f32589 cc15557	Worcestershire v Lancashire
	Schweppes County Championship 1979
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 13th, 14th, 15th June 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 6 wickets
Points	Worcestershire 15 (Batting 1, Bowling 2); Lancashire 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	WE Alley, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 138/4 (Abrahams 25*, Simmons 6*; 66 overs)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 15/1 (Wood 6*, Lyon 2*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	c Humphries b Cumbes	18
GE Trim	c Neale b D'Oliveira	45
D Lloyd	c Hemsley b Inchmore	19
*FC Hayes	retired hurt	1
J Abrahams	c Patel b D'Oliveira	60
BW Reidy	b Inchmore	14
J Simmons	not out	74
+J Lyon	not out	25
R Arrowsmith	did not bat
W Hogg	did not bat
PG Lee	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 8 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	270
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-78, 3-100, 4-128, 5-210

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Inchmore	28	9	86	2	-	-
Watson	20	5	52	0	-	-
Cumbes	37	8	84	1	-	-
D'Oliveira	15	5	34	2	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Ormrod	not out	69
DN Patel	b Hogg	11
PA Neale	c Lyon b Lee	1
*EJO Hemsley	lbw b Hogg	30
Younis Ahmed	c Lyon b Reidy	5
BL D'Oliveira	c Lyon b Reidy	4
BJR Jones	c Lyon b Lee	7
+DJ Humphries	b Lee	0
JD Inchmore	c Wood b Reidy	13
GG Watson	b Reidy	0
J Cumbes	b Reidy	10
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 8 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 66.4 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-27, 3-80, 4-89, 5-97, 6-120, 7-124, 8-140, 9-140, 10-166 (66.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hogg	12	1	32	2	-	-
Lee	22	10	50	3	-	-
Reidy	27.4	6	61	5	-	-
Simmons	5	2	7	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	b Inchmore	30
GE Trim	b Inchmore	0
+J Lyon	b Inchmore	20
D Lloyd	b Watson	29
J Abrahams	b D'Oliveira	7
BW Reidy	c Patel b Watson	10
J Simmons	b Watson	0
R Arrowsmith	not out	21
W Hogg	b Watson	10
PG Lee	not out	2
*FC Hayes	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 7 nb, 2 w)	16
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 48 overs)	145
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-60, 3-73, 4-86, 5-102, 6-102, 7-111, 8-142

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Inchmore	12	2	25	3	-	-
Watson	15	5	29	4	-	-
Cumbes	13	2	37	0	-	-
D'Oliveira	8	0	38	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Ormrod	c Wood b Hogg	39
BJR Jones	c Trim b Hogg	19
PA Neale	c Lyon b Arrowsmith	25
DN Patel	c Simmons b Reidy	13
*EJO Hemsley	not out	68
Younis Ahmed	not out	79
BL D'Oliveira	did not bat
+DJ Humphries	did not bat
JD Inchmore	did not bat
GG Watson	did not bat
J Cumbes	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(4 wickets, 52.5 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-64, 3-88, 4-106

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hogg	13	2	65	2	-	-
Lee	7	0	33	0	-	-
Reidy	11	3	42	1	-	-
Simmons	11	3	46	0	-	-
Arrowsmith	6	1	27	1	-	-
Wood	4.5	0	30	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
--> GE Trim (1) passed his previous highest score of 42 in First-Class matches
--> GE Trim (1) passed his previous highest score of 42 in County Championship matches
--> PA Neale (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> Younis Ahmed (2) passed 16500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 52
--> BW Reidy achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Worcestershire first innings (previous best was 2-47)
--> BW Reidy achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Worcestershire first innings
--> BW Reidy achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Worcestershire first innings (previous best was 2-47)
--> BW Reidy achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Worcestershire first innings
--> FC Hayes retired hurt in the Lancashire first innings having scored 1 (team had lost 2 wickets)

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