f24735 cc12307	Northamptonshire v Lancashire
	County Championship 1963
Venue	Town Ground, Rushden on 18th, 20th, 21st May 1963 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 131 runs
Points	Northamptonshire 2; Lancashire 10
Umpires	R Aspinall, PA Gibb
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (2) 3/0 (Booth 1*, Bennett 2*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 251 all out

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BJ Booth	c Lightfoot b PJ Watts	10
R Bennett	lbw b PJ Watts	13
J Dyson	b Larter	4
*KJ Grieves	b Larter	11
PT Marner	b Crump	8
H Pilling	c Prideaux b Larter	9
G Houlton	c Ramsamooj b Crump	11
+G Clayton	b Larter	0
JB Statham	b Larter	8
K Higgs	not out	10
T Greenhough	c PJ Watts b Larter	11
Extras	(4 b, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 49.1 overs)	100
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-22, 3-36, 4-49, 5-51, 6-68, 7-69, 8-70, 9-85, 10-100 (49.1 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Larter	20.1	5	52	6	-	-
PJ Watts	12	3	17	2	-	-
Crump	17	4	26	2	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	c Clayton b Statham	37
BL Reynolds	b Statham	6
D Ramsamooj	run out	39
A Lightfoot	b Marner	16
PJ Watts	c Clayton b Higgs	0
*RM Prideaux	b Statham	8
BS Crump	c Grieves b Higgs	0
PD Watts	c Clayton b Statham	21
ME Scott	b Statham	0
+LA Johnson	b Higgs	4
JDF Larter	not out	0
Extras	(3 lb, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 65.3 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-63, 3-96, 4-101, 5-101, 6-101, 7-123, 8-128, 9-135, 10-135 (65.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	20	10	31	5	-	-
Higgs	24.3	6	59	3	-	-
Marner	21	3	41	1	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BJ Booth	b Larter	8
R Bennett	b Larter	8
J Dyson	lbw b Lightfoot	4
*KJ Grieves	lbw b Crump	127
PT Marner	c Johnson b Larter	1
H Pilling	c Johnson b Larter	45
G Houlton	c Prideaux b Lightfoot	11
+G Clayton	c PD Watts b Crump	33
JB Statham	b Crump	2
K Higgs	lbw b Larter	0
T Greenhough	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	12
Total	(all out, 111.3 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-18, 3-93, 4-98, 5-111, 6-213, 7-239, 8-251, 9-251, 10-251 (111.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Larter	34.3	6	79	5	-	-
PJ Watts	18	8	40	0	-	-
Crump	40	17	71	3	-	-
Lightfoot	14	4	40	2	-	-
Scott	5	2	9	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	lbw b Higgs	18
BL Reynolds	lbw b Statham	4
D Ramsamooj	b Statham	18
A Lightfoot	retired hurt	23
PJ Watts	lbw b Statham	3
*RM Prideaux	b Statham	0
BS Crump	b Higgs	0
PD Watts	b Higgs	3
ME Scott	not out	7
+LA Johnson	b Higgs	0
JDF Larter	b Statham	5
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 50.2 overs)	85
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-43, 3-43, 4-48, 5-48, 6-53, 7-63, 8-74, 9-85

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	21.2	9	37	5	-	-
Higgs	25	7	41	4	-	-
Greenhough	4	2	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PT Marner (1) passed 8000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 7
--> K Higgs (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 8
--> KJ Grieves (2) passed 15000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 105
--> G Houlton made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> G Houlton made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> JB Statham reached 1650 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings
--> A Lightfoot retired hurt in the Northamptonshire second innings having scored 23 (team score 74/8)

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