f32108 cc15392	Kent v Northamptonshire
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	Hesketh Park, Dartford on 24th, 26th, 27th June 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Kent 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3); Northamptonshire 5 (Batting 3, Bowling 2)
Umpires	WL Budd, A Jepson
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 69/0 (Woolmer 45*, Rowe 24*; 26 overs)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 13/0 (Cook 2*, Larkins 10*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Cook	c Downton b Johnson	25
W Larkins	c Woolmer b Shepherd	64
DS Steele	b Johnson	10
AJ Lamb	c Downton b Shepherd	39
P Willey	run out	0
TJ Yardley	c Asif Iqbal b Jarvis	0
RG Williams	not out	60
IM Richards	b Shepherd	23
+G Sharp	not out	22
TM Lamb	did not bat
RM Carter	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-92, 3-127, 4-127, 5-136, 6-144, 7-210

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jarvis	11	2	42	1	-	-
Shepherd	24	8	54	3	-	-
Underwood	23	15	27	0	-	-
Woolmer	7	3	24	0	-	-
Johnson	22	8	52	2	-	-
Rowe	8	5	12	0	-	-
Asif Iqbal	5	0	32	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Woolmer	st Sharp b TM Lamb	109
CJC Rowe	c Steele b TM Lamb	35
CJ Tavaré	c Williams b Steele	72
Asif Iqbal	lbw b Willey	18
*AGE Ealham	c Sharp b TM Lamb	44
CS Cowdrey	not out	43
GW Johnson	not out	46
JN Shepherd	did not bat
+PR Downton	did not bat
DL Underwood	did not bat
KBS Jarvis	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb)	10
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	377
Fall of wickets:
1-105, 2-152, 3-188, 4-270, 5-288

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
TM Lamb	26	6	83	3	-	-
Carter	8	2	26	0	-	-
Willey	20	3	58	1	-	-
Steele	28	4	97	1	-	-
Richards	4	1	24	0	-	-
Larkins	5	1	33	0	-	-
Williams	9	0	46	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Cook	c Ealham b Johnson	88
W Larkins	c Shepherd b Underwood	37
IM Richards	run out	12
AJ Lamb	b Underwood	13
P Willey	not out	34
TJ Yardley	c Tavaré b Underwood	0
RG Williams	c Cowdrey b Underwood	4
DS Steele	c Downton b Tavaré	67
+G Sharp	did not bat
TM Lamb	did not bat
RM Carter	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 12 lb, 4 nb)	24
Total	(7 wickets, 123 overs)	279
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-133, 3-164, 4-164, 5-164, 6-168, 7-279 (123 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jarvis	8	1	29	0	-	-
Shepherd	26	10	67	0	-	-
Underwood	39	17	79	4	-	-
Johnson	25	12	33	1	-	-
Rowe	16	7	21	0	-	-
Tavaré	5	1	20	1	-	-
Cowdrey	4	2	6	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
--> G Cook (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> RG Williams (1) passed his previous highest score of 46 in County Championship matches
--> CS Cowdrey (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 22
--> G Cook (2) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 42
--> P Willey (2) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 10
--> GW Johnson reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> TM Lamb reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent first innings

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