f27419 cc13645	Nottinghamshire v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Trent Bridge, Nottingham on 14th, 15th, 16th August 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Nottinghamshire 4 (Bowling 4); Worcestershire 5 (Batting 3, Bowling 2)
Umpires	JS Buller, GH Pope
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 94/3 (Graveney 30*, D'Oliveira 11*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (1) 229/6 (Booth 13*, Gifford 13*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGA Headley	b Sobers	38
GM Turner	lbw b Sobers	4
JA Ormrod	c Murray b Taylor	10
*TW Graveney	c Murray b Sobers	88
BL D'Oliveira	c Frost b Taylor	29
ARP Barker	c Murray b Halfyard	32
+R Booth	c Murray b Sobers	13
N Gifford	run out	13
VA Holder	c Murray b Halfyard	5
LJ Coldwell	b Halfyard	2
RGM Carter	not out	4
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 90 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-44, 3-73, 4-128, 5-200, 6-204, 7-229, 8-229, 9-235, 10-240 (90 ov)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sobers	26	7	60	4	-	-
Forbes	19	4	60	0	-	-
Halfyard	29	10	76	3	-	-
Taylor	16	8	42	2	-	-

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Nottinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NW Hill	c Ormrod b Coldwell	46
JB Bolus	lbw b Carter	1
G Frost	b Coldwell	10
MJ Smedley	not out	35
HI Moore	c Turner b Carter	6
*GS Sobers	b Gifford	19
+DL Murray	did not bat
SR Bielby	did not bat
MNS Taylor	did not bat
C Forbes	did not bat
DJ Halfyard	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb)	3
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 38.5 overs)	120
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-38, 3-73, 4-95, 5-120 (38.5 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	8	1	26	0	-	-
Carter	8	1	26	2	-	-
Coldwell	12	5	26	2	-	-
D'Oliveira	4	2	6	0	-	-
Gifford	6.5	2	33	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGA Headley	not out	37
GM Turner	b Taylor	10
JA Ormrod	not out	14
*TW Graveney	did not bat
BL D'Oliveira	did not bat
ARP Barker	did not bat
+R Booth	did not bat
N Gifford	did not bat
VA Holder	did not bat
LJ Coldwell	did not bat
RGM Carter	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(1 wicket, declared, 17 overs)	68
Fall of wickets:
1-45 (Turner)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sobers	3	0	14	0	-	-
Forbes	5	0	24	0	-	-
Halfyard	3	0	15	0	-	-
Taylor	6	2	8	1	-	-

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Nottinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Bolus	not out	6
G Frost	not out	18
NW Hill	did not bat
MJ Smedley	did not bat
HI Moore	did not bat
*GS Sobers	did not bat
+DL Murray	did not bat
SR Bielby	did not bat
MNS Taylor	did not bat
C Forbes	did not bat
DJ Halfyard	did not bat
Extras	(2 nb)	2
Total	(no wicket, 5 overs)	26

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	3	1	19	0	-	-
Carter	2	1	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> NW Hill made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> NW Hill made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> MJ Smedley (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 33
--> DJ Halfyard reached 800 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings

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