f13636 cc6347	Northamptonshire v Nottinghamshire
	County Championship 1931
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 5th, 6th, 7th August 1931 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 3; Nottinghamshire 5
Umpires	EF Field, A Morton
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Nottinghamshire (1) 169 all out

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Bakewell	c G Gunn b Staples	17
JE Timms	lbw b Voce	75
AL Cox	lbw b Staples	4
*VWC Jupp	c Larwood b Staples	3
WW Coverdale	c Harris b Staples	10
ADG Matthews	c Voce b Staples	4
TBG Welch	lbw b Staples	0
EF Towell	not out	28
AE Thomas	b Voce	11
RJ Partridge	hit wkt b Voce	0
+GH Johnson	b Staples	9
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 66.1 overs)	168
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-59, 3-65, 4-108, 5-116, 6-116, 7-124, 8-142, 9-150, 10-168 (66.1 ov)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Larwood	5	1	19	0	-	-
Voce	29	11	56	3	-	-
Staples	27.1	9	75	7	-	-
G Gunn	1	0	2	0	-	-
Harris	3	1	9	0	-	-
GV Gunn	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Nottinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Gunn	b Matthews	8
WW Keeton	lbw b Jupp	69
W Walker	c Matthews b Jupp	35
GV Gunn	b Jupp	0
H Larwood	c Coverdale b Jupp	0
A Staples	c Timms b Partridge	15
+B Lilley	c Cox b Thomas	16
J Hardstaff	c and b Jupp	11
CB Harris	not out	5
W Voce	b Thomas	2
F Barratt	c Partridge b Thomas	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 60.4 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-91, 3-107, 4-107, 5-121, 6-143, 7-162, 8-166, 9-169, 10-169 (60.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomas	19.4	6	44	3	-	-
Matthews	8	4	11	1	-	-
Towell	6	1	33	0	-	-
Jupp	18	4	46	5	-	-
Partridge	9	2	27	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Bakewell	c Staples b Voce	1
JE Timms	b Voce	1
AL Cox	c Harris b Larwood	10
WW Coverdale	b Voce	15
*VWC Jupp	c Barratt b Voce	46
ADG Matthews	b Larwood	5
EF Towell	b Voce	12
TBG Welch	c Voce b Larwood	2
AE Thomas	not out	26
RJ Partridge	b Larwood	2
+GH Johnson	b Voce	1
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 68.2 overs)	131
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-12, 3-12, 4-66, 5-73, 6-81, 7-83, 8-127, 9-130, 10-131 (68.2 ov)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Larwood	21	8	35	4	-	-
Voce	28.2	6	40	6	-	-
Staples	8	2	21	0	-	-
Barratt	11	2	25	0	-	-

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Nottinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Larwood	run out	11
WW Keeton	b Matthews	8
G Gunn	b Matthews	0
F Barratt	c Jupp b Thomas	12
W Voce	not out	27
A Staples	b Matthews	36
W Walker	run out	0
+B Lilley	c Bakewell b Matthews	1
GV Gunn	c Bakewell b Matthews	0
CB Harris	not out	10
J Hardstaff	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb)	6
Total	(8 wickets, 39 overs)	111
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-19, 3-19, 4-39, 5-91, 6-91, 7-92, 8-92

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomas	18	4	49	1	-	-
Matthews	15	4	39	5	-	-
Towell	3	0	8	0	-	-
Jupp	1	1	0	0	-	-
Partridge	2	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> WW Keeton (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 35
--> WW Keeton (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 7
--> A Staples achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 6-60)
--> A Staples reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> A Staples achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 6-60)

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