f31043 cc14978	Lancashire v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1976
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 28th, 29th, 30th April 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by 116 runs
Points	Lancashire 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Northamptonshire 16 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	CG Pepper, WE Phillipson
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 79/2 (Pilling 23*, Hayes 21*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 152/7 (Sharp 8*, Sarfraz Nawaz 4*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	b Good	35
G Cook	lbw b Ratcliffe	11
DS Steele	not out	93
*Mushtaq Mohammad	c Engineer b Good	0
W Larkins	b Good	10
TJ Yardley	b Good	4
P Willey	c Simmons b Good	14
+G Sharp	lbw b Lee	32
Sarfraz Nawaz	c Simmons b Lee	2
RMH Cottam	b Lee	5
JCJ Dye	c Simmons b Lee	1
Extras	(2 lb, 7 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 86.3 overs)	216
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-55, 3-55, 4-67, 5-75, 6-117, 7-173, 8-175, 9-191, 10-216 (86.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lee	30.3	9	65	4	-	-
Good	17	3	62	5	-	-
Ratcliffe	28	12	52	1	-	-
Wood	4	1	16	0	-	-
Hughes	7	2	12	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	c Sharp b Cottam	14
A Kennedy	c Yardley b Dye	15
H Pilling	not out	59
FC Hayes	c Sharp b Cottam	21
*D Lloyd	hit wkt b Cottam	2
+FM Engineer	b Cottam	23
DP Hughes	c Sharp b Cottam	1
J Simmons	c Sharp b Sarfraz Nawaz	5
RM Ratcliffe	b Dye	3
AJ Good	lbw b Cottam	0
PG Lee	c Sharp b Dye	0
Extras	(5 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 60.2 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-42, 3-79, 4-83, 5-111, 6-121, 7-126, 8-142, 9-150, 10-150 (60.2 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	22	6	31	1	-	-
Dye	15.2	5	31	3	-	-
Cottam	21	2	65	6	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	2	0	16	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Engineer b Lee	36
G Cook	c Engineer b Ratcliffe	18
*Mushtaq Mohammad	lbw b Wood	23
W Larkins	c Engineer b Ratcliffe	10
DS Steele	c Kennedy b Good	18
TJ Yardley	c Simmons b Ratcliffe	0
P Willey	c Simmons b Good	27
+G Sharp	c Simmons b Lee	10
Sarfraz Nawaz	not out	17
RMH Cottam	c Hayes b Ratcliffe	4
JCJ Dye	b Lee	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 9 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 86.5 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-70, 3-82, 4-106, 5-108, 6-114, 7-144, 8-165, 9-170, 10-175 (86.5 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lee	33.5	12	48	3	-	-
Good	19	5	52	2	-	-
Ratcliffe	29	9	52	4	-	-
Wood	5	1	11	1	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Kennedy	c Cook b Cottam	29
B Wood	lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz	16
H Pilling	b Cottam	27
FC Hayes	c Virgin b Cottam	2
+FM Engineer	c Cook b Dye	26
DP Hughes	c Cook b Cottam	0
J Simmons	not out	12
RM Ratcliffe	c Sharp b Cottam	6
AJ Good	c Cook b Cottam	0
PG Lee	c Virgin b Cottam	1
*D Lloyd	absent hurt
Extras	(3 lb, 3 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 45.1 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-56, 3-62, 4-100, 5-100, 6-104, 7-119, 8-119, 9-125 (45.1 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	15	6	34	1	-	-
Dye	13	0	46	1	-	-
Cottam	17.1	5	39	7	-	-

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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
--> FM Engineer (1) passed 12500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> TJ Yardley made his debut for Northamptonshire in County Championship matches
--> TJ Yardley made his debut for Northamptonshire in First-Class matches
--> AJ Good achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 1-37)
--> AJ Good achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> AJ Good achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 1-37)
--> AJ Good achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> RM Ratcliffe reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings

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