f31670 cc15257	Lancashire v Nottinghamshire
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	Aigburth, Liverpool on 23rd, 25th, 26th July 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Nottinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Lancashire 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Nottinghamshire 2 (Batting 2)
Umpires	R Aspinall, HD Bird
Close of play day 1	Nottinghamshire (1) 188/6 (Smedley 47*, Hacker 5*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (1) 30/0 (Wood 17*, Lloyd 9*)

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Nottinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SB Hassan	lbw b Lee	3
PD Johnson	b Hogg	39
DW Randall	c Wood b Hogg	14
CEB Rice	b Hogg	22
*MJ Smedley	c Lyon b Hughes	64
JD Birch	c Lloyd b Lee	5
RA White	c Lloyd b Croft	21
PJ Hacker	not out	20
+BN French	c Lloyd b Hughes	4
DR Doshi	c and b Hughes	0
W Taylor	c Lloyd b Hughes	0
Extras	(1 b, 9 lb, 23 nb)	33
Total	(all out, 86 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-52, 3-80, 4-113, 5-123, 6-174, 7-209, 8-225, 9-225, 10-225 (86 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Croft	17	8	30	1	-	-
Lee	26	5	74	2	-	-
Hogg	20	4	48	3	-	-
Simmons	13	1	31	0	-	-
Wood	1	1	0	0	-	-
Hughes	9	3	9	4	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	not out	80
*D Lloyd	b White	11
H Pilling	not out	46
J Abrahams	did not bat
BW Reidy	did not bat
DP Hughes	did not bat
J Simmons	did not bat
+J Lyon	did not bat
CEH Croft	did not bat
W Hogg	did not bat
PG Lee	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 7 nb)	13
Total	(1 wicket, declared, 64 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-48 (Lloyd)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rice	3	0	10	0	-	-
Doshi	28	13	53	0	-	-
White	29	9	70	1	-	-
Hacker	1	1	0	0	-	-
Taylor	3	2	4	0	-	-

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Nottinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SB Hassan	retired hurt	11
PD Johnson	b Lee	10
DW Randall	c Wood b Croft	8
CEB Rice	b Simmons	26
*MJ Smedley	c Lyon b Hughes	2
JD Birch	b Hughes	13
RA White	c Hughes b Simmons	0
PJ Hacker	b Simmons	0
+BN French	not out	0
DR Doshi	b Simmons	0
W Taylor	c and b Simmons	0
Extras	(2 nb)	2
Total	(all out, 36.3 overs)	72
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-32, 3-52, 4-60, 5-64, 6-72, 7-72, 8-72, 9-72 (36.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Croft	10	6	16	1	-	-
Lee	8	2	24	1	-	-
Simmons	8.3	4	8	5	-	-
Hughes	10	0	22	2	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	st French b Doshi	16
*D Lloyd	c Randall b Doshi	33
BW Reidy	c Randall b Doshi	9
DP Hughes	c Doshi b White	2
J Simmons	c Hacker b Doshi	13
J Abrahams	not out	6
H Pilling	not out	1
+J Lyon	did not bat
CEH Croft	did not bat
W Hogg	did not bat
PG Lee	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 4 nb)	6
Total	(5 wickets, 26 overs)	86
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-53, 3-64, 4-65, 5-83

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rice	4	1	3	0	-	-
Doshi	9	3	28	4	-	-
White	8	3	20	1	-	-
Hacker	4	1	12	0	-	-
Taylor	1	0	17	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
--> MJ Smedley (1) passed 14000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 27
--> W Hogg achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Nottinghamshire first innings (previous best was 1-48)
--> W Hogg achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Nottinghamshire first innings (previous best was 1-48)
--> J Simmons reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Nottinghamshire second innings
--> PG Lee reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Nottinghamshire second innings
--> J Simmons completed a hat-trick in the Nottinghamshire second innings (Hacker, Doshi, Taylor)

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