f35901 cc16787	Somerset v Northamptonshire
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1985
Venue	Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare on 10th, 12th, 13th August 1985 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 4 (Batting 4); Northamptonshire 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	C Cook, B Leadbeater
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 5/0 (Cook 4*, Larkins 1*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (1) 87/1 (Cook 39*, Boyd-Moss 19*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Wyatt	run out	16
PM Roebuck	c Ripley b Griffiths	53
NA Felton	c Ripley b Mallender	9
IVA Richards	lbw b Griffiths	58
RJ Harden	b Mallender	10
*IT Botham	c Cook b Mallender	134	147		8	10
VJ Marks	st Ripley b Harper	0
JCM Atkinson	c Larkins b Mallender	79
+T Gard	c Lamb b Griffiths	11
CH Dredge	not out	25
AP Jones	b Mallender	1
Extras	(3 b, 8 lb, 2 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 104.2 overs)	409
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-40, 3-143, 4-144, 5-193, 6-194, 7-371, 8-371, 9-393, 10-409 (104.2 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mallender	26.2	5	83	5	-	-
Griffiths	29	4	127	3	-	-
Harper	24	4	52	1	-	-
Larkins	17	1	82	0	-	-
Williams	1	0	7	0	-	-
Wild	7	0	47	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Cook	not out	39
W Larkins	lbw b Dredge	29
RJ Boyd-Moss	not out	19
AJ Lamb	did not bat
RJ Bailey	did not bat
RG Williams	did not bat
DJ Wild	did not bat
RA Harper	did not bat
+D Ripley	did not bat
NA Mallender	did not bat
BJ Griffiths	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 29 overs)	87
Fall of wickets:
1-57 (Larkins)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	1	0	4	0	-	-
Atkinson	5	1	22	0	-	-
Dredge	14	1	41	1	-	-
Jones	4	0	12	0	-	-
Richards	5	1	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> Somerset score at 100 overs in the first innings was 383-8
--> JCM Atkinson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JCM Atkinson made his debut in County Championship matches
--> AP Jones made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AP Jones made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> G Cook (1) passed 15000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 23

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