f30660 cc14898	Somerset v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1975
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 12th, 14th, 15th July 1975 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Northamptonshire won by 6 wickets
Points	Somerset 4 (Batting 3, Bowling 1); Northamptonshire 16 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	WE Alley, DJ Constant
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (1) 54/2 (Cook 18*, Mushtaq Mohammad 2*; 23 overs)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+DJS Taylor	c Sharp b Sarfraz Nawaz	5
BC Rose	b Cottam	37
PW Denning	b Cottam	40
IVA Richards	lbw b Cottam	6
*DB Close	b Willey	47
PA Slocombe	c Steele b Bedi	31
IT Botham	c Cottam b Sarfraz Nawaz	45
PM Roebuck	run out	38
D Breakwell	not out	14
RJ Clapp	c Willey b Mushtaq Mohammad	4
AA Jones	b Dye	0
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 6 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 94.1 overs)	278
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-79, 3-88, 4-92, 5-143, 6-190, 7-248, 8-260, 9-265, 10-278 (94.1 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	20	3	65	2	-	-
Dye	14	4	27	1	-	-
Cottam	13	2	37	3	-	-
Bedi	22	5	49	1	-	-
Willey	4	0	22	1	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	21.1	6	67	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RT Virgin	lbw b Jones	0
G Cook	not out	85
DS Steele	c Taylor b Breakwell	32
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Jones b Botham	42
PJ Watts	not out	22
P Willey	lbw b Botham	8
+G Sharp	did not bat
Sarfraz Nawaz	did not bat
RMH Cottam	did not bat
BS Bedi	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	11
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 69 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-49, 3-124, 4-149

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	20	3	59	1	-	-
Clapp	7	1	14	0	-	-
Botham	14	3	41	2	-	-
Breakwell	12	2	21	1	-	-
Close	3	2	1	0	-	-
Richards	5	0	22	0	-	-
Roebuck	8	1	31	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+DJS Taylor	c Steele b Mushtaq Mohammad	36
BC Rose	c Steele b Willey	40
PW Denning	c Cottam b Willey	1
IVA Richards	c Bedi b Willey	0
PA Slocombe	lbw b Mushtaq Mohammad	1
IT Botham	c Sarfraz Nawaz b Mushtaq Mohammad	12
PM Roebuck	not out	18
*DB Close	did not bat
D Breakwell	did not bat
RJ Clapp	did not bat
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 31 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-63, 3-63, 4-66, 5-82, 6-113 (31 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	3	0	11	0	-	-
Dye	3	0	14	0	-	-
Willey	12	1	29	3	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	13	0	54	3	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RT Virgin	c Taylor b Botham	9
G Cook	c Richards b Botham	53
DS Steele	run out	68
Mushtaq Mohammad	run out	30
P Willey	not out	18
PJ Watts	not out	3
+G Sharp	did not bat
Sarfraz Nawaz	did not bat
RMH Cottam	did not bat
BS Bedi	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(4 wickets, 31.4 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-102, 3-169, 4-181

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	9.4	0	60	0	-	-
Clapp	3	0	17	0	-	-
Botham	11	1	57	2	-	-
Breakwell	8	0	47	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
--> DS Steele (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 25

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