f29204 cc14361	Somerset v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1972
Venue	Recreation Ground, Bath on 21st, 22nd, 23rd June 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 5 (Bowling 5); Northamptonshire 6 (Batting 1, Bowling 5)
Umpires	J Arnold, HD Bird
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 155/6 (Crump 27*, Sharp 4*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 63/2 (Steele 21*, Mushtaq Mohammad 11*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Tait	c Taylor b Jones	5
G Cook	lbw b Burgess	3
DS Steele	lbw b Burgess	24
Mushtaq Mohammad	b Burgess	16
*PJ Watts	c Wilkinson b Cartwright	5
P Willey	b Cartwright	71
BS Crump	lbw b Jones	34
+G Sharp	not out	11
RMH Cottam	b Jones	0
BS Bedi	c Denning b Jones	7
JCJ Dye	c Cartwright b Burgess	0
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 63.3 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-16, 3-42, 4-47, 5-53, 6-147, 7-166, 8-166, 9-174, 10-176 (63.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Burgess	30.3	6	80	4	-	-
Jones	16	4	63	4	-	-
Cartwright	17	9	33	2	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RT Virgin	c Sharp b Cottam	0
MJ Kitchen	c Sharp b Willey	19
SG Wilkinson	c Cook b Dye	11
PJ Robinson	c Watts b Cottam	2
GI Burgess	lbw b Cottam	14
PW Denning	lbw b Cottam	10
TW Cartwright	lbw b Willey	4
KJ O'Keeffe	lbw b Willey	3
+DJS Taylor	c Sharp b Cottam	4
BA Langford	not out	25
AA Jones	c Sharp b Cottam	12
Extras	(3 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 49.3 overs)	109
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-18, 3-33, 4-33, 5-43, 6-58, 7-63, 8-67, 9-87, 10-109 (49.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	19.3	9	35	6	-	-
Dye	12	3	28	1	-	-
Willey	17	6	41	3	-	-
Bedi	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Tait	run out	12
G Cook	lbw b Burgess	15
DS Steele	b Burgess	38
Mushtaq Mohammad	run out	45
*PJ Watts	c Denning b Cartwright	40
P Willey	b Langford	11
BS Crump	not out	6
+G Sharp	c Cartwright b Langford	0
RMH Cottam	not out	6
BS Bedi	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 15 lb, 1 nb)	21
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 70 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-40, 3-127, 4-131, 5-170, 6-184, 7-184

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Burgess	26	3	62	2	-	-
Jones	18	4	44	0	-	-
Cartwright	17	6	45	1	-	-
O'Keeffe	4	0	13	0	-	-
Langford	5	2	9	2	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RT Virgin	c Sharp b Cottam	11
MJ Kitchen	c Cook b Cottam	5
SG Wilkinson	lbw b Cottam	3
PJ Robinson	c Steele b Bedi	55
GI Burgess	c and b Cottam	0
PW Denning	c Mushtaq Mohammad b Willey	23
TW Cartwright	c Willey b Cottam	27
KJ O'Keeffe	not out	29
+DJS Taylor	c Cottam b Bedi	14
BA Langford	not out	10
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(8 wickets, 68.5 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-16, 3-30, 4-30, 5-78, 6-124, 7-132, 8-164

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	22.5	8	54	5	-	-
Dye	8	2	16	0	-	-
Willey	7	2	18	1	-	-
Bedi	15	8	33	2	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	16	5	56	0	-	-

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Notes
--> P Willey (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 41
--> RMH Cottam reached 750 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings

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