f30114 cc14664	Warwickshire v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1974
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 25th, 27th, 28th May 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Warwickshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Warwickshire 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Northamptonshire 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	HD Bird, H Horton
Scorers	CWC Grove (Warwickshire), J Mercer (Northamptonshire)
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 145/3 (Mushtaq Mohammad 33*, Cook 19*; 61 overs)
Close of play day 2	Warwickshire (2) 260/5 (MJK Smith 17*, Hemmings 4*)

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DL Amiss	lbw b Dye	5
JA Jameson	run out	29
AI Kallicharran	lbw b Cottam	8
RB Kanhai	c Virgin b Cottam	4
MJK Smith	b Sarfraz Nawaz	7
+DL Murray	b Dye	29
EE Hemmings	c Watts b Sarfraz Nawaz	14
SJ Rouse	c Sharp b Dye	7
*AC Smith	c Virgin b Cottam	28
W Blenkiron	c Sharp b Cottam	12
RGD Willis	not out	3
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 46.3 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-28, 3-35, 4-54, 5-58, 6-100, 7-100, 8-115, 9-147, 10-152 (46.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	17.3	1	54	4	-	-
Dye	13	3	36	3	-	-
Sarfraz Nawaz	16	1	56	2	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Jameson b Rouse	33
P Willey	c Murray b AC Smith	44
DS Steele	c Rouse b Willis	1
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Jameson b Willis	46
G Cook	b Rouse	23
*PJ Watts	c Hemmings b Willis	8
C Milburn	c Jameson b Willis	25
Sarfraz Nawaz	c MJK Smith b AC Smith	17
+G Sharp	c Kallicharran b AC Smith	25
RMH Cottam	not out	1
JCJ Dye	lbw b Rouse	0
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb, 9 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 92 overs)	243
Fall of wickets:
1-78, 2-79, 3-109, 4-161, 5-168, 6-177, 7-214, 8-239, 9-242, 10-243 (92 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	24	5	70	4	-	-
Rouse	20	2	44	3	-	-
Blenkiron	22	7	47	0	-	-
AC Smith	17	6	42	3	-	-
Hemmings	8	4	17	0	-	-
Jameson	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DL Amiss	c Sharp b Cottam	0
JA Jameson	c Sharp b Dye	128
AI Kallicharran	c Cook b Sarfraz Nawaz	40
RB Kanhai	b Mushtaq Mohammad	60
MJK Smith	b Dye	98
+DL Murray	c Cook b Cottam	4
EE Hemmings	c Watts b Mushtaq Mohammad	33
SJ Rouse	retired hurt	6
*AC Smith	c Watts b Cottam	9
W Blenkiron	lbw b Dye	1
RGD Willis	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 112.2 overs)	388
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-98, 3-232, 4-239, 5-252, 6-344, 7-380, 8-388, 9-388 (112.2 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	29.2	4	83	3	-	-
Dye	27	3	111	3	-	-
Sarfraz Nawaz	21	4	71	1	-	-
Milburn	6	0	26	0	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	29	8	88	2	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	b AC Smith	16
P Willey	c Kallicharran b Willis	1
DS Steele	b Willis	84
Mushtaq Mohammad	c and b Willis	11
G Cook	b Willis	0
*PJ Watts	c Amiss b Willis	45
C Milburn	not out	39
Sarfraz Nawaz	not out	8
+G Sharp	did not bat
RMH Cottam	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	10
Total	(6 wickets, 74 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-17, 3-32, 4-32, 5-151, 6-190

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	21	2	85	5	-	-
Blenkiron	4	1	6	0	-	-
AC Smith	14	3	33	1	-	-
Hemmings	19	7	32	0	-	-
Jameson	14	6	33	0	-	-
Kallicharran	2	0	15	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> JA Jameson (2) passed 11000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 73
--> SJ Rouse retired hurt in the Warwickshire second innings having scored 6 (team score 374/6)

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