f18279 cc8954	Northamptonshire v Lancashire
	County Championship 1949
Venue	Town Ground, Peterborough on 21st, 23rd, 24th May 1949 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 0; Lancashire 4
Umpires	F Chester, K McCanlis
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 407 all out
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 53/0 (Brookes 28*, Oldfield 25*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Place	run out	101
*ND Howard	b Nutter	4
JT Ikin	run out	43
GA Edrich	lbw b Ablack	24
BJ Howard	c Nutter b CB Clarke	18
A Wharton	not out	137			19	4
KJ Grieves	b CB Clarke	14
P Greenwood	lbw b Nutter	52
R Pollard	b Brown	5
WB Roberts	b CB Clarke	2
+A Wilson	c Fiddling b Brown	1
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(all out, 132.5 overs)	407
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-95, 3-171, 4-194, 5-197, 6-232, 7-323, 8-369, 9-386, 10-407 (132.5 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nutter	20	5	64	2	-	-
RW Clarke	20	6	45	0	-	-
CB Clarke	34	3	132	3	-	-
Ablack	31	6	111	1	-	-
Brown	27.5	11	49	2	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*FR Brown	lbw b Pollard	0
D Brookes	b Greenwood	13
N Oldfield	lbw b Greenwood	77
W Barron	c Wilson b Roberts	52
F Jakeman	c Grieves b Greenwood	33
JE Timms	st Wilson b Roberts	15
AE Nutter	c Wilson b Greenwood	4
CB Clarke	b Roberts	5
RW Clarke	b Roberts	7
+K Fiddling	b Roberts	0
RK Ablack	not out	4
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 105.4 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-34, 3-123, 4-150, 5-188, 6-198, 7-203, 8-207, 9-207, 10-218 (105.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pollard	17	4	48	1	-	-
Greenwood	36	15	67	4	-	-
Wharton	6	3	21	0	-	-
Roberts	33.4	15	35	5	-	-
Grieves	11	3	29	0	-	-
Ikin	2	0	10	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Brookes	c Pollard b Grieves	45
N Oldfield	not out	68
W Barron	c Place b Grieves	0
F Jakeman	c Edrich b Grieves	14
*FR Brown	c BJ Howard b Grieves	8
JE Timms	c Ikin b Roberts	0
AE Nutter	c Wharton b Grieves	6
CB Clarke	not out	0
RW Clarke	did not bat
+K Fiddling	did not bat
RK Ablack	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	11
Total	(6 wickets, 83 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-91, 2-91, 3-113, 4-121, 5-121, 6-133

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pollard	5	1	16	0	-	-
Greenwood	21	7	35	0	-	-
Wharton	2	0	7	0	-	-
Roberts	31	21	21	1	-	-
Grieves	24	8	62	5	-	-

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Notes
--> RK Ablack made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RK Ablack made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> W Place (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 12
--> W Place (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> A Wharton (1) passed his previous highest score of 124 in County Championship matches
--> A Wharton (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 42
--> P Greenwood (1) passed his previous highest score of 42 in County Championship matches
--> P Greenwood (1) passed his previous highest score of 42 in First-Class matches
--> F Jakeman (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> N Oldfield (2) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 51
--> AE Nutter (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> KJ Grieves achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Northamptonshire second innings (previous best was 5-76)
--> KJ Grieves achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire second innings (previous best was 5-76)

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