f31172 cc15072	Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1976
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 21st, 22nd, 23rd July 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Northamptonshire won by 105 runs
Points	Northamptonshire 17 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Gloucestershire 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	WE Alley, HD Bird
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 73/3 (Hignell 2*, Brassington 2*; 22 overs)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 25/0 (Stovold 4*, Sadiq Mohammad 19*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Shepherd b Brown	20
G Cook	st Brassington b Brown	32
*Mushtaq Mohammad	c Procter b Childs	62
W Larkins	c Hignell b Procter	1
TJ Yardley	c Zaheer Abbas b Davey	10
RG Williams	lbw b Brown	1
PW Romaines	c and b Brown	17
+G Sharp	c Brassington b Childs	14
Sarfraz Nawaz	c Shepherd b Graveney	43
A Hodgson	not out	41
JCJ Dye	c Davey b Graveney	14
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 91.5 overs)	265
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-54, 3-55, 4-73, 5-74, 6-120, 7-156, 8-177, 9-235, 10-265 (91.5 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	20	3	37	1	-	-
Davey	18	2	54	1	-	-
Brown	18	5	52	4	-	-
Childs	21	6	58	2	-	-
Graveney	14.5	6	54	2	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Stovold	c Mushtaq Mohammad b Hodgson	38
Sadiq Mohammad	lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz	8
Zaheer Abbas	c Sharp b Sarfraz Nawaz	20
AJ Hignell	c Mushtaq Mohammad b Sarfraz Nawaz	18
+AJ Brassington	lbw b Dye	21
MJ Procter	c Sharp b Hodgson	6
DR Shepherd	c Cook b Hodgson	0
DA Graveney	c Yardley b Hodgson	7
*AS Brown	lbw b Dye	1
J Davey	c Cook b Dye	9
JH Childs	not out	2
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 53 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-69, 3-71, 4-92, 5-107, 6-107, 7-121, 8-123, 9-126, 10-135 (53 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	24	7	59	3	-	-
Dye	15	4	48	3	-	-
Hodgson	14	4	23	4	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	b Childs	42
G Cook	c Stovold b Brown	39
*Mushtaq Mohammad	not out	103
W Larkins	c Childs b Procter	30
TJ Yardley	not out	34
RG Williams	did not bat
PW Romaines	did not bat
+G Sharp	did not bat
Sarfraz Nawaz	did not bat
A Hodgson	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 69.3 overs)	252
Fall of wickets:
1-61, 2-113, 3-180

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	16	3	66	1	-	-
Davey	15	3	48	0	-	-
Brown	14	4	45	1	-	-
Childs	18.3	3	78	1	-	-
Graveney	6	3	11	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Stovold	b Mushtaq Mohammad	36
Sadiq Mohammad	c Romaines b Sarfraz Nawaz	25
Zaheer Abbas	st Sharp b Mushtaq Mohammad	5
MJ Procter	c Sharp b Hodgson	6
AJ Hignell	c Virgin b Hodgson	83
DR Shepherd	run out	84
DA Graveney	lbw b Mushtaq Mohammad	2
*AS Brown	c Cook b Williams	16
+AJ Brassington	lbw b Mushtaq Mohammad	11
J Davey	c Yardley b Williams	2
JH Childs	not out	0
Extras	(1 lb, 6 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 99.1 overs)	277
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-63, 3-76, 4-76, 5-191, 6-204, 7-257, 8-265, 9-277, 10-277 (99.1 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	21	3	75	1	-	-
Dye	19	4	49	0	-	-
Hodgson	16	2	61	2	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	33	16	66	4	-	-
Williams	10.1	5	19	2	-	-

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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
--> PW Romaines (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> PW Romaines (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in County Championship matches
--> A Hodgson (1) passed his previous highest score of 40 in County Championship matches
--> A Hodgson (1) equalled his previous highest score of 41 in First-Class matches
--> Mushtaq Mohammad (2) passed 26500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 71

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