f32065 cc15358	Middlesex v Northamptonshire
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 31st May, 1st June 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Middlesex won by 10 wickets
Points	Middlesex 19 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Northamptonshire 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	DJ Constant, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 30/3 (Larkins 12*, Williams 8*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MJ Smith	c Sharp b TM Lamb	43
WN Slack	b Willey	32
MW Gatting	c Willey b TM Lamb	0
GD Barlow	not out	102
NG Featherstone	lbw b Griffiths	26
RO Butcher	c Griffiths b Hodgson	38
JE Emburey	c Cook b Willey	8
MWW Selvey	c Larkins b TM Lamb	1
+MOC Sturt	run out	9
WW Daniel	not out	10
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	280
Fall of wickets:
1-78, 2-78, 3-78, 4-131, 5-186, 6-212, 7-233, 8-261

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hodgson	20	4	70	1	-	-
Griffiths	18	3	55	1	-	-
TM Lamb	18	6	34	3	-	-
Willey	32	12	68	2	-	-
Steele	12	4	42	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Cook	lbw b Selvey	7
W Larkins	c Daniel b Emburey	31
DS Steele	c Butcher b Selvey	0
AJ Lamb	retired hurt	0
P Willey	lbw b Selvey	3
RG Williams	c Barlow b Daniel	16
TJ Yardley	c Featherstone b Selvey	26
+G Sharp	not out	24
TM Lamb	c Butcher b Selvey	0
A Hodgson	lbw b Emburey	1
BJ Griffiths	c Butcher b Selvey	11
Extras	(1 lb, 10 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 43.5 overs)	130
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-9, 3-13, 4-40, 5-75, 6-96, 7-96, 8-100, 9-130 (43.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	12	4	36	1	-	-
Selvey	21.5	5	57	6	-	-
Emburey	8	3	20	2	-	-
Jones	2	0	6	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Cook	c Sturt b Emburey	12
W Larkins	c Slack b Daniel	2
DS Steele	lbw b Daniel	0
P Willey	c Sturt b Daniel	5
TJ Yardley	c Butcher b Emburey	97
RG Williams	c Gatting b Featherstone	38
+G Sharp	c Barlow b Featherstone	0
TM Lamb	c Smith b Featherstone	0
A Hodgson	not out	1
BJ Griffiths	lbw b Featherstone	0
AJ Lamb	absent hurt
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 73.3 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-3, 3-13, 4-60, 5-150, 6-152, 7-160, 8-160, 9-163 (73.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	10	4	23	3	-	-
Selvey	7	2	29	0	-	-
Emburey	23	8	39	2	-	-
Jones	8	2	24	0	-	-
Featherstone	20.3	8	27	4	-	-
Gatting	5	2	13	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MJ Smith	not out	7
WN Slack	not out	8
MW Gatting	did not bat
GD Barlow	did not bat
NG Featherstone	did not bat
RO Butcher	did not bat
JE Emburey	did not bat
MWW Selvey	did not bat
+MOC Sturt	did not bat
WW Daniel	did not bat
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(no wicket, 5.5 overs)	16

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hodgson	2.5	0	10	0	-	-
Willey	3	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> MOC Sturt made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> MOC Sturt made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> WN Slack (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in County Championship matches
--> AJ Lamb retired hurt in the Northamptonshire first innings having scored 0 (team had lost 2 wickets)

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