f33527 cc15875	Northamptonshire v Lancashire
	Schweppes County Championship 1981
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 6th, 7th, 8th May 1981 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 4 (Bowling 4); Lancashire 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4)
Umpires	KE Palmer, CT Spencer
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 26/2 (Fowler 11*, CH Lloyd 13*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 14/2 (Williams 1*, AJ Lamb 0*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Cook	c Fowler b Allott	16
W Larkins	lbw b Holding	39
RG Williams	c Fowler b Allott	22
AJ Lamb	lbw b Allott	1
P Willey	lbw b Allott	0
TJ Yardley	c O'Shaughnessy b Allott	20
RM Carter	c Fowler b Allott	6
+G Sharp	c Kennedy b Allott	14
NA Mallender	not out	5
TM Lamb	lbw b Holding	10
BJ Griffiths	b Allott	0
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 64.3 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-74, 3-75, 4-75, 5-96, 6-105, 7-116, 8-123, 9-136, 10-141 (64.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holding	20	7	43	2	-	-
Lee	17	5	42	0	-	-
Allott	25.3	12	48	8	-	-
Simmons	1	1	0	0	-	-
Hughes	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Kennedy	b Mallender	0
+G Fowler	b Willey	41
FC Hayes	c Sharp b Mallender	0
*CH Lloyd	lbw b TM Lamb	38
D Lloyd	c Willey b Mallender	21
SJ O'Shaughnessy	lbw b Carter	19
J Simmons	b Carter	22
DP Hughes	lbw b TM Lamb	7
MA Holding	b Griffiths	15
PJW Allott	not out	10
PG Lee	b TM Lamb	2
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 4 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 82 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-9, 3-83, 4-83, 5-122, 6-139, 7-152, 8-172, 9-172, 10-184 (82 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Griffiths	19	7	36	1	-	-
Mallender	19	6	46	3	-	-
TM Lamb	19	4	47	3	-	-
Willey	20	7	26	1	-	-
Carter	5	1	20	2	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Cook	b Holding	5
W Larkins	c CH Lloyd b Holding	8
RG Williams	c Simmons b Allott	18
AJ Lamb	not out	133
P Willey	lbw b Holding	37
TJ Yardley	not out	41
RM Carter	did not bat
+G Sharp	did not bat
NA Mallender	did not bat
TM Lamb	did not bat
BJ Griffiths	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 70 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-14, 3-94, 4-162

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holding	14	2	62	3	-	-
Lee	9	2	45	0	-	-
Allott	13	6	34	1	-	-
Simmons	17	7	39	0	-	-
Hughes	13	4	38	0	-	-
O'Shaughnessy	2	0	17	0	-	-
D Lloyd	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Kennedy	lbw b Mallender	6
+G Fowler	not out	18
FC Hayes	not out	4
*CH Lloyd	did not bat
D Lloyd	did not bat
SJ O'Shaughnessy	did not bat
J Simmons	did not bat
DP Hughes	did not bat
MA Holding	did not bat
PJW Allott	did not bat
PG Lee	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 18 overs)	28
Fall of wickets:
1-17 (Kennedy)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Griffiths	7	3	17	0	-	-
Mallender	5	3	5	1	-	-
TM Lamb	4	2	3	0	-	-
Carter	2	0	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> MA Holding made his debut in County Championship matches
--> W Larkins (2) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 7
--> MA Holding made his debut for Lancashire in First-Class matches
--> PJW Allott achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 5-39)
--> PJW Allott achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 5-39)

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