f23884 cc11938	Northamptonshire v Somerset
	County Championship 1961
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 26th, 27th, 28th July 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by an innings and 121 runs
Points	Northamptonshire 0; Somerset 14 (Batting 2)
Umpires	R Aspinall, A Jepson
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 127/4 (Alley 9*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 85/7 (Crump 14*, Allen 0*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	run out	26
BL Reynolds	c Eele b Palmer	1
PJ Watts	c Eele b CRM Atkinson	46
A Lightfoot	c and b Langford	15
C Milburn	c Langford b CRM Atkinson	38
BS Crump	c Langford b CRM Atkinson	12
ME Scott	c and b Langford	5
*+KV Andrew	not out	14
MHJ Allen	c CRM Atkinson b Langford	6
MR Dilley	c Palmer b Langford	0
JDF Larter	c Alley b CRM Atkinson	0
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 82.5 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-53, 3-87, 4-113, 5-138, 6-147, 7-149, 8-159, 9-164, 10-167 (82.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	15	5	36	1	-	-
Alley	5	2	10	0	-	-
Lomax	10	4	21	0	-	-
Greetham	7	4	15	0	-	-
Langford	27	13	37	4	-	-
CRM Atkinson	18.5	6	44	4	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Reynolds b Scott	61
B Roe	c Allen b Scott	51
RT Virgin	c Reynolds b Scott	1
PB Wight	c Lightfoot b Scott	4
WE Alley	c sub b Scott	156
JG Lomax	c Allen b Scott	4
KE Palmer	not out	125
CHM Greetham	not out	8
+PJ Eele	did not bat
*CRM Atkinson	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb)	10
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 154 overs)	420
Fall of wickets:
1-88, 2-90, 3-94, 4-127, 5-135, 6-400

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Larter	5	3	3	0	-	-
Dilley	20	4	57	0	-	-
Allen	35	9	119	0	-	-
Crump	37	16	77	0	-	-
Scott	53	17	133	6	-	-
Lightfoot	2	0	14	0	-	-
Watts	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	run out	5
BL Reynolds	c Alley b Langford	23
PJ Watts	c Wight b Langford	8
A Lightfoot	b Langford	7
C Milburn	c Palmer b Langford	0
BS Crump	c G Atkinson b Langford	37
*+KV Andrew	c G Atkinson b Langford	17
ME Scott	b CRM Atkinson	2
MHJ Allen	c Palmer b Langford	6
MR Dilley	not out	7
JDF Larter	b Langford	11
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 54.3 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-40, 3-42, 4-42, 5-53, 6-81, 7-84, 8-107, 9-116, 10-132 (54.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	3	2	4	0	-	-
Greetham	4	0	20	0	-	-
Langford	24.3	9	41	8	-	-
CRM Atkinson	12	0	46	1	-	-
Wight	11	7	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> A Lightfoot (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 10
--> WE Alley (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 116
--> KE Palmer (1) passed his previous highest score of 64 in First-Class matches
--> KE Palmer (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> KE Palmer (1) passed his previous highest score of 64 in County Championship matches
--> KE Palmer (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> JDF Larter (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in First-Class matches
--> JDF Larter (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in County Championship matches
--> CRM Atkinson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> ME Scott reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> ME Scott achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 4-41)
--> ME Scott achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings

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