f29624 cc14496	Northamptonshire v Derbyshire
	County Championship 1973
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 26th, 28th, 29th May 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Derbyshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 5 (Bowling 5); Derbyshire 5 (Bowling 5)
Umpires	H Horton, R Julian
Close of play day 1	Derbyshire (1) 103/8 (Page 26*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 157/3 (Mushtaq Mohammad 60*, Watts 35*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	b Venkataraghavan	22
W Larkins	b Hendrick	0
DS Steele	c Taylor b Hendrick	1
Mushtaq Mohammad	b Swarbrook	19
*PJ Watts	run out	0
P Willey	lbw b Ward	28
+G Sharp	c Bolus b Venkataraghavan	8
A Hodgson	c Hendrick b Venkataraghavan	14
RMH Cottam	lbw b Ward	2
BS Bedi	c Hendrick b Ward	11
JCJ Dye	not out	0
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(all out, 50 overs)	106
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-9, 3-40, 4-42, 5-43, 6-78, 7-89, 8-95, 9-95, 10-106 (50 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hendrick	7	3	11	2	-	-
Ward	9	4	22	3	-	-
Venkataraghavan	18	5	36	3	-	-
Swarbrook	16	6	36	1	-	-

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Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JB Bolus	c Watts b Dye	3
FW Swarbrook	lbw b Cottam	0
A Hill	c Sharp b Cottam	0
IR Buxton	b Cottam	5
AJ Harvey-Walker	c Cottam b Dye	21
H Cartwright	c Mushtaq Mohammad b Cottam	22
MH Page	c Sharp b Cottam	33
+RW Taylor	b Dye	12
S Venkataraghavan	lbw b Dye	4
A Ward	b Cottam	36
M Hendrick	not out	1
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 70.2 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-4, 3-6, 4-21, 5-44, 6-58, 7-93, 8-103, 9-145, 10-148 (70.2 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	23.2	10	45	6	-	-
Dye	22	9	40	4	-	-
Bedi	16	4	34	0	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	6	2	13	0	-	-
Hodgson	3	2	5	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	c Cartwright b Swarbrook	24
W Larkins	run out	24
DS Steele	c Taylor b Hendrick	10
Mushtaq Mohammad	not out	60
*PJ Watts	not out	35
P Willey	did not bat
+G Sharp	did not bat
A Hodgson	did not bat
RMH Cottam	did not bat
BS Bedi	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	4
Total	(3 wickets, 60.3 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-57, 3-63

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hendrick	17.3	2	46	1	-	-
Ward	7	0	21	0	-	-
Venkataraghavan	12	3	32	0	-	-
Swarbrook	9	3	22	1	-	-
Buxton	15	6	32	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> H Cartwright (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in County Championship matches
--> W Larkins (2) passed his previous highest score of 20 in County Championship matches
--> S Venkataraghavan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 3-72)

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