f32085 cc15374	Northamptonshire v Worcestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 10th, 12th, 13th June 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 5 (Batting 4, Bowling 1); Worcestershire 5 (Batting 4, Bowling 1)
Umpires	C Cook, J van Geloven
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 54/0 (Turner 33*, Ormrod 17*; 19 overs)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 129/2 (Steele 64*, Williams 23*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Larkins	not out	170
*G Cook	c Humphries b Pridgeon	25
DS Steele	c Hemsley b Cumbes	6
RG Williams	lbw b Gifford	17
P Willey	c Humphries b Holder	24
TJ Yardley	not out	45
IM Richards	did not bat
+G Sharp	did not bat
RM Carter	did not bat
TM Lamb	did not bat
BJ Griffiths	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 13 lb, 8 nb)	25
Total	(4 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	312
Fall of wickets:
1-79, 2-97, 3-150, 4-185

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	23	1	59	1	-	-
Pridgeon	23	4	64	1	-	-
Cumbes	16	1	70	1	-	-
Gifford	21	7	47	1	-	-
D'Oliveira	1	0	3	0	-	-
Patel	16	5	44	0	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	c Cook b Willey	127
JA Ormrod	c Sharp b Lamb	65
PA Neale	c Steele b Lamb	74
EJO Hemsley	not out	31
BL D'Oliveira	not out	2
DN Patel	did not bat
+DJ Humphries	did not bat
*N Gifford	did not bat
VA Holder	did not bat
AP Pridgeon	did not bat
J Cumbes	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 5 nb)	9
Total	(3 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	308
Fall of wickets:
1-163, 2-233, 3-301

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Griffiths	25	2	85	0	-	-
Lamb	24	4	70	2	-	-
Willey	27	6	65	1	-	-
Carter	7	1	17	0	-	-
Steele	11	0	31	0	-	-
Williams	6	0	31	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Larkins	lbw b Holder	11
*G Cook	b Gifford	21
DS Steele	c Patel b Gifford	117
RG Williams	st Humphries b Gifford	46
P Willey	c Neale b Patel	10
TJ Yardley	c Humphries b Cumbes	3
IM Richards	not out	18
+G Sharp	c Humphries b Pridgeon	13
RM Carter	not out	8
TM Lamb	did not bat
BJ Griffiths	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 11 nb)	18
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 109 overs)	265
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-57, 3-179, 4-199, 5-212, 6-224, 7-251

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	24	6	50	1	-	-
Pridgeon	12	1	42	1	-	-
Cumbes	14	5	33	1	-	-
Gifford	36	12	67	3	-	-
D'Oliveira	5	1	13	0	-	-
Patel	18	5	42	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	c Sharp b Griffiths	2
JA Ormrod	lbw b Griffiths	16
PA Neale	c Cook b Willey	19
EJO Hemsley	lbw b Griffiths	8
BL D'Oliveira	not out	30
DN Patel	c Cook b Willey	1
+DJ Humphries	c Larkins b Williams	0
*N Gifford	not out	0
VA Holder	did not bat
AP Pridgeon	did not bat
J Cumbes	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(6 wickets, 44.1 overs)	77
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-38, 3-42, 4-50, 5-57, 6-72

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Griffiths	11	2	30	3	-	-
Lamb	5	1	13	0	-	-
Willey	17	8	26	2	-	-
Williams	11.1	7	7	1	-	-

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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
--> RM Carter made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RM Carter made his debut in County Championship matches
--> W Larkins (1) passed his previous highest score of 167 in County Championship matches
--> W Larkins (1) passed his previous highest score of 167 in First-Class matches
--> P Willey (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> GM Turner (1) passed 13000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 32
--> JA Ormrod (1) passed 16000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> DS Steele (2) passed 16500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 94
--> RG Williams (2) passed his previous highest score of 43 in County Championship matches
--> J Cumbes reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings

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