Lancashire win Championship after 77-year wait
On another dramatic final day of a County Championship season Lancashire secured their first outright title since 1934
12/09Result
County Championship Division One at Taunton, Sep 12-15 2011
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![Somerset]( "Somerset")
380 & 310 -
![Lancashire]( "Lancashire")
480 & 213/2 (29.1 ov)
12/09Result
County Championship Division One at Taunton, Sep 12-15 2011
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![Somerset]( "Somerset")
380 & 310 -
![Lancashire]( "Lancashire")
480 & 213/2 (29.1 ov)
Match Centre
Match Details
Toss
Somerset , elected to bat first
Series result
Lancashire won the 2011 County Championship Division One
Season
Hours of play (local time)
10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30
Match days
12,13,14,15 September 2011 (4-day match)
Umpires
Points
Lancashire 23, Somerset 5
Scorecard Summary
SOMERSET 380 (125.4 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- James Hildreth186 (307)
- Jos Buttler68 (137)
- Glen Chapple2/43 (14)
- Gary Keedy4/57 (28)
LANCASHIRE 480 (126.2 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Stephen Moore68 (147)
- Karl Brown60 (138)
- Murali Kartik5/137 (45.2)
- Alfonso Thomas2/97 (21)
SOMERSET 310 (106.4 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Peter Trego120 (217)
- Murali Kartik*65 (100)
- Glen Chapple3/53 (19)
- Simon Kerrigan3/109 (35.4)
LANCASHIRE 213/2 (29.1 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Paul Horton55 (49)
- Stephen Moore71 (55)
- Peter Trego1/43 (7)
- Craig Meschede1/24 (3.1)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsA triumph against the odds
With no money and no major home ground, Lancashire battled against the tide to secure their first Championship title in 77 years
Lancashire win Championship after 77-year wait
On another dramatic final day of a County Championship season Lancashire secured their first outright title since 1934
Lancashire's fate out of their hands
The last time Lancashire won the County Championship outright, Adolf Hitler had just organised the Night of the Long Knives, Roosevelt had just launched the 'New Deal'
Determined Lancashire stay in title race
If anyone believed the Championship race was over after the first day of the final round of matches, their views must surely have been dispelled by day two
Limping Chapple sums up Lancashire's day
Hamstring injuries are not known to be fatal to the individual that suffers them
