f23894 cc11947	Northamptonshire v Lancashire
	County Championship 1961
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 29th, 31st July, 1st August 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 4 (Batting 2); Lancashire 0
Umpires	LH Gray, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 146/2 (Reynolds 82*, Lightfoot 10*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 83/2 (Booth 39*, Grieves 10*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RW Barber	c Andrew b Dilley	79
BJ Booth	run out	30
JD Bond	c Lightfoot b Scott	23
KJ Grieves	c Dilley b Scott	0
PT Marner	c Andrew b Watts	34
DM Green	run out	1
G Houlton	c Watts b Scott	3
R Collins	c Wild b Scott	5
+G Clayton	b Dilley	4
P Lever	b Watts	0
C Hilton	not out	1
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 70.3 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-125, 3-125, 4-139, 5-140, 6-159, 7-171, 8-175, 9-175, 10-180 (70.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dilley	22.3	4	65	2	-	-
Lightfoot	6	1	17	0	-	-
Watts	16	6	25	2	-	-
Scott	23	7	58	4	-	-
Wild	3	0	15	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	c Grieves b Marner	26
BL Reynolds	lbw b Barber	86
PJ Watts	c Lever b Booth	26
A Lightfoot	c Bond b Marner	32
C Milburn	c Clayton b Hilton	0
D Ramsamooj	c Grieves b Marner	12
BS Crump	c Houlton b Collins	115
*+KV Andrew	b Green	51
ME Scott	not out	38
J Wild	did not bat
MR Dilley	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 10 lb, 1 w)	16
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 137.4 overs)	402
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-116, 3-154, 4-155, 5-184, 6-190, 7-309, 8-402 (137.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hilton	30	7	82	1	-	-
Lever	17	1	70	0	-	-
Marner	26	5	71	3	-	-
Booth	17	3	51	1	-	-
Collins	15.4	6	40	1	-	-
Barber	15	7	33	1	-	-
Green	16	3	30	1	-	-
Grieves	1	0	9	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RW Barber	c Andrew b Dilley	0
BJ Booth	c Scott b Dilley	46
JD Bond	b Dilley	22
KJ Grieves	c Scott b Dilley	69
PT Marner	b Wild	1
DM Green	c Norman b Scott	138
G Houlton	c Andrew b Lightfoot	11
R Collins	b Crump	20
+G Clayton	c Lightfoot b Norman	11
C Hilton	c Andrew b Norman	6
P Lever	not out	0
Extras	(12 b, 8 lb, 1 nb)	21
Total	(all out, 132.4 overs)	345
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-40, 3-95, 4-96, 5-208, 6-249, 7-289, 8-332, 9-342, 10-345 (132.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dilley	30	8	81	4	-	-
Lightfoot	10	2	28	1	-	-
Watts	11	2	41	0	-	-
Scott	35	17	56	1	-	-
Wild	32	11	77	1	-	-
Crump	9	2	31	1	-	-
Ramsamooj	2	0	7	0	-	-
Reynolds	2	0	3	0	-	-
Norman	1.4	1	0	2	-	-

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Notes
--> RW Barber (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 62
--> R Collins (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 1
--> BS Crump (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 83
--> BS Crump (1) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 83
--> ME Scott (1) passed his previous highest score of 24 in County Championship matches
--> DM Green (2) passed his previous highest score of 88 in County Championship matches
--> DM Green (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> DM Green (2) passed his previous highest score of 125 in first-class matches
--> PT Marner achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 2-32)
--> PT Marner achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 2-32)

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