misc752771	Whalley Road v Merrie England
	Accrington and District Cricket League Harry Wood Cup 1978 (Semi-Final)
Venue	King George V Playing Fields, Accrington on 25th June 1978 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Whalley Road won by 7 wickets

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Merrie England innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
R Slinger	c Wilcock b Bramley	17
J Ashton	c Wilcock b Bramley	7
J Janeczko	b Bramley	1
S Drinkwater	c Cockburn b Nixon	13
R Barker	c Tompsett b Brown	9
D Woods	b Nixon	12
K Dawber	lbw b Nixon	2
E Sillitoe	c Cockburn b Nixon	0
D Kemp	lbw b Bramley	0
D Brotherton	not out	5
E Balderstone	c and b Nixon	1
Extras	(2 b, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 31 overs)	70
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-16, 3-29, 4-44, 5-54, 6-62, 7-62, 8-63, 9-66, 10-70 (31 ov)

Whalley Road bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Brown	12	1	27	1	-		72.00	2.25
Bramley	15	2	34	4	-		22.50	2.27
Nixon	4	1	6	5	-		4.80	1.50

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Whalley Road innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
P Cockburn	b Slinger	9
D Wildman	lbw b Slinger	25
*+W Wilcock	c and b Slinger	10
D Bramley	not out	25
S Hargreaves	not out	1
P Johnson	did not bat
C Edmundson	did not bat
M Hargreaves	did not bat
D Nixon	did not bat
G Brown	did not bat
S Tompsett	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 2 w)	4
Total	(3 wickets, 24 overs)	74
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-43, 3-56

Merrie England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Slinger	12	2	24	3		-	24.00	2.00
Balderstone	8	0	22	0		-	-	2.75
Brotherton	4	0	24	0		-	-	6.00

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