f33663 cc15977	Worcestershire v Northamptonshire
	Schweppes County Championship 1981
Venue	War Memorial Ground, Amblecote on 29th, 30th, 31st July 1981 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Worcestershire 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Northamptonshire 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2)
Umpires	WL Budd, KE Palmer
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 53/0 (Cook 25*, Larkins 28*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 131/1 (Turner 70*, Neale 38*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GM Turner	c AJ Lamb b TM Lamb	161
MS Scott	c Sharp b Griffiths	43
PA Neale	c Cook b Kapil Dev	125
DN Patel	b Williams	21
EJO Hemsley	c AJ Lamb b Griffiths	2
TS Curtis	not out	6
+DJ Humphries	not out	0
JD Inchmore	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
N Gifford	did not bat
AP Pridgeon	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 10 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 96 overs)	376
Fall of wickets:
1-198, 2-242, 3-323, 4-342, 5-374

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kapil Dev	19	1	84	1	-	-
Griffiths	20	4	76	2	-	-
Mallender	14	3	48	0	-	-
TM Lamb	19	4	61	1	-	-
Williams	20	1	75	1	-	-
Boyd-Moss	4	0	14	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Cook	c Pridgeon b Gifford	52
W Larkins	st Humphries b Gifford	43
AJ Lamb	c Gifford b Patel	86
RJ Boyd-Moss	b Gifford	25
TJ Yardley	c Turner b Patel	8
Kapil Dev	c Humphries b Birkenshaw	79
+G Sharp	not out	44
NA Mallender	not out	10
RG Williams	did not bat
TM Lamb	did not bat
BJ Griffiths	did not bat
Extras	(9 lb, 3 nb)	12
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 94 overs)	359
Fall of wickets:
1-101, 2-113, 3-186, 4-203, 5-242, 6-330

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pridgeon	16	2	55	0	-	-
Inchmore	13	0	66	0	-	-
Gifford	41	9	129	3	-	-
Patel	18	4	57	2	-	-
Birkenshaw	6	0	40	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GM Turner	c Sharp b Mallender	101
MS Scott	lbw b TM Lamb	10
PA Neale	c Cook b Williams	38
DN Patel	c and b Boyd-Moss	87
JD Inchmore	c Yardley b Williams	14
EJO Hemsley	not out	22
+DJ Humphries	c Sharp b Griffiths	20
TS Curtis	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
N Gifford	did not bat
AP Pridgeon	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb, 9 nb, 4 w)	25
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 67 overs)	317
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-132, 3-231, 4-254, 5-292, 6-317 (67 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kapil Dev	15	1	37	0	-	-
Griffiths	11	0	55	1	-	-
Mallender	12	0	56	1	-	-
TM Lamb	11	0	36	1	-	-
Williams	14	1	80	2	-	-
Boyd-Moss	4	1	28	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Cook	lbw b Pridgeon	16
W Larkins	c Patel b Gifford	58
RG Williams	b Pridgeon	4
AJ Lamb	c Pridgeon b Patel	12
RJ Boyd-Moss	c Humphries b Gifford	10
TJ Yardley	not out	65
Kapil Dev	c and b Patel	4
+G Sharp	c Birkenshaw b Patel	0
NA Mallender	c Birkenshaw b Curtis	7
TM Lamb	not out	0
BJ Griffiths	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 9 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	23
Total	(8 wickets, 84 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-48, 3-90, 4-107, 5-124, 6-129, 7-129, 8-190

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pridgeon	9	3	26	2	-	-
Inchmore	5	1	15	0	-	-
Gifford	35	15	75	2	-	-
Patel	24	12	34	3	-	-
Birkenshaw	7	2	13	0	-	-
Curtis	4	2	13	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Worcestershire (1) ?/? (Turner 126*, [unknown] ?*)
--> J Birkenshaw made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> J Birkenshaw made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> GM Turner (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 9
--> GM Turner (1) passed 32000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> PA Neale (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 119
--> EJO Hemsley (1) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> W Larkins (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 35
--> AJ Lamb (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 49
--> Kapil Dev (1) passed his previous highest score of 43 in County Championship matches
--> GM Turner (2) passed 19000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 87
--> PA Neale (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 28

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