f30240 cc14763	Lancashire v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1974
Venue	Stanley Park, Blackpool on 7th, 8th, 9th August 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Lancashire 5 (Batting 3, Bowling 2); Northamptonshire 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	JG Langridge, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 28/0 (Wood 18*, Kennedy 10*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 81/5 (Tait 57*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	lbw b Simmons	106
A Tait	run out	7
DS Steele	c Shuttleworth b Hughes	77
G Cook	c Abrahams b Simmons	24
P Willey	st Lyon b Simmons	0
*PJ Watts	not out	17
+G Sharp	b Simmons	6
A Hodgson	not out	3
RMH Cottam	did not bat
BS Bedi	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb)	11
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-159, 3-222, 4-225, 5-225, 6-235

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	6	3	4	0	-	-
Shuttleworth	9	5	9	0	-	-
Wood	23	10	42	0	-	-
Simmons	30	7	74	4	-	-
Hughes	28	4	94	1	-	-
Lloyd	4	0	17	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	st Sharp b Bedi	35
A Kennedy	c Sharp b Dye	29
H Pilling	c Hodgson b Bedi	11
FC Hayes	st Sharp b Bedi	21
*CH Lloyd	c Sharp b Bedi	92
J Abrahams	c and b Bedi	10
DP Hughes	lbw b Willey	0
J Simmons	not out	44
+J Lyon	not out	12
K Shuttleworth	did not bat
P Lever	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 4 nb)	9
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	263
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-69, 3-80, 4-144, 5-186, 6-199, 7-213

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	16	2	49	0	-	-
Dye	11	3	29	1	-	-
Hodgson	9	2	28	0	-	-
Bedi	47	12	110	5	-	-
Willey	17	5	38	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Lyon b Lever	0
A Tait	run out	99
G Cook	c Simmons b Wood	14
P Willey	c Abrahams b Hughes	5
+G Sharp	c Hayes b Hughes	4
*PJ Watts	c Hayes b Simmons	0
DS Steele	b Hughes	60
A Hodgson	c Lever b Hughes	30
RMH Cottam	c and b Hughes	10
BS Bedi	not out	4
JCJ Dye	b Simmons	1
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 103.5 overs)	234
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-56, 3-64, 4-80, 5-81, 6-185, 7-187, 8-227, 9-230, 10-234 (103.5 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	13	5	22	1	-	-
Shuttleworth	10	5	13	0	-	-
Wood	8	4	11	1	-	-
Simmons	43.5	12	113	2	-	-
Hughes	27	7	60	5	-	-
Abrahams	2	1	8	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	lbw b Dye	8
A Kennedy	c Willey b Dye	10
H Pilling	c Willey b Bedi	4
FC Hayes	st Sharp b Bedi	4
*CH Lloyd	lbw b Willey	24
J Abrahams	c Cook b Bedi	10
DP Hughes	c Virgin b Bedi	12
J Simmons	not out	31
+J Lyon	c Sharp b Willey	0
K Shuttleworth	not out	23
P Lever	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 5 lb, 3 nb)	18
Total	(8 wickets, 66.5 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-21, 3-25, 4-32, 5-64, 6-66, 7-94, 8-95

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	7.5	3	17	0	-	-
Dye	8	2	23	2	-	-
Bedi	28	15	40	4	-	-
Willey	22	7	45	2	-	-
Watts	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> PJ Watts (1) passed 13500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> H Pilling (1) passed 12000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> A Tait (2) passed his previous highest score of 67 in First-Class matches
--> A Tait (2) passed his previous highest score of 67 in County Championship matches
--> DP Hughes reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings

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