f35875	Northamptonshire v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1985
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th July 1985 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	JW Holder, AA Jones
Scorers	BH Clarke (Northamptonshire), MP Ringham (Australians)
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 404/5 (Boon 206*, Matthews 51*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (1) 194/3 (Bailey 74*, Williams 13*)
Close of play day 3	Northamptonshire (1) 258/3 (Bailey 107*, Williams 35*)

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AMJ Hilditch	lbw b Griffiths	0
GM Wood	retired hurt	20
KC Wessels	c Lamb b Wheeler	1
DC Boon	not out	206			28	1
GM Ritchie	run out	49
+WB Phillips	b Williams	55
SP O'Donnell	b Capel	8
GRJ Matthews	not out	51
MJ Bennett	did not bat
CJ McDermott	did not bat
RG Holland	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 10 lb, 2 w)	14
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 107 overs)	404
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-13, 3-109, 4-215, 5-254

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Griffiths	25	5	72	1	-	-
Wheeler	20	0	87	1	-	-
Capel	22	0	107	1	-	-
Larkins	6	0	26	0	-	-
Williams	21	5	66	1	-	-
Harper	11	3	27	0	-	-
Lamb	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Cook	lbw b McDermott	24
W Larkins	c sub b O'Donnell	44
RJ Boyd-Moss	c Phillips b McDermott	18
RJ Bailey	not out	107			13	2
RG Williams	not out	35
AJ Lamb	did not bat
DJ Capel	did not bat
+D Ripley	did not bat
RA Harper	did not bat
MBH Wheeler	did not bat
BJ Griffiths	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 11 lb, 7 nb)	30
Total	(3 wickets, 69.2 overs)	258
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-82, 3-149

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McDermott	19	3	70	2	-	-
O'Donnell	16	1	81	1	-	-
Bennett	14	3	43	0	-	-
Holland	7	3	12	0	-	-
Matthews	13.2	3	29	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> MBH Wheeler made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GM Wood retired hurt in the Australians first innings having scored 20 (team score 35/2)

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