sec2203	Worcestershire Second XI v Lancashire Second XI
	Second Eleven Championship 1979
Venue	Chain Wire Club Ground, Stourport-on-Severn on 4th, 5th, 6th July 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire Second XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire Second XI won by 6 wickets
Points	Worcestershire Second XI 4 (Bowling 4); Lancashire Second XI 19 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	AJ Inman, BF Jones
Scorers	W Lodge (Lancashire), AW Potter (Worcestershire)
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire Second XI (1) 10/1 (Parr 9*, Weston 1*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire Second XI (2) ?/4 (Weston ?*, Curtis ?*)

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Lancashire Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GE Trim	c Brown b Palmer	25
A Kennedy	c Curtis b Emery	94
J Abrahams	b Pridgeon	14
*H Pilling	b Holder	85
G Fowler	b Pridgeon	5
I Cockbain	c Weston b Pridgeon	0
MV Narasimha Rao	c Brown b Palmer	2
RM Ratcliffe	c Emery b Palmer	23
PA Robinson	lbw b Palmer	0
+CJ Scott	not out	3
SJH Adams	not out	4
Extras	(5 b, 11 lb, 10 nb, 2 w)	28
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	283
Fall of wickets:
1-79, 2-114, 3-177, 4-190, 5-198, 6-218, 7-263, 8-264, 9-277

Worcestershire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	24	4	63	1	-	5
Pridgeon	22	7	33	3	-	-
Patel	15	5	48	0	-	-
Palmer	24	3	73	4	-	2
Emery	15	1	38	1	2	-

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Worcestershire Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CD Parr	c Narasimha Rao b Robinson	26
MJ Weston	c Abrahams b Ratcliffe	12
DN Patel	c Scott b Robinson	1
*CN Boyns	c Trim b Narasimha Rao	7
SP Henderson	c Abrahams b Narasimha Rao	10
TS Curtis	lbw b Ratcliffe	5
KSD Emery	b Robinson	19
+A Brown	c Trim b Narasimha Rao	3
VA Holder	c Trim b Narasimha Rao	14
AP Pridgeon	not out	1
R Palmer	c Fowler b Narasimha Rao	8
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 51.5 overs)	112
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-42, 3-44, 4-61, 5-62, 6-68, 7-81, 8-101, 9-103, 10-112 (51.5 ov)

Lancashire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Robinson	14	1	29	3	-	-
Ratcliffe	19	8	31	2	-	-
Narasimha Rao	18.5	7	46	5	-	-

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Worcestershire Second XI second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CD Parr	c Scott b Robinson	9
MJ Weston	c Scott b Robinson	61
DN Patel	c Scott b Robinson	0
*CN Boyns	c Ratcliffe b Robinson	48
SP Henderson	b Narasimha Rao	18
TS Curtis	lbw b Ratcliffe	81
KSD Emery	c Abrahams b Narasimha Rao	6
+A Brown	c Kennedy b Narasimha Rao	8
VA Holder	c Abrahams b Narasimha Rao	4
AP Pridgeon	c Trim b Narasimha Rao	7
R Palmer	not out	1
Extras	(8 b, 12 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	24
Total	(all out, 88 overs)	267
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-16, 3-105, 4-138, 5-161, 6-189, 7-221, 8-229, 9-253, 10-267 (88 ov)

Lancashire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Robinson	18	6	38	4	1	-
Adams	20	3	59	0	-	-
Ratcliffe	22	11	41	1	-	3
Narasimha Rao	28	6	105	5	-	-

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Lancashire Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GE Trim	c Boyns b Holder	24
J Abrahams	c Brown b Pridgeon	48
I Cockbain	lbw b Holder	4
G Fowler	c Weston b Holder	1
MV Narasimha Rao	not out	4
A Kennedy	not out	12
*H Pilling	did not bat
RM Ratcliffe	did not bat
PA Robinson	did not bat
+CJ Scott	did not bat
SJH Adams	did not bat
Extras	(4 nb)	4
Total	(4 wickets, 26.3 overs)	97
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-65, 3-70, 4-85

Worcestershire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	12	3	30	3	-	4
Pridgeon	5.3	1	15	1	-	1
Palmer	4	0	31	0	-	-
Patel	5	1	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

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The match finished at 4.00 pm on the third day.