f31616 cc15211	Worcestershire v Hampshire
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 18th, 20th, 21st June 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Hampshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Hampshire won by 6 wickets
Points	Worcestershire 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3); Hampshire 17 (Batting 3, Bowling 2)
Umpires	TW Spencer, J van Geloven
Scorers	VH Isaacs (Hampshire), A Ross Slater (Worcestershire)
Close of play day 1	Hampshire (1) 15/1 (Greenidge 8*, Turner 0*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 59/2 (Neale 17*, Patel 12*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	c Elms b Southern	153
JA Ormrod	c Greenidge b Jesty	0
PA Neale	b Elms	1
EJO Hemsley	c Richards b Taylor	79
BL D'Oliveira	not out	48
+DJ Humphries	c Rice b Taylor	18
VA Holder	not out	0
DN Patel	did not bat
*N Gifford	did not bat
J Cumbes	did not bat
AP Pridgeon	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	308
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-3, 3-182, 4-270, 5-308

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Elms	10	1	37	1	-	-
Jesty	10	3	33	1	-	-
Taylor	25	10	55	2	-	-
Rice	11	3	28	0	-	-
Murtagh	3	0	28	0	-	-
Southern	22	8	49	1	-	-
Cowley	19	5	69	0	-	-

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Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CG Greenidge	b Holder	22
BA Richards	c Turner b Cumbes	6
DR Turner	c Turner b Gifford	69
TE Jesty	b Holder	25
JM Rice	c Hemsley b Gifford	34
NGC Cowley	not out	60
AJ Murtagh	c Neale b D'Oliveira	10
MNS Taylor	c Gifford b Cumbes	9
RB Elms	not out	29
*+GR Stephenson	did not bat
JW Southern	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb, 11 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	284
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-31, 3-81, 4-163, 5-168, 6-196, 7-218

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	28	7	72	2	-	-
Cumbes	30	2	80	2	-	-
Pridgeon	12	0	52	0	-	-
Gifford	24	8	45	2	-	-
D'Oliveira	6	2	15	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Ormrod	lbw b Elms	0
PA Neale	c Richards b Southern	31
EJO Hemsley	b Rice	19
DN Patel	c Stephenson b Rice	19
BL D'Oliveira	c Greenidge b Rice	29
+DJ Humphries	c Stephenson b Rice	0
GM Turner	b Rice	2
VA Holder	b Southern	1
*N Gifford	b Rice	0
J Cumbes	lbw b Rice	9
AP Pridgeon	not out	1
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 5 nb, 2 w)	16
Total	(all out, 70 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-32, 3-75, 4-82, 5-83, 6-89, 7-90, 8-98, 9-122, 10-127 (70 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Elms	8	3	17	1	-	-
Jesty	7	4	13	0	-	-
Taylor	15	9	21	0	-	-
Rice	26	11	48	7	-	-
Southern	14	8	12	2	-	-

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Hampshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CG Greenidge	c Hemsley b Holder	30
BA Richards	not out	78
DR Turner	b Pridgeon	9
TE Jesty	b Gifford	1
JM Rice	c Patel b Pridgeon	6
NGC Cowley	not out	11
AJ Murtagh	did not bat
MNS Taylor	did not bat
RB Elms	did not bat
*+GR Stephenson	did not bat
JW Southern	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 10 nb)	17
Total	(4 wickets, 44 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-87, 3-91, 4-107

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	15	2	45	1	-	-
Cumbes	6	0	31	0	-	-
Pridgeon	11	4	34	2	-	-
Gifford	12	2	25	1	-	-

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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
--> GM Turner (1) passed 24500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 82
--> MNS Taylor reached 700 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> JM Rice achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Worcestershire second innings (previous best was 5-31)
--> JM Rice achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Worcestershire second innings (previous best was 5-31)

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