f23847	Northamptonshire v Combined Services
	Other First-Class matches in England 1961
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 12th, 13th, 14th July 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Combined Services won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	F Jakeman, JG Langridge
Scorers	JH Mason, R Smith
Close of play day 1	Combined Services (1) 14/3 (Newsom 10*, McIntyre 0*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 231/2 (PJ Watts 108*, Lightfoot 71*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BL Reynolds	c Fenner b Stead	41			6	-
C Milburn	c Newsom b Stead	56			8	-
PJ Watts	c Virgin b Buss	39			2	-
A Lightfoot	c Hatch b Buss	18			4	-
JH Minney	c Virgin b Buss	2			-	-
ME Scott	b Buss	6			1	-
PD Watts	not out	86			8	-
JG Williamson	c Buss b Stead	19			1	-
MR Dilley	c Fenner b Buss	13			1	-
+LA Johnson	c McIntyre b Pratt	6			1	-
J Wild	c Virgin b Buss	0			-	-
Extras	(7 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 282 minutes, 83.3 overs)	294
Fall of wickets:
1-83 (Reynolds), 2-112 (Milburn), 3-139 (Lightfoot), 4-145 (Minney), 5-163 (Scott), 6-176 (PJ Watts), 7-245 (Williamson), 8-280 (Dilley), 9-293 (Johnson), 10-294 (Wild, 83.3 ov)

Combined Services bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stead	24	6	69	3	-	1
Buss	31.3	1	131	6	-	-
Earnshaw	19	4	68	0	-	-
Pratt	9	2	18	1	-	-

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Combined Services first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Lightfoot b Dilley	4			1	-
PG Hatch	c Johnson b Williamson	0			-	-
DJ Newsom	c Lightfoot b Dilley	23			4	-
N Durden-Smith	b Dilley	0			-	-
+TF McIntyre	c Johnson b PJ Watts	18			3	-
*MD Fenner	b PJ Watts	46			7	-
A Buss	b Williamson	36			7	-
K Robinson	c Wild b Scott	18			3	-
D Pratt	lbw b Scott	12			2	-
B Stead	c Reynolds b Scott	14			2	1
RO Earnshaw	not out	2			-	-
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 67.3 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Hatch), 2-4 (Virgin), 3-4 (Durden-Smith), 4-30 (Newsom), 5-79 (McIntyre), 6-96 (Fenner), 7-139 (Buss), 8-155 (Pratt), 9-169 (Stead), 10-175 (Robinson, 67.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dilley	15	3	51	3	-	-
Williamson	17	9	25	2	-	-
Lightfoot	5	1	19	0	-	-
PJ Watts	8	1	32	2	-	-
Scott	7.3	1	34	3	-	-
PD Watts	15	9	12	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BL Reynolds	c Stead b Pratt	50			5	-
C Milburn	b Buss	0			-	-
PJ Watts	not out	108			12	-
A Lightfoot	not out	71			5	2
JH Minney	did not bat
ME Scott	did not bat
PD Watts	did not bat
JG Williamson	did not bat
MR Dilley	did not bat
+LA Johnson	did not bat
J Wild	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 65 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Milburn), 2-94 (Reynolds)

Combined Services bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stead	9	1	45	0	-	-
Buss	25	3	66	1	-	-
Earnshaw	7	0	35	0	-	-
Pratt	24	2	83	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> K Robinson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> PG Hatch made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> DJ Newsom made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> K Robinson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RO Earnshaw made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> BL Reynolds (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> PD Watts (1) passed his previous highest score of 56 in First-Class matches
--> DJ Newsom (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in First-Class matches
--> TF McIntyre (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in First-Class matches
--> PJ Watts (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 64

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