ll13895	Accrington v East Lancashire
	Lancashire League 1971
Venue	Thorneyholme Road, Accrington on 3rd July 1971 (32-over match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Accrington won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Accrington won by 54 runs
Points	Accrington 5 (Bowling 1); East Lancashire 0

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Accrington innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Bailey (Pro)	c and b Sharp	6
RM Ratcliffe	c Kelly b Hawke	4
RF Cuddihy	b Houston	43
B Rutter	c Cooper b Hawke	9
G Hayhurst	lbw b Hawke	46
J Kearsley	b Hawke	5
*E Robinson	b Houston	0
GJ Woodcock	lbw b Sharp	30
IH Birtwistle	c Hawke b Sharp	16
A Worsick	not out	1
+T Neville	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 32 overs)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-15, 3-27, 4-104, 5-111, 6-112, 7-130, 8-152, 9-165 (32 ov)

East Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hawke	11	1	42	4	-	-
Sharp	10	0	60	3	-	-
Turner	5	0	30	0	-	-
Houston	6	0	28	2	-	-

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East Lancashire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Wilson	c Robinson b Birtwistle	36
*B Ratcliffe	b Ratcliffe	48
J Kenyon	c Hayhurst b Birtwistle	10
EW Cooper	run out	1
NJN Hawke (Pro)	b Birtwistle	5
MR Crowther	run out	0
IC Houston	lbw b Ratcliffe	3
D Adams	c and b Birtwistle	0
RG Sharp	b Ratcliffe	0
CP Turner	st Neville b Birtwistle	0
+R Kelly	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 28.7 overs)	111
Fall of wickets:
1-70, 2-87, 3-88, 4-97, 5-101, 6-110, 7-111, 8-111, 9-111, 10-111 (28.7 ov)

Accrington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Worsick	6	1	20	0	-	-
Woodcock	5	0	19	0	-	-
Robinson	3	0	15	0	-	-
Birtwistle	8.7	1	31	5	-	-
Ratcliffe	6	2	18	3	-	-

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Notes
--> IH Birtwistle passed his previous highest score of 15 in Lancashire League matches
--> IH Birtwistle reached 150 wickets in Lancashire League matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the East Lancashire innings

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