f27384 cc13615	Northamptonshire v Lancashire
	County Championship 1968
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 27th, 28th, 29th July 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 10 wickets
Points	Northamptonshire 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3); Lancashire 17 (Batting 2, Bowling 5)
Umpires	R Aspinall, H Mellows
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 73/1 (Lloyd 31*, Pilling 31*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 16/3 (Steele 3*, Mushtaq Mohammad 4*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Wills	b Higgs	0
DS Steele	b Shuttleworth	23
A Lightfoot	c Engineer b Lever	36
Mushtaq Mohammad	c and b Shuttleworth	11
BL Reynolds	c Higgs b Lever	57
*BS Crump	c Higgs b Shuttleworth	31
MK Kettle	c Shuttleworth b Higgs	17
ME Scott	c Wood b Lever	8
+LA Johnson	not out	13
H Sully	lbw b Shuttleworth	12
AJ Durose	c Higgs b Lever	0
Extras	(4 b, 6 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 72.5 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-45, 3-61, 4-80, 5-139, 6-180, 7-189, 8-193, 9-215, 10-218 (72.5 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	21	5	58	2	-	-
Shuttleworth	23	6	52	4	-	-
Lever	15.5	2	63	4	-	-
Savage	13	3	35	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Lloyd	b Crump	43
B Wood	b Crump	10
H Pilling	b Crump	43
KL Snellgrove	c Wills b Crump	5
+FM Engineer	c Mushtaq Mohammad b Crump	22
*JD Bond	not out	93
DP Hughes	c Steele b Sully	29
K Shuttleworth	lbw b Sully	8
P Lever	c Steele b Kettle	6
K Higgs	not out	11
JS Savage	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 108 overs)	279
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-95, 3-105, 4-106, 5-133, 6-202, 7-218, 8-240

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Crump	34	9	70	5	-	-
Kettle	31	5	85	1	-	-
Durose	12	2	33	0	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	14	4	39	0	-	-
Scott	3	1	3	0	-	-
Sully	14	1	40	2	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Wills	c Engineer b Higgs	4
DS Steele	c Lloyd b Shuttleworth	5
+LA Johnson	c Wood b Shuttleworth	2
A Lightfoot	b Shuttleworth	0
Mushtaq Mohammad	lbw b Lever	25
BL Reynolds	c Shuttleworth b Savage	11
*BS Crump	c Engineer b Lever	0
MK Kettle	c and b Savage	6
ME Scott	c Shuttleworth b Lever	0
H Sully	not out	0
AJ Durose	b Savage	0
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 33.5 overs)	62
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-11, 3-11, 4-24, 5-56, 6-56, 7-56, 8-60, 9-62, 10-62 (33.5 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	13	4	14	1	-	-
Shuttleworth	12	2	25	3	-	-
Lever	5	2	5	3	-	-
Savage	3.5	0	9	3	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Lloyd	not out	0
B Wood	not out	5
H Pilling	did not bat
KL Snellgrove	did not bat
+FM Engineer	did not bat
*JD Bond	did not bat
DP Hughes	did not bat
K Shuttleworth	did not bat
P Lever	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
JS Savage	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 1.2 overs)	5

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Johnson	1	0	1	0	-	-
Steele	0.2	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Mushtaq Mohammad (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 7
--> BL Reynolds (1) passed 16000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 31
--> BL Reynolds (1) passed 17500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32
--> H Pilling (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 31
--> H Pilling (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> K Shuttleworth reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings

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