f31659	Northamptonshire v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1977
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 16th, 18th, 19th July 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	J van Geloven, TG Wilson
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 40/0 (Virgin 28*, Cook 9*)
Close of play day 2	Australians (2) 99/1 (Davis 58*, Cosier 2*)

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB McCosker	b Larkins	34
IC Davis	c Mushtaq Mohammad b Griffiths	28
*GS Chappell	not out	161
KJ Hughes	c Sharp b Bedi	5
DW Hookes	lbw b Mushtaq Mohammad	53
GJ Cosier	c Larkins b Willey	20
+RD Robinson	lbw b Mushtaq Mohammad	2
RJ Bright	not out	22
MF Malone	did not bat
G Dymock	did not bat
LS Pascoe	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 92 overs)	328
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-62, 3-97, 4-204, 5-251, 6-260

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hodgson	14	4	39	0	-	-
Griffiths	19	5	53	1	-	-
Larkins	13	4	51	1	-	-
Bedi	19	4	72	1	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	16	1	67	2	-	-
Willey	9	0	24	1	-	-
Steele	2	0	19	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Chappell b Pascoe	30
G Cook	lbw b Malone	24
DS Steele	b Pascoe	0
*Mushtaq Mohammad	c Robinson b Pascoe	37
W Larkins	c Chappell b Pascoe	5
P Willey	lbw b Pascoe	20
RG Williams	c Robinson b Pascoe	1
+G Sharp	b Bright	34
A Hodgson	c Hughes b Bright	35
BS Bedi	c McCosker b Hookes	27
BJ Griffiths	not out	2
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 16 nb)	21
Total	(all out, 80.3 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-51, 3-67, 4-86, 5-130, 6-131, 7-136, 8-179, 9-225, 10-236 (80.3 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pascoe	25	6	68	6	-	-
Malone	21	8	47	1	-	-
Dymock	13	3	23	0	-	-
Bright	18.3	5	60	2	-	-
Hookes	3	0	17	1	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB McCosker	st Sharp b Bedi	39
IC Davis	lbw b Griffiths	68
GJ Cosier	not out	54
KJ Hughes	lbw b Griffiths	3
DW Hookes	b Willey	47
+RD Robinson	not out	24
*GS Chappell	did not bat
RJ Bright	did not bat
MF Malone	did not bat
G Dymock	did not bat
LS Pascoe	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 82 overs)	238
Fall of wickets:
1-73, 2-115, 3-127, 4-193

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hodgson	10	0	62	0	-	-
Griffiths	19	7	49	2	-	-
Larkins	2	0	7	0	-	-
Bedi	27	7	46	1	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	4	2	7	0	-	-
Willey	17	5	54	1	-	-
Steele	3	0	10	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	not out	66
P Willey	c Cosier b Bright	11
DS Steele	not out	27
G Cook	did not bat
*Mushtaq Mohammad	did not bat
W Larkins	did not bat
RG Williams	did not bat
+G Sharp	did not bat
A Hodgson	did not bat
BS Bedi	did not bat
BJ Griffiths	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 4 nb)	11
Total	(1 wicket, 53 overs)	115
Fall of wickets:
1-25 (Willey)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pascoe	10	5	13	0	-	-
Malone	11	3	24	0	-	-
Dymock	9	2	16	0	-	-
Bright	17	7	34	1	-	-
Chappell	6	3	17	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RT Virgin (2) passed 21500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> RJ Bright reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> P Willey reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Australians second innings

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