f30170 cc14706	Northamptonshire v Somerset
	County Championship 1974
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 29th June, 1st, 2nd July 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Somerset 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3)
Umpires	H Horton, R Julian
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 116/7 (Kitchen 64*, Langford 4*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 9/1 (Taylor 0*, Botham 0*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Kitchen	c Steele b Dye	88
+DJS Taylor	lbw b Dye	6
PW Denning	c Virgin b Hodgson	7
IVA Richards	c Sharp b Hodgson	4
JM Parks	lbw b Dye	8
*DB Close	c Cook b Milburn	15
IT Botham	b Milburn	1
D Breakwell	lbw b Hodgson	5
BA Langford	b Dye	11
HR Moseley	c Larkins b Dye	4
AA Jones	not out	0
Extras	(1 lb, 1 w)	2
Total	(all out, 83.3 overs)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-30, 3-36, 4-48, 5-74, 6-78, 7-103, 8-144, 9-150, 10-151 (83.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dye	20.3	4	54	5	-	-
Hodgson	24	5	37	3	-	-
Willey	27	14	35	0	-	-
Milburn	12	3	23	2	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Botham b Langford	115
A Tait	c and b Langford	16
DS Steele	c Parks b Botham	45
G Cook	c Taylor b Langford	26
P Willey	b Langford	18
*PJ Watts	c Moseley b Breakwell	8
+G Sharp	b Breakwell	6
C Milburn	b Langford	1
W Larkins	not out	1
A Hodgson	not out	9
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 99.5 overs)	252
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-131, 3-200, 4-212, 5-229, 6-238, 7-241, 8-243

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	4	0	11	0	-	-
Moseley	18	2	59	0	-	-
Langford	36.5	13	68	5	-	-
Breakwell	27	8	68	2	-	-
Botham	14	2	39	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Kitchen	c Sharp b Hodgson	5
+DJS Taylor	not out	0
IT Botham	not out	0
PW Denning	did not bat
IVA Richards	did not bat
JM Parks	did not bat
*DB Close	did not bat
D Breakwell	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
HR Moseley	did not bat
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(1 wicket, 3 overs)	9
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Kitchen)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dye	2	1	1	0	-	-
Hodgson	1	0	4	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> RT Virgin (1) passed 17500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 94
--> P Willey (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 7
--> JCJ Dye reached 500 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> D Breakwell reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings

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