f27205 cc13470	Northamptonshire v Somerset
	County Championship 1968
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 11th, 12th, 13th May 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 2 (Bowling 2); Somerset 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	OW Herman, CG Pepper
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 6/2 (Milburn 1*, Ackerman 0*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (1) 151/6 (Kettle 4*, Scott 0*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Johnson b Kettle	49
MJ Kitchen	c Johnson b Kettle	2
KE Palmer	lbw b Kettle	28
TI Barwell	c Willey b Scott	49
GS Chappell	c Prideaux b Sully	56
WE Alley	c Ackerman b Sully	21
*RC Kerslake	c Ackerman b Sully	21
R Palmer	b Durose	10
BA Langford	b Kettle	18
FE Rumsey	not out	2
+RA Brooks	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 10 lb, 4 nb)	18
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 94.3 overs)	274
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-62, 3-96, 4-153, 5-192, 6-229, 7-240, 8-272, 9-274 (94.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Durose	14	2	44	1	-	-
Kettle	12.3	1	51	4	-	-
Willey	13	3	30	0	-	-
Milburn	6	1	10	0	-	-
Sully	26	11	48	3	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	4	0	24	0	-	-
Scott	14	4	37	1	-	-
Steele	5	2	12	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RM Prideaux	c Kerslake b Rumsey	0
C Milburn	c Chappell b R Palmer	54
DS Steele	lbw b Rumsey	4
HM Ackerman	lbw b R Palmer	12
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Chappell b Langford	44
P Willey	c Alley b R Palmer	18
MK Kettle	not out	4
ME Scott	not out	0
+LA Johnson	did not bat
AJ Durose	did not bat
H Sully	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 8 nb)	15
Total	(6 wickets, 53 overs)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-6, 3-31, 4-122, 5-136, 6-151

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	12	5	23	2	-	-
R Palmer	25	5	74	3	-	-
Chappell	2	2	0	0	-	-
Alley	8	0	31	0	-	-
Langford	6	4	8	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> RT Virgin (1) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> GS Chappell (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in County Championship matches
--> Mushtaq Mohammad (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 24

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