f29693 cc14546	Worcestershire v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1973
Venue	Chester Road North, Kidderminster on 4th, 5th, 6th July 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Northamptonshire won by 226 runs
Points	Worcestershire 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Northamptonshire 23 (Batting 9, Bowling 4)
Umpires	WE Alley, R Julian
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 59/1 (Headley 38*, Hemsley 21*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 148/3 (Mushtaq Mohammad 59*, Watts 1*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Ormrod b Brain	10
P Willey	b Johnson	92
DS Steele	c and b Gifford	105
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Yardley b Gifford	26
*PJ Watts	not out	52
C Milburn	b Gifford	18
+G Sharp	b Hemsley	2
A Hodgson	c Brain b Hemsley	3
RMH Cottam	lbw b Hemsley	0
BS Bedi	b Brain	20
JCJ Dye	not out	6
Extras	(4 b, 9 lb, 1 nb)	14
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 85 overs)	348
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-161, 3-237, 4-242, 5-278, 6-291, 7-309, 8-309, 9-340

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brain	25	1	135	2	-	-
Cumbes	15	1	53	0	-	-
Gifford	24	6	63	3	-	-
Hemsley	12	1	43	3	-	-
Johnson	9	0	40	1	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGA Headley	c Sharp b Hodgson	105
KW Wilkinson	c Sharp b Dye	0
EJO Hemsley	st Sharp b Bedi	38
JA Ormrod	lbw b Hodgson	23
BL D'Oliveira	lbw b Mushtaq Mohammad	37
TJ Yardley	c Steele b Bedi	1
IN Johnson	c and b Bedi	0
+GR Cass	lbw b Bedi	6
*N Gifford	not out	9
BM Brain	run out	1
J Cumbes	c Sharp b Mushtaq Mohammad	0
Extras	(10 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 90.1 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-93, 3-143, 4-184, 5-187, 6-191, 7-211, 8-223, 9-226, 10-230 (90.1 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	6	0	36	0	-	-
Dye	14	6	32	1	-	-
Bedi	33	10	87	4	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	27.1	10	43	2	-	-
Hodgson	10	3	22	2	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Johnson b Cumbes	0
P Willey	c Brain b Cumbes	60
DS Steele	c Cass b Hemsley	29
Mushtaq Mohammad	not out	63
*PJ Watts	c Headley b Brain	2
C Milburn	c Ormrod b Brain	5
+G Sharp	not out	3
A Hodgson	did not bat
RMH Cottam	did not bat
BS Bedi	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb)	9
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 48 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-73, 3-139, 4-153, 5-162

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brain	13	3	37	2	-	-
Cumbes	15	1	56	2	-	-
Hemsley	12	2	37	1	-	-
Johnson	8	0	32	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGA Headley	c Steele b Dye	8
KW Wilkinson	c Sharp b Cottam	3
EJO Hemsley	c Virgin b Mushtaq Mohammad	18
JA Ormrod	c Sharp b Cottam	5
BL D'Oliveira	c Watts b Bedi	1
TJ Yardley	c Virgin b Bedi	0
IN Johnson	c Steele b Bedi	1
+GR Cass	b Mushtaq Mohammad	8
BM Brain	not out	12
J Cumbes	c Hodgson b Mushtaq Mohammad	0
*N Gifford	absent hurt
Extras	(7 b)	7
Total	(all out, 26.4 overs)	63
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-13, 3-25, 4-26, 5-26, 6-36, 7-38, 8-63, 9-63 (26.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	10	3	20	2	-	-
Dye	4	0	9	1	-	-
Bedi	9	5	25	3	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	3.4	2	2	3	-	-

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Notes
--> RGA Headley (1) passed 20000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 54
--> Mushtaq Mohammad (2) passed 10000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 39
--> Mushtaq Mohammad (2) passed 22000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> RT Virgin made his debut for Northamptonshire in County Championship matches
--> BS Bedi reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Worcestershire second innings

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