f23984	North v South
	Other First-Class matches in England 1961
Venue	Stanley Park, Blackpool on 6th, 7th, 8th September 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	North won the toss and decided to bat
Result	South won by 2 wickets
Umpires	N Oldfield, WE Phillipson
Close of play day 1	North (1) 47/2 (Booth 28*, Grieves 3*)
Close of play day 2	North (2) 255/7 (Washbrook 20*)

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North first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Pullar	c Bedford b Smith	1
BJ Booth	c Bedford b Walker	62
DB Close	c Knight b Flavell	15
KJ Grieves	c Knight b Walker	39
HL Johnson	c Walker b Bedford	46
JT Ikin	c Walker b Bedford	3
R Illingworth	st Evans b Walker	30
*C Washbrook	c Prideaux b Bedford	1
HJ Rhodes	b Bedford	0
JB Statham	c Smith b Bedford	15
+KV Andrew	not out	2
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 53.4 overs)	216
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-26, 3-118, 4-118, 5-133, 6-174, 7-180, 8-180, 9-204, 10-216 (53.4 ov)

South bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flavell	5	1	14	1	-	-
Smith	4	0	21	1	-	-
Walker	22.4	6	75	3	-	-
Knight	1	0	6	0	-	-
Gale	1	0	4	0	-	-
Shepherd	4	2	6	0	-	-
Bedford	16	0	88	5	-	-

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South first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	b Illingworth	21
RA Gale	st Andrew b Illingworth	15
D Kenyon	c sub b Illingworth	18
RM Prideaux	b Booth	118
BR Knight	run out	17
PM Walker	c sub b Booth	19
+TG Evans	c Booth b Grieves	7
DJ Shepherd	b Booth	1
DR Smith	not out	18
*PI Bedford	not out	23
JA Flavell	did not bat
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 47 overs)	261
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-57, 3-66, 4-118, 5-212, 6-212, 7-214, 8-222

North bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	4	1	15	0	-	-
Rhodes	7	0	24	0	-	-
Illingworth	13	3	52	3	-	-
Close	8	2	74	0	-	-
Booth	7	0	33	3	-	-
Grieves	8	0	59	1	-	-

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North second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Pullar	c Knight b Walker	9
BJ Booth	b Shepherd	48
DB Close	c Prideaux b Walker	0
KJ Grieves	st Evans b Walker	4
HL Johnson	st Evans b Walker	76
JT Ikin	b Smith	22
R Illingworth	c Bedford b Walker	66
*C Washbrook	st Evans b Smith	49
HJ Rhodes	st Evans b Smith	14
JB Statham	not out	15
+KV Andrew	c Richardson b Shepherd	7
Extras	(12 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 75 overs)	324
Fall of wickets:
1-102, 2-114, 3-117, 4-118, 5-191, 6-231, 7-255, 8-298, 9-303, 10-324 (75 ov)

South bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flavell	5	0	16	0	-	-
Smith	10	1	35	3	-	-
Walker	21	5	102	5	-	-
Knight	6	1	26	0	-	-
Gale	10	1	48	0	-	-
Shepherd	20	4	61	2	-	-
Bedford	3	0	22	0	-	-

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South second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	b Close	12
RA Gale	c Statham b Close	71
D Kenyon	b Illingworth	31
RM Prideaux	b Close	9
BR Knight	b Illingworth	2
PM Walker	c Statham b Close	9
+TG Evans	not out	98
DJ Shepherd	b Booth	4
DR Smith	c Close b Booth	15
*PI Bedford	not out	25
JA Flavell	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(8 wickets, 51.4 overs)	283
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-108, 3-126, 4-129, 5-129, 6-151, 7-183, 8-188

North bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	5	1	11	0	-	-
Rhodes	6	0	20	0	-	-
Illingworth	11	2	34	2	-	-
Close	19.4	0	160	4	-	-
Booth	10	1	51	2	-	-

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Notes
--> RM Prideaux (1) 100 in 52 minutes
--> R Illingworth (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 44
--> PM Walker reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the North second innings

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