f17139 cc8325	Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1946
Venue	Town Ground, Peterborough on 12th, 13th June 1946 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 9 wickets
Points	Northamptonshire 0; Gloucestershire 12
Umpires	GM Lee, E Robinson
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (2) 39 all out

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CP Davis	c Lambert b Goddard	25
+HW Greenwood	b Scott	2
EW Whitfield	b Goddard	4
JE Timms	c Scott b Goddard	8
W Barron	c Wilcox b Cook	30
RG Robinson	c Scott b Goddard	1
WE Merritt	b Goddard	8
WT Nevell	lbw b Goddard	0
*PE Murray-Willis	c Wilson b Cook	0
RJ Partridge	b Goddard	0
EW Clark	not out	1
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 35.3 overs)	83
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-18, 3-34, 4-41, 5-47, 6-61, 7-65, 8-80, 9-81, 10-83 (35.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	5	0	10	0	-	-
Scott	5	2	5	1	-	-
Goddard	13	0	38	7	-	-
Cook	12.3	5	26	2	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BO Allen	c Partridge b Merritt	10
AGS Wilcox	c Greenwood b Merritt	13
WL Neale	c and b Clark	0
JF Crapp	b Clark	12
GM Emmett	st Greenwood b Merritt	7
+AE Wilson	st Greenwood b Merritt	15
LM Cranfield	not out	38
CJ Scott	c Clark b Merritt	0
GEE Lambert	b Partridge	2
TWJ Goddard	lbw b Merritt	5
C Cook	c Barron b Merritt	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 47.3 overs)	105
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-22, 3-34, 4-40, 5-48, 6-71, 7-73, 8-85, 9-103, 10-105 (47.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clark	17	7	24	2	-	-
Partridge	10	2	15	1	-	-
Merritt	20.3	2	63	7	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CP Davis	b Goddard	4
*PE Murray-Willis	b Goddard	5
EW Whitfield	lbw b Cook	8
JE Timms	lbw b Goddard	0
W Barron	b Cook	7
+HW Greenwood	c Scott b Cook	1
WE Merritt	b Goddard	0
WT Nevell	b Goddard	0
RG Robinson	b Cook	9
RJ Partridge	lbw b Goddard	0
EW Clark	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 32.2 overs)	39
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-14, 3-14, 4-28, 5-29, 6-30, 7-30, 8-30, 9-39, 10-39 (32.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Scott	4	2	4	0	-	-
Goddard	16	6	23	6	-	-
Cook	12.2	8	7	4	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BO Allen	not out	11
AGS Wilcox	st Greenwood b Merritt	1
WL Neale	not out	7
JF Crapp	did not bat
GM Emmett	did not bat
+AE Wilson	did not bat
LM Cranfield	did not bat
CJ Scott	did not bat
GEE Lambert	did not bat
TWJ Goddard	did not bat
C Cook	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 9.2 overs)	19
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Wilcox)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Merritt	5	1	10	1	-	-
Robinson	4.2	2	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> RG Robinson made his debut in County Championship matches
--> RG Robinson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AE Wilson (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 10
--> TWJ Goddard reached 2100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> WE Merritt achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Gloucestershire first innings (previous best was 7-83)
--> C Cook achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Northamptonshire second innings (previous best was 4-95)
--> TWJ Goddard reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings
--> C Cook achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire second innings (previous best was 4-95)

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