f32610 cc15575	Lancashire v Middlesex
	Schweppes County Championship 1979
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 23rd, 25th, 26th June 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 6 wickets
Points	Lancashire 15 (Batting 1, Bowling 2); Middlesex 3 (Batting 2, Bowling 1)
Umpires	RS Herman, CT Spencer
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 120/5 (Barlow 19*, Gould 16*; 45 overs)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (1) 59/0 (Wood 48*, Trim 10*; 22 overs)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	c Lyon b Hogg	0
WN Slack	c Lloyd b Arrowsmith	18
*CT Radley	c Simmons b Hogg	46
GD Barlow	not out	43
RO Butcher	c Wood b Arrowsmith	10
NG Featherstone	c Simmons b Hogg	0
+IJ Gould	b Simmons	65
JE Emburey	not out	5
MWW Selvey	did not bat
WW Daniel	did not bat
WG Merry	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	13
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 60.2 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-63, 3-72, 4-88, 5-89, 6-194

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hogg	17	4	61	3	-	-
Allott	11	2	22	0	-	-
Ratcliffe	7	1	19	0	-	-
Arrowsmith	14	4	37	2	-	-
Simmons	11.2	0	48	1	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	not out	88
GE Trim	c Featherstone b Selvey	15
J Abrahams	c Barlow b Featherstone	15
*J Simmons	b Merry	6
A Kennedy	c Selvey b Featherstone	16
+J Lyon	not out	2
D Lloyd	did not bat
RM Ratcliffe	did not bat
R Arrowsmith	did not bat
PJW Allott	did not bat
W Hogg	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb)	8
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 54 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-68, 2-109, 3-127, 4-144

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	8	1	22	0	-	-
Selvey	11	8	6	1	-	-
Emburey	19	3	50	0	-	-
Merry	9	1	29	1	-	-
Featherstone	7	0	35	2	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	c Arrowsmith b Simmons	34
WN Slack	c Arrowsmith b Simmons	1
*CT Radley	c and b Simmons	43
GD Barlow	c Trim b Simmons	2
RO Butcher	c Hogg b Simmons	44
NG Featherstone	b Simmons	26
+IJ Gould	b Arrowsmith	0
JE Emburey	st Lyon b Simmons	0
MWW Selvey	b Arrowsmith	1
WW Daniel	not out	0
WG Merry	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 32.2 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-74, 3-78, 4-82, 5-145, 6-146, 7-152, 8-153, 9-153 (32.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hogg	1	0	1	0	-	-
Allott	1	0	4	0	-	-
Arrowsmith	15.2	3	60	2	-	-
Simmons	15	0	86	7	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	c Radley b Daniel	74
GE Trim	c Gould b Selvey	6
D Lloyd	c Selvey b Emburey	44
J Abrahams	c Smith b Emburey	14
*J Simmons	not out	35
A Kennedy	not out	18
+J Lyon	did not bat
RM Ratcliffe	did not bat
R Arrowsmith	did not bat
PJW Allott	did not bat
W Hogg	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 4 nb)	13
Total	(4 wickets, 42.3 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-108, 3-144, 4-149

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	21.3	1	79	1	-	-
Selvey	11	1	48	1	-	-
Emburey	10	0	64	2	-	-

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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
--> NG Featherstone reached 150 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> J Simmons reached 550 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Middlesex second innings

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