-
Steele	6	1	20	0	-	-
Cook	9.3	3	40	3	-	-
Munden	4	1	16	0	-	-

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Leicestershire Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Sullivan b Arrowsmith	16
JF Steele	c sub b Good	17
DI Gower	c Abrahams b Good	5
+DJ Humphries	c Dodds b Abrahams	24
M Schepens	c Abrahams b Arrowsmith	25
J Birkenshaw	lbw b Good	2
DJ Munden	lbw b Good	0
NGB Cook	c Kennedy b Good	0
GJ Parsons	c Lyon b Abrahams	2
WG Merry	c and b Hughes	0
*CT Spencer	not out	8
Extras	(1 b, 4 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 34.5 overs)	104
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-39, 3-46, 4-85, 5-87, 6-87, 7-87, 8-95, 9-96, 10-104 (34.5 ov)

Lancashire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Good	10	0	36	5	-	4
Dodds	4	2	6	0	-	-
Arrowsmith	10	2	35	2	-	-
Hughes	6.5	1	17	1	-	-
Abrahams	4	2	5	2	-	-

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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

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The match ended at 5.37 pm on the second day.

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