f23847	Northamptonshire v Combined Services
	Other First-Class matches in England 1961
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 12th, 13th, 14th July 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	F Jakeman, JG Langridge
Close of play day 1	Combined Services (1) 14/3 (Newsom 10*, McIntyre 0*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 231/2 (PJ Watts 108*, Lightfoot 71*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BL Reynolds	c Fenner b Stead	41
C Milburn	c Newsom b Stead	56
PJ Watts	c Virgin b Buss	39
A Lightfoot	c Hatch b Buss	18
JH Minney	c Virgin b Buss	2
ME Scott	b Buss	6
PD Watts	not out	86
JG Williamson	c Buss b Stead	19
MR Dilley	c Fenner b Buss	13
+LA Johnson	c McIntyre b Pratt	6
J Wild	c Virgin b Buss	0
Extras	(7 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 83.3 overs)	294
Fall of wickets:
1-83, 2-112, 3-139, 4-145, 5-163, 6-176, 7-245, 8-280, 9-293, 10-294 (83.3 ov)

Combined Services bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stead	24	6	69	3	-	-
Buss	31.3	1	131	6	-	-
Earnshaw	19	4	68	0	-	-
Pratt	9	2	18	1	-	-

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Combined Services first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PG Hatch	c Johnson b Williamson	0
RT Virgin	c Lightfoot b Dilley	4
DJ Newsom	c Lightfoot b Dilley	23
N Durden-Smith	b Dilley	0
+TF McIntyre	c Johnson b PJ Watts	18
*MD Fenner	b PJ Watts	46
A Buss	b Williamson	36
K Robinson	c Wild b Scott	18
D Pratt	lbw b Scott	12
B Stead	c Reynolds b Scott	14
RO Earnshaw	not out	2
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 67.3 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-4, 3-4, 4-30, 5-79, 6-96, 7-139, 8-155, 9-169, 10-175 (67.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dilley	15	3	51	3	-	-
Williamson	17	9	25	2	-	-
Lightfoot	5	1	19	0	-	-
PJ Watts	8	1	32	2	-	-
Scott	7.3	1	34	3	-	-
PD Watts	15	9	12	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BL Reynolds	c Stead b Pratt	50
C Milburn	b Buss	0
PJ Watts	not out	108
A Lightfoot	not out	71
JH Minney	did not bat
ME Scott	did not bat
PD Watts	did not bat
JG Williamson	did not bat
MR Dilley	did not bat
+LA Johnson	did not bat
J Wild	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 65 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-94

Combined Services bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stead	9	1	45	0	-	-
Buss	25	3	66	1	-	-
Earnshaw	7	0	35	0	-	-
Pratt	24	2	83	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> BL Reynolds (1) passed 7000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 6
--> PD Watts (1) passed his previous highest score of 56 in first-class matches
--> DJ Newsom (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in first-class matches
--> TF McIntyre (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in first-class matches
--> K Robinson made his debut in first-class matches
--> PJ Watts (2) passed 3000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 64

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