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| Venue | County Ground, Northampton on 4th, 6th, 7th August 1979 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Northamptonshire 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Middlesex 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2) |
| Umpires | WL Budd, JG Langridge |
| Close of play day 1 | Middlesex (1) 50/0 (Smith 32*, Gatting 17*; 23 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Northamptonshire (2) 95/3 (Willey 23*, Yardley 6*) |
| Northamptonshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Cook | b Daniel | 1 | |||||
| W Larkins | c Radley b Selvey | 136 | |||||
| RG Williams | c sub b Selvey | 5 | |||||
| AJ Lamb | b Titmus | 65 | |||||
| P Willey | c Gould b Merry | 76 | |||||
| TJ Yardley | not out | 8 | |||||
| +G Sharp | not out | 4 | |||||
| *PJ Watts | did not bat | ||||||
| TM Lamb | did not bat | ||||||
| LL McFarlane | did not bat | ||||||
| BJ Griffiths | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 3 lb, 5 nb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs) | 311 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-17, 3-136, 4-295, 5-307 | |||||||
| Middlesex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Daniel | 15 | 4 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| Selvey | 24 | 8 | 50 | 2 | - | - | |
| Merry | 19 | 3 | 68 | 1 | - | - | |
| Titmus | 24 | 2 | 67 | 1 | - | - | |
| Featherstone | 18 | 2 | 71 | 0 | - | - | |
| Middlesex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MJ Smith | c Watts b Griffiths | 114 | |||||
| MW Gatting | b McFarlane | 23 | |||||
| *CT Radley | b Williams | 38 | |||||
| GD Barlow | c and b Willey | 50 | |||||
| RO Butcher | b McFarlane | 33 | |||||
| NG Featherstone | c Williams b Willey | 9 | |||||
| +IJ Gould | c Watts b Willey | 3 | |||||
| MWW Selvey | c and b Willey | 6 | |||||
| FJ Titmus | lbw b TM Lamb | 5 | |||||
| WW Daniel | not out | 14 | |||||
| WG Merry | st Sharp b TM Lamb | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b, 7 lb, 5 nb) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 100 overs) | 314 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-65, 2-181, 3-196, 4-244, 5-266, 6-278, 7-291, 8-293, 9-298, 10-314 (100 ov) | |||||||
| Northamptonshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Griffiths | 21 | 4 | 65 | 1 | - | - | |
| McFarlane | 22 | 6 | 52 | 2 | - | - | |
| Willey | 27 | 7 | 64 | 4 | - | - | |
| TM Lamb | 19 | 6 | 62 | 2 | - | - | |
| Williams | 11 | 1 | 52 | 1 | - | - | |
| Northamptonshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Cook | c Featherstone b Titmus | 36 | |||||
| W Larkins | b Merry | 5 | |||||
| RG Williams | c and b Featherstone | 9 | |||||
| P Willey | not out | 113 | |||||
| TJ Yardley | c Radley b Featherstone | 16 | |||||
| AJ Lamb | c Radley b Featherstone | 27 | |||||
| +G Sharp | c and b Featherstone | 10 | |||||
| *PJ Watts | c Titmus b Radley | 20 | |||||
| TM Lamb | not out | 8 | |||||
| LL McFarlane | did not bat | ||||||
| BJ Griffiths | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (14 b, 11 lb) | 25 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 127 overs) | 269 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-32, 2-51, 3-73, 4-126, 5-186, 6-210, 7-256 | |||||||
| Middlesex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Daniel | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Selvey | 8 | 0 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Merry | 18 | 8 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Titmus | 37 | 10 | 63 | 1 | - | - | |
| Featherstone | 46 | 12 | 78 | 4 | - | - | |
| Gatting | 9 | 2 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Radley | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | - | - | |
| Middlesex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MW Gatting | not out | 26 | |||||
| *CT Radley | lbw b Griffiths | 4 | |||||
| GD Barlow | not out | 33 | |||||
| MJ Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| RO Butcher | did not bat | ||||||
| NG Featherstone | did not bat | ||||||
| +IJ Gould | did not bat | ||||||
| MWW Selvey | did not bat | ||||||
| FJ Titmus | did not bat | ||||||
| WW Daniel | did not bat | ||||||
| WG Merry | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 4 lb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 41 overs) | 75 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6 (Radley) | |||||||
| Northamptonshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Griffiths | 8 | 1 | 12 | 1 | - | - | |
| McFarlane | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Willey | 7 | 2 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| TM Lamb | 12 | 7 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Williams | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Larkins | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
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
--> W Larkins (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 18
--> W Larkins (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 39
--> AJ Lamb (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 43
--> MJ Smith (1) passed 19500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 80
--> CT Radley (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 29
--> CT Radley (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 29
--> GD Barlow (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> G Cook (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 32
--> P Willey (2) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 47
--> P Willey reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
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