f23867	Northamptonshire v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1961
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 19th, 20th, 21st July 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	WH Copson, DJ Wood
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 24/0 (Norman 16*, Reynolds 8*)
Close of play day 2	Australians (2) 29/0 (Lawry 10*, Simpson 18*)

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WM Lawry	c Subba Row b Larter	0
RB Simpson	c and b Lightfoot	30
NCL O'Neill	b Dilley	142
BC Booth	run out	16
CC McDonald	retired hurt	38
AK Davidson	c Lightfoot b Dilley	3
*R Benaud	run out	27
+ATW Grout	c and b Scott	49
GD McKenzie	c Watts b Scott	6
LF Kline	b Larter	0
RA Gaunt	not out	0
Extras	(1 lb, 1 w)	2
Total	(all out, 101.5 overs)	313
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-81, 3-145, 4-221, 5-231, 6-298, 7-312, 8-313, 9-313 (101.5 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Larter	13.5	2	56	2	-	-
Dilley	17	2	64	2	-	-
Lightfoot	26	6	70	1	-	-
Allen	13	5	34	0	-	-
Crump	21	7	42	0	-	-
Scott	11	1	45	2	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	b Benaud	66
BL Reynolds	c Kline b Davidson	60
PJ Watts	c Benaud b McKenzie	37
*R Subba Row	b McKenzie	5
A Lightfoot	not out	80
BS Crump	b Gaunt	2
ME Scott	lbw b Kline	12
+KV Andrew	not out	12
MHJ Allen	did not bat
MR Dilley	did not bat
JDF Larter	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	15
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 119 overs)	289
Fall of wickets:
1-128, 2-136, 3-143, 4-211, 5-218, 6-263

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davidson	20	8	26	1	-	-
Gaunt	17	2	48	1	-	-
Benaud	24	11	33	1	-	-
Kline	25	7	63	1	-	-
McKenzie	20	7	49	2	-	-
O'Neill	5	1	24	0	-	-
Simpson	8	0	31	0	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WM Lawry	c Andrew b Larter	100
RB Simpson	lbw b Larter	22
BC Booth	c Lightfoot b Crump	16
NCL O'Neill	c Allen b Lightfoot	2
AK Davidson	c and b Scott	8
*R Benaud	c Norman b Scott	15
GD McKenzie	c Larter b Allen	4
LF Kline	c Andrew b Scott	0
RA Gaunt	not out	1
CC McDonald	absent hurt
+ATW Grout	absent ill
Extras	(4 lb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 79.3 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-64, 3-73, 4-97, 5-123, 6-152, 7-152, 8-173 (79.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Larter	12.3	3	34	2	-	-
Dilley	11	3	33	0	-	-
Lightfoot	9	1	21	1	-	-
Allen	14	7	23	1	-	-
Crump	16	10	18	1	-	-
Scott	17	6	39	3	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	c sub b Davidson	84
BL Reynolds	b Davidson	2
PJ Watts	b Davidson	13
*R Subba Row	c Booth b Benaud	33
A Lightfoot	not out	57
BS Crump	run out	3
ME Scott	run out	2
+KV Andrew	did not bat
MHJ Allen	did not bat
MR Dilley	did not bat
JDF Larter	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 w)	3
Total	(6 wickets, 44 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-33, 3-88, 4-183, 5-195, 6-197 (44 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davidson	14	1	42	3	-	-
Gaunt	6	0	24	0	-	-
Benaud	11	0	70	1	-	-
McKenzie	13	0	58	0	-	-

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Notes
--> NCL O'Neill (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 90
--> CC McDonald (1) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> MEJC Norman (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 59
--> RB Simpson (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 5
--> MEJC Norman (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 18

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Simpson kept wicket in Northamptonshire second innings owing to Grout's illness

 

 

 

 

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