f33681 cc15991	Somerset v Northamptonshire
	Schweppes County Championship 1981
Venue	Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare on 8th, 10th, 11th August 1981 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by 2 wickets
Points	Somerset 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Northamptonshire 22 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	WE Alley, R Julian
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 47/2 (Williams 10*, AJ Lamb 6*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 177/6 (Popplewell 17*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BC Rose	c Sarfraz Nawaz b TM Lamb	20
JW Lloyds	c TM Lamb b Mallender	36
IVA Richards	b Mallender	1
PM Roebuck	lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz	24
PW Denning	lbw b TM Lamb	25
IT Botham	st Sharp b TM Lamb	42
NFM Popplewell	c sub b Griffiths	9
VJ Marks	c TM Lamb b Griffiths	3
+DJS Taylor	b TM Lamb	0
HR Moseley	b Griffiths	1
CH Dredge	not out	2
Extras	(3 lb, 3 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 52.5 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-58, 3-60, 4-99, 5-111, 6-149, 7-164, 8-166, 9-166, 10-169 (52.5 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	10	1	56	1	-	-
Griffiths	12.5	3	27	3	-	-
Mallender	10	1	30	2	-	-
TM Lamb	20	8	50	4	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Cook	lbw b Dredge	10
W Larkins	c Rose b Botham	20
RG Williams	c sub b Botham	16
AJ Lamb	c Denning b Popplewell	58
P Willey	retired hurt	9
TJ Yardley	c Richards b Botham	53
+G Sharp	c Denning b Popplewell	0
Sarfraz Nawaz	c Marks b Popplewell	19
NA Mallender	c Taylor b Popplewell	1
TM Lamb	c Rose b Popplewell	4
BJ Griffiths	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 10 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 63.3 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-35, 3-54, 4-136, 5-144, 6-184, 7-189, 8-199, 9-201 (63.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	22	8	81	3	-	-
Dredge	16	6	43	1	-	-
Moseley	8	2	23	0	-	-
Popplewell	12.3	2	33	5	-	-
Marks	5	2	10	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BC Rose	c Sharp b TM Lamb	34
JW Lloyds	c sub b Sarfraz Nawaz	0
IVA Richards	c Sharp b Mallender	23
PM Roebuck	c Sarfraz Nawaz b Williams	8
PW Denning	c Cook b Griffiths	32
IT Botham	lbw b TM Lamb	49
NFM Popplewell	c Sharp b Mallender	26
VJ Marks	b TM Lamb	23
+DJS Taylor	lbw b Griffiths	1
HR Moseley	c Griffiths b TM Lamb	19
CH Dredge	not out	1
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 14 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 67 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-64, 3-66, 4-107, 5-113, 6-177, 7-191, 8-196, 9-231, 10-236 (67 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	11	1	42	1	-	-
Griffiths	19	3	59	2	-	-
Mallender	16	5	52	2	-	-
TM Lamb	11	5	31	4	-	-
Williams	10	0	32	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Cook	lbw b Botham	75
W Larkins	c Taylor b Marks	40
RG Williams	c Botham b Moseley	4
AJ Lamb	c Dredge b Marks	5
TJ Yardley	b Popplewell	6
+G Sharp	lbw b Moseley	28
Sarfraz Nawaz	c Richards b Botham	14
NA Mallender	not out	11
P Willey	c Moseley b Botham	0
TM Lamb	not out	3
BJ Griffiths	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 10 w)	19
Total	(8 wickets, 70.4 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-68, 2-79, 3-86, 4-116, 5-154, 6-188, 7-193, 8-195

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	12	0	50	3	-	-
Dredge	12.4	5	16	0	-	-
Moseley	12	3	33	2	-	-
Popplewell	10	2	31	1	-	-
Marks	17	7	29	2	-	-
Richards	6	1	23	0	-	-
Lloyds	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> W Larkins (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 5
--> TJ Yardley (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> TM Lamb (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> W Larkins (2) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 31
--> AJ Lamb (2) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> Sarfraz Nawaz (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> TM Lamb reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> BJ Griffiths reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> NFM Popplewell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 3-18)
--> NFM Popplewell achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> NFM Popplewell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 3-43)
--> NFM Popplewell achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> P Willey retired hurt in the Northamptonshire first innings having scored 9 (team had lost 3 wickets)

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