f32205 cc15474	Northamptonshire v Somerset
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	Wellingborough School Ground, Wellingborough on 12th, 14th, 15th August 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by 2 wickets
Points	Northamptonshire 15 (Batting 1, Bowling 2); Somerset 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	DJ Halfyard, KE Palmer
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (1) 117/6 (Watts 1*, Williams 7*; 60 overs)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BC Rose	b TM Lamb	5
PW Denning	c AJ Lamb b Steele	20
IVA Richards	st Sharp b Steele	35
PM Roebuck	b Willey	0
PA Slocombe	c Sharp b Sarfraz Nawaz	15
VJ Marks	c Cook b Willey	51
D Breakwell	not out	27
GI Burgess	not out	26
+DJS Taylor	did not bat
CH Dredge	did not bat
HR Moseley	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb, 9 nb)	21
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 74.5 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-58, 3-69, 4-69, 5-135, 6-145

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	15	3	32	1	-	-
TM Lamb	6.5	2	16	1	-	-
Steele	19	5	65	2	-	-
Willey	24	9	42	2	-	-
Williams	10	1	24	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	b Dredge	3
W Larkins	b Dredge	2
DS Steele	b Marks	56
AJ Lamb	st Taylor b Breakwell	19
P Willey	c Burgess b Richards	15
TJ Yardley	c Rose b Marks	6
*PJ Watts	c Taylor b Marks	4
RG Williams	c Burgess b Breakwell	8
+G Sharp	not out	27
Sarfraz Nawaz	b Breakwell	5
TM Lamb	not out	3
Extras	(9 b, 14 lb, 1 w)	24
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 83.2 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-10, 3-52, 4-87, 5-114, 6-115, 7-126, 8-128, 9-142

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dredge	11	5	17	2	-	-
Moseley	3	0	6	0	-	-
Marks	32.2	9	66	3	-	-
Breakwell	26	12	34	3	-	-
Richards	11	2	25	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BC Rose	c Yardley b Willey	27
PA Slocombe	b Steele	56
IVA Richards	not out	50
VJ Marks	not out	8
PW Denning	did not bat
PM Roebuck	did not bat
D Breakwell	did not bat
GI Burgess	did not bat
+DJS Taylor	did not bat
CH Dredge	did not bat
HR Moseley	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 5 nb)	17
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 46 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-133

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	5	2	7	0	-	-
TM Lamb	3	2	4	0	-	-
Steele	18	2	50	1	-	-
Willey	15	2	55	1	-	-
Williams	5	0	25	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	b Marks	29
W Larkins	c Moseley b Breakwell	46
P Willey	c sub b Breakwell	12
AJ Lamb	not out	62
TJ Yardley	c Taylor b Dredge	12
+G Sharp	lbw b Marks	2
*PJ Watts	run out	5
Sarfraz Nawaz	b Marks	4
DS Steele	c sub b Marks	3
RG Williams	not out	5
TM Lamb	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 3 nb)	9
Total	(8 wickets, 48.4 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-72, 2-92, 3-104, 4-143, 5-152, 6-169, 7-173, 8-177

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dredge	9.4	1	38	1	-	-
Moseley	3	0	10	0	-	-
Marks	21	3	86	4	-	-
Breakwell	15	4	46	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
--> G Sharp (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> PA Slocombe (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 36
--> G Cook (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 12
--> P Willey reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> P Willey reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> CH Dredge reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> VJ Marks reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings

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