f27832 cc13804	Northamptonshire v Somerset
	County Championship 1969
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 19th, 21st, 22nd July 1969 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 9 (Batting 4, Bowling 5); Somerset 0
Umpires	JS Buller, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 162/1 (Ackerman 92*, Lightfoot 43*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 135/1 (Clarkson 72*, Chappell 16*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	b Breakwell	32
A Clarkson	c Johnson b Crump	25
GS Chappell	c Johnson b Crump	6
MJ Kitchen	c Johnson b Sully	77
PW Denning	c Prideaux b Breakwell	0
KE Palmer	b Breakwell	4
*BA Langford	c Johnson b Willey	21
R Palmer	c Prideaux b Breakwell	1
GI Burgess	c Crump b Breakwell	0
PJ Robinson	not out	3
+CEP Carter	c Prideaux b Sully	0
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 69.3 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-48, 3-92, 4-96, 5-106, 6-151, 7-152, 8-168, 9-174, 10-174 (69.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lee	10	1	42	0	-	-
Crump	21	3	50	2	-	-
Willey	12	4	40	1	-	-
Breakwell	21	9	25	5	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	2	0	6	0	-	-
Sully	3.3	1	6	2	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RM Prideaux	b Robinson	23
HM Ackerman	c Virgin b Robinson	144
A Lightfoot	c sub b Langford	113
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Carter b R Palmer	52
BL Reynolds	c Carter b Burgess	44
P Willey	b Burgess	13
+LA Johnson	c Denning b Burgess	10
BS Crump	not out	6
D Breakwell	c KE Palmer b R Palmer	3
H Sully	did not bat
PG Lee	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 4 nb)	14
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 133.4 overs)	422
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-261, 3-295, 4-369, 5-398, 6-412, 7-412, 8-422 (133.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
R Palmer	26.4	4	87	2	-	-
Burgess	22	6	68	3	-	-
KE Palmer	19	0	91	0	-	-
Robinson	26	9	80	2	-	-
Langford	38	19	78	1	-	-
Chappell	2	1	4	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	b Mushtaq Mohammad	42
A Clarkson	c Mushtaq Mohammad b Crump	131
GS Chappell	run out	28
MJ Kitchen	c Johnson b Lee	57
PW Denning	c and b Sully	12
KE Palmer	c Johnson b Sully	29
*BA Langford	not out	9
GI Burgess	c Crump b Ackerman	18
PJ Robinson	not out	0
R Palmer	did not bat
+CEP Carter	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(7 wickets, 145 overs)	342
Fall of wickets:
1-102, 2-153, 3-265, 4-269, 5-303, 6-306, 7-342

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lee	19	2	65	1	-	-
Crump	31	9	50	1	-	-
Willey	8	4	9	0	-	-
Breakwell	28	15	43	0	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	31	9	97	1	-	-
Sully	27	13	61	2	-	-
Ackerman	1	0	1	1	-	-

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Notes
--> HM Ackerman (1) passed 3500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 30
--> A Lightfoot (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 102
--> A Clarkson (2) passed his previous highest score of 95 in first-class matches
--> A Clarkson (2) passed his previous highest score of 95 in County Championship matches
--> GI Burgess (2) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 15
--> D Breakwell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 4-23)
--> D Breakwell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 1-45)

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