f23905 cc11957	Worcestershire v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1961
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 2nd, 3rd, 4th August 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 127 runs
Points	Worcestershire 14 (Batting 2); Northamptonshire 0
Umpires	D Davies, RSM Lay
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 17/2 (Norman 6*, Wild 1*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 92/5 (Dews 10*, Gifford 0*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*D Kenyon	c and b Lightfoot	16
MJ Horton	c Johnson b Dilley	4
RGA Headley	c Johnson b Lightfoot	61
DW Richardson	lbw b Dilley	1
RG Broadbent	c Ramsamooj b Scott	102
G Dews	b Scott	28
+R Booth	c Watts b Wild	40
JA Standen	c Johnson b Watts	1
N Gifford	b Watts	34
LJ Coldwell	not out	1
JA Flavell	b Watts	0
Extras	(9 b, 5 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 107 overs)	302
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-23, 3-34, 4-128, 5-200, 6-221, 7-228, 8-290, 9-302, 10-302 (107 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dilley	22	4	47	2	-	-
Lightfoot	25	4	68	2	-	-
Wild	12	4	45	1	-	-
Watts	22	8	41	3	-	-
Crump	12	2	35	0	-	-
Scott	14	2	52	2	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	st Booth b Horton	80
BL Reynolds	c Richardson b Flavell	0
PJ Watts	c Booth b Flavell	10
J Wild	c Booth b Standen	70
*R Subba Row	lbw b Flavell	28
A Lightfoot	run out	6
D Ramsamooj	st Booth b Gifford	0
BS Crump	c Broadbent b Flavell	26
ME Scott	c Broadbent b Gifford	5
+LA Johnson	c Headley b Gifford	2
MR Dilley	not out	7
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 108.1 overs)	241
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-15, 3-116, 4-176, 5-197, 6-200, 7-200, 8-221, 9-227, 10-241 (108.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flavell	24.1	2	46	4	-	-
Coldwell	16	4	32	0	-	-
Gifford	26	12	57	3	-	-
Horton	32	8	71	1	-	-
Standen	10	2	28	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*D Kenyon	lbw b Scott	36
MJ Horton	c Johnson b Lightfoot	20
RGA Headley	lbw b Lightfoot	6
DW Richardson	c Johnson b Lightfoot	8
RG Broadbent	c Subba Row b Lightfoot	2
G Dews	c Dilley b Watts	42
N Gifford	lbw b Lightfoot	22
+R Booth	c Johnson b Lightfoot	4
JA Standen	not out	29
LJ Coldwell	not out	4
JA Flavell	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 6 lb)	18
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 81 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-62, 3-72, 4-80, 5-91, 6-143, 7-153, 8-155

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dilley	20	3	59	0	-	-
Lightfoot	39	12	71	6	-	-
Watts	8	1	22	1	-	-
Scott	14	6	21	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	b Gifford	38
BL Reynolds	c Coldwell b Flavell	11
PJ Watts	hit wkt b Horton	8
*R Subba Row	c Booth b Horton	6
A Lightfoot	run out	0
D Ramsamooj	c Broadbent b Horton	6
BS Crump	c Richardson b Horton	7
ME Scott	c Gifford b Horton	0
J Wild	c Booth b Horton	22
+LA Johnson	c Richardson b Horton	18
MR Dilley	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 39.1 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-44, 3-54, 4-57, 5-72, 6-80, 7-80, 8-87, 9-116, 10-125 (39.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flavell	8	1	22	1	-	-
Coldwell	6	2	15	0	-	-
Gifford	12	4	37	1	-	-
Horton	13.1	2	42	7	-	-

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Notes
--> N Gifford (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in County Championship matches
--> MEJC Norman (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 77
--> MEJC Norman (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 8
--> J Wild (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> A Lightfoot reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings

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