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Friday 16 September 2011 12:05 am  |  Updated:  Thursday 30 May 2019 11:26 pm

HISTORY BOYS: LANCASHIRE END 77-YEAR WAIT

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LANCASHIRE pipped Warwickshire to the County Championship title with victory over Somerset at Taunton on a dramatic final day. Openers Stephen Moore and Paul Horton made 71 and 55 respectively as the Red Rose county, needing 211 to win in a minimum of just 28 overs to claim their first county title since 1934, reached 213 for two to triumph by eight wickets.

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