f30270 cc14789	Kent v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1974
Venue	Cheriton Road Sports Ground, Folkestone on 24th, 26th, 27th August 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by 5 wickets
Points	Kent 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3); Northamptonshire 17 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	A Jepson, JG Langridge
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 50/1 (Virgin 31*, Steele 4*; 24 overs)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 126/2 (Luckhurst 68*, Graham-Brown 7*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BW Luckhurst	c Sharp b Cottam	5
GW Johnson	c Steele b Hodgson	88
MC Cowdrey	c Sharp b Hodgson	5
+D Nicholls	c Cottam b Dye	33
RA Woolmer	c Sharp b Hodgson	9
AGE Ealham	c Willey b Bedi	12
CJ Tavaré	b Willey	16
JN Shepherd	b Hodgson	0
CJC Rowe	b Bedi	41
JMH Graham-Brown	not out	9
RB Elms	lbw b Bedi	0
Extras	(1 lb, 3 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 95.5 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-21, 3-107, 4-125, 5-154, 6-156, 7-157, 8-206, 9-222, 10-222 (95.5 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	17	2	37	1	-	-
Dye	12	2	30	1	-	-
Hodgson	22	2	61	4	-	-
Bedi	38.5	15	70	3	-	-
Watts	4	1	10	0	-	-
Willey	2	0	10	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Ealham b Johnson	124
A Tait	b Woolmer	13
DS Steele	c Rowe b Elms	104
P Willey	c Cowdrey b Elms	0
*PJ Watts	c Nicholls b Elms	17
G Cook	c Nicholls b Elms	0
+G Sharp	b Elms	0
A Hodgson	not out	23
BS Bedi	not out	2
RMH Cottam	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 10 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 100 overs)	297
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-242, 3-247, 4-270, 5-272, 6-272, 7-276

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shepherd	24	6	73	0	-	-
Elms	24	4	76	5	-	-
Johnson	26	10	63	1	-	-
Woolmer	2	1	4	1	-	-
Graham-Brown	12	2	32	0	-	-
Rowe	12	1	35	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BW Luckhurst	c Watts b Cottam	69
GW Johnson	b Bedi	15
MC Cowdrey	c Sharp b Bedi	33
JMH Graham-Brown	st Sharp b Bedi	21
+D Nicholls	c Cook b Bedi	9
RA Woolmer	c Willey b Bedi	18
AGE Ealham	c Cook b Hodgson	17
JN Shepherd	c Cottam b Bedi	14
CJC Rowe	c Sharp b Bedi	3
RB Elms	not out	2
CJ Tavaré	absent ill
Extras	(6 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 91.3 overs)	213
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-104, 3-133, 4-145, 5-154, 6-187, 7-188, 8-193, 9-213 (91.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	15	5	25	1	-	-
Dye	13	2	29	0	-	-
Hodgson	13	3	41	1	-	-
Bedi	36.3	12	75	7	-	-
Watts	4	2	10	0	-	-
Willey	7	1	16	0	-	-
Steele	3	2	5	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	lbw b Woolmer	58
A Tait	c Graham-Brown b Johnson	14
DS Steele	c Nicholls b Woolmer	21
G Cook	c Cowdrey b Luckhurst	15
P Willey	c Elms b Luckhurst	5
*PJ Watts	not out	9
+G Sharp	not out	10
A Hodgson	did not bat
BS Bedi	did not bat
RMH Cottam	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(5 wickets, 47 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-64, 3-116, 4-116, 5-128

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shepherd	2	0	6	0	-	-
Elms	2	0	10	0	-	-
Johnson	20	3	57	1	-	-
Woolmer	11	1	20	2	-	-
Rowe	3	0	16	0	-	-
Luckhurst	9	2	23	2	-	-

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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
--> GW Johnson (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 71
--> RT Virgin (1) passed 18500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> MC Cowdrey (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 22
--> DS Steele (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 6
--> BS Bedi reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent first innings
--> RMH Cottam reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent first innings
--> BS Bedi reached 900 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent first innings
--> RMH Cottam reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent first innings
--> BS Bedi reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Kent second innings
--> BS Bedi reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent second innings
--> RA Woolmer reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings

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