United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington DC 20549
Form 13F
Form 13F Cover Page
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 9/30/99
Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number: ____
This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement.
[ ] adds new holdings entries.
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: The Hickory Group, Ltd.
Address: 1801 East 9th Street, Suite 1500
Cleveland, Ohio 44114-3198
Form 13F File Number: 28-3921
The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom
it is signed
hereby
represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that
all information
contained herein
is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required
items, statements,
schedules, lists,
and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Paul R. Abbey
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
Phone: 216.781.5600
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
___________________________ Cleveland, Ohio November 3, 1999
(Signature) (City, State) (Date)
Report Type (Check only one.):
[ ] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT: (Check here if all holdings of this reporting
manager are
reported in this
report.)
[ ] 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report,
and all holdings are
reported by
other reporting manager(s).)
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for
this
reporting manager
are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other
reporting manager(s).)
FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 82
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 188,913
(thousands)
List of Other Included Managers:
Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all
institutional
investment
managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager
filing this report.
NONE
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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
Name of Issuer
Title of Class
Cusip
Value
(x$1000)
Shrs or
Prn Amt
Sh/
PRN
Put/
Call
Investment
Discretion
Other
Managers
Voting Authority
Sole
Shared
None
Abbott Laboratories Equities 002824100 4180 113931 sh - sole none
Air Products & Chem Equities 009158106 1938 66251 sh - sole none
Allied Capital Equities 01903q108 344 15320 sh - sole none
Altera Corp Equities 021441100 4095 94420 sh - sole none
American Express Equities 025816109 3166 23450 sh - sole none
American Home Prods Equities 026609107 4691 11304 sh - sole none
American Intl Group Equities 026874107 2879 33113 sh - sole none
Atlantic Coast Airlines Equities 048396105 379 21340 sh - sole
none
Automatic Data Proc Equities 053015103 1937 43397 sh - sole none
BP Amoco PLC Equities 055622104 1281 11562 sh - sole none
Bank One Equities 06423a103 1920 55135 sh - sole none
BellSouth Corp. Equities 079860102 491 10922 sh - sole none
Boeing Equities 097023105 2286 53622 sh - sole none
Bristol-Myers Squibb Equities 110122108 1155 17110 sh - sole none
CBRL Group Equities 12489v106 1671 128550 sh - sole none
Carnival Corp Equities 143658102 806 18531 sh - sole none
Cedar Fair L.P. Equities 150185106 305 14720 sh - sole none
Ciber Equities 17163b102 2991 195350 sh - sole none
Cisco Systems Inc. Equities 17275r102 1393 20314 sh - sole none
Comair Holdings Equities 199789108 626 37498 sh - sole none
Compaq Computer Equities 204493100 2712 118575 sh - sole none
Conseco Equities 208464107 1833 96450 sh - sole none
DST Systems Inc. Equities 233326107 646 11366 sh - sole none
Delhaize America 'B' Equities 246688204 233 10333 sh - sole none
Disney Company, Walt Equities 254687106 943 36263 sh - sole none
Duke Power Company Equities 264399106 570 10344 sh - sole none
EMC Corp Mass Equities 268648102 834 11690 sh - sole none
ENDESA Equities 29258n107 2190 114500 sh - sole none
Elan Corp PLC Equities 284131208 6006 178942 sh - sole none
Ericsson L.M. Tele Equities 294821400 5415 173275 sh - sole none
Erie Indemnity Co CL A Equities 29530p102 3277 99500 sh - sole
none
Exxon Corp Equities 302290101 1940 25521 sh - sole none
FDX Equities 31304n107 4905 126186 sh - sole none
Federal Home Loan Equities 313400301 702 13500 sh - sole none
Federal National Mtg Equities 313586109 6430 102576 sh - sole
none
Ferro Corp. Equities 315405100 2430 11400 sh - sole none
First Merit Equities 337915201 4068 160296 sh - sole none
First Union Company Equities 337358105 1419 39825 sh - sole none
Flow International Corp Equities 343468104 208 20000 sh - sole
none
GTE Corp. Equities 362320103 887 11535 sh - sole none
Gannett Equities 364730101 761 11000 sh - sole none
General Electric Equities 369604103 10403 87741 sh - sole none
Goodyear Tire&Rubber Equities 382550101 746 15493 sh - sole none
Hershey Foods Equities 427866108 1811 37201 sh - sole none
Hewlett-Packard Co Equities 428236103 4970 54766 sh - sole none
Home Depot Equities 437076102 815 11869 sh - sole none
Illinois Tool Wks Inc Equities 452308109 2543 34100 sh - sole
none
Intel Corporation Equities 458140100 8621 116012 sh - sole none
Interpublic Group Equities 460690100 2916 70900 sh - sole none
Jefferson Pilot Equities 475070108 3287 52024 sh - sole none
Johnson & Johnson Equities 478160104 4373 47594 sh - sole none
KeyCorp Equities 493267108 2226 86237 sh - sole none
Koninklijke Philips Elect Equities 500472204 5950 58906 sh - sole
none
Lear Equities 521865105 1344 38183 sh - sole none
Leggett & Platt Inc. Equities 524660107 4110 208750 sh - sole none
Leucadia National Corp Equities 527288104 1898 90390 sh - sole
none
Lucent Technologies Equities 549463107 841 12961 sh - sole none
MBNA Corp Equities 55262l100 304 13337 sh - sole none
Medtronic Inc Equities 585055106 830 23350 sh - sole none
Merck & Company Inc. Equities 589331107 2640 40726 sh - sole none
National City Corp Equities 635405103 2528 94734 sh - sole none
Norfolk Southern Equities 655844108 1820 74295 sh - sole none
Northern Trust Corp Equities 665859104 952 11400 sh - sole none
Nuveen NJ Investment Equities 670971100 308 19348 sh - sole none
PepsiCo Inc Equities 713448108 2822 92528 sh - sole none
Pfizer Inc Equities 717081103 6015 167654 sh - sole none
Phelps Dodge Corp Equities 717265102 1379 25050 sh - sole none
Philip Morris Cos Equities 718154107 489 14315 sh - sole none
Procter & Gamble Equities 742718109 2997 31965 sh - sole none
RPM Inc. Equities 749685103 313 25653 sh - sole none
Royal Dutch Petroleum Equities 780257804 3387 57348 sh - sole
none
Schlumberger Ltd Equities 806857108 3826 61400 sh - sole none
Service Corporation Intl Equities 817565104 1367 129399 sh - sole
none
Sterling Comm Inc Equities 859205106 410 22080 sh - sole none
Sungard Data Sys Inc Equities 867363103 294 11165 sh - sole none
Synovus Financial Equities 871610105 579 30968 sh - sole none
Sysco Corp. Equities 871829107 3159 90085 sh - sole none
Texas Instruments Equities 882508104 1053 12800 sh - sole none
Textron Inc Equities 883203101 4828 62400 sh - sole none
Tokio Marine & Fire Ins Equities 889090403 1334 23200 sh - sole
none
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Equities 931142103 1341 28200 sh - sole none
Wells Fargo & Co Equities 949746101 6554 165400 sh - sole none
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