f30267 cc14783	Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1974
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 21st, 22nd, 23rd August 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by 26 runs
Points	Northamptonshire 16 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Gloucestershire 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	CS Elliott, H Horton
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 72/7 (Graveney 2*, Mortimore 10*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 87/2 (Nicholls 32*, Brassington 0*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	b Brown	10
A Tait	c Brassington b Davey	16
DS Steele	b Procter	13
G Cook	lbw b Brown	1
P Willey	c Brown b Procter	9
*PJ Watts	c Procter b Brown	15
+G Sharp	c Knight b Procter	29
JW Swinburne	b Procter	1
RMH Cottam	not out	62
BS Bedi	c Davey b Graveney	61
JCJ Dye	lbw b Mortimore	11
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 73.4 overs)	245
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-36, 3-38, 4-48, 5-74, 6-74, 7-85, 8-118, 9-229, 10-245 (73.4 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	21	4	89	4	-	-
Davey	16	3	39	1	-	-
Brown	18	5	52	3	-	-
Mortimore	8.4	2	20	1	-	-
Knight	2	1	4	0	-	-
Graveney	8	1	24	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Stovold	b Cottam	14
RB Nicholls	b Cottam	7
RDV Knight	c Virgin b Cottam	3
*AS Brown	c Tait b Bedi	13
AJ Hignell	lbw b Dye	8
MJ Procter	b Dye	1
DA Graveney	c Willey b Bedi	14
DR Shepherd	run out	6
JB Mortimore	b Cottam	23
+AJ Brassington	lbw b Bedi	3
J Davey	not out	2
Extras	(6 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 64 overs)	102
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-25, 3-32, 4-44, 5-49, 6-52, 7-62, 8-92, 9-100, 10-102 (64 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	17	5	31	4	-	-
Dye	21	6	35	2	-	-
Bedi	22	14	19	3	-	-
Swinburne	4	2	9	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	not out	77
A Tait	b Knight	10
DS Steele	c Mortimore b Brown	5
P Willey	c Procter b Knight	3
G Cook	lbw b Knight	0
*PJ Watts	b Knight	6
+G Sharp	c Hignell b Knight	2
JW Swinburne	b Procter	0
RMH Cottam	c Brassington b Knight	1
BS Bedi	c Mortimore b Graveney	22
JCJ Dye	c Knight b Graveney	5
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 57.4 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-31, 3-37, 4-37, 5-45, 6-49, 7-50, 8-55, 9-119, 10-139 (57.4 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	13	4	18	1	-	-
Davey	6	1	23	0	-	-
Brown	6	2	7	1	-	-
Mortimore	9	1	21	0	-	-
Knight	18	9	44	6	-	-
Graveney	5.4	0	18	2	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Stovold	lbw b Swinburne	52
RB Nicholls	c Virgin b Cottam	51
DA Graveney	c Cook b Swinburne	0
+AJ Brassington	c Cook b Bedi	1
RDV Knight	lbw b Bedi	40
MJ Procter	c Sharp b Cottam	52
DR Shepherd	c Cook b Bedi	19
AJ Hignell	c Cook b Bedi	3
*AS Brown	lbw b Dye	15
JB Mortimore	c Sharp b Cottam	1
J Davey	not out	3
Extras	(16 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	19
Total	(all out, 106.3 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-83, 2-87, 3-102, 4-146, 5-163, 6-211, 7-233, 8-235, 9-248, 10-256 (106.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	29	10	49	3	-	-
Dye	14.3	1	52	1	-	-
Bedi	37	12	82	4	-	-
Swinburne	19	9	37	2	-	-
Willey	7	3	17	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> JW Swinburne made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JW Swinburne made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> PJ Watts (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 7
--> RMH Cottam (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in First-Class matches
--> RMH Cottam (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in County Championship matches
--> RMH Cottam (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 53
--> BS Bedi (1) passed his previous highest score of 40 in County Championship matches
--> BS Bedi (1) equalled his previous highest score of 61 in First-Class matches
--> BS Bedi (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> JCJ Dye (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> RDV Knight (2) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 21
--> MJ Procter (2) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 43
--> MJ Procter reached 400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> RDV Knight achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Northamptonshire second innings (previous best was 6-65)
--> RDV Knight achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire second innings (previous best was 4-46)
--> RDV Knight achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire second innings

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