f29218 cc14371	Lancashire v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1972
Venue	Aigburth, Liverpool on 1st, 3rd, 4th July 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Lancashire 1 (Bowling 1); Northamptonshire 7 (Batting 6, Bowling 1)
Umpires	WE Phillipson, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 16/1 (Wood 13*, Snellgrove 2*; 5 overs)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (1) 81/3 (Hayes 32*, Engineer 21*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Tait	c Shuttleworth b Wood	31
G Cook	c Engineer b Shuttleworth	4
DS Steele	c Wood b Hughes	76
Mushtaq Mohammad	not out	137
*PJ Watts	not out	72
P Willey	did not bat
BS Crump	did not bat
+G Sharp	did not bat
RMH Cottam	did not bat
BS Bedi	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 9 lb)	13
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 91 overs)	333
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-68, 3-175

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	17	2	55	0	-	-
Shuttleworth	16	0	54	1	-	-
Wood	8	1	37	1	-	-
Simmons	22	7	76	0	-	-
Hughes	23	5	87	1	-	-
D Lloyd	1	0	4	0	-	-
CH Lloyd	4	1	7	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	c Sharp b Willey	23
D Lloyd	lbw b Cottam	1
KL Snellgrove	c Steele b Dye	3
FC Hayes	not out	32
+FM Engineer	not out	21
CH Lloyd	did not bat
*JD Bond	did not bat
DP Hughes	did not bat
J Simmons	did not bat
P Lever	did not bat
K Shuttleworth	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(3 wickets, 41 overs)	81
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-20, 3-52

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	11	2	35	1	-	-
Dye	9	5	15	1	-	-
Bedi	11	9	13	0	-	-
Willey	10	5	17	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> DS Steele (1) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 24

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