f32646 cc15600	Northamptonshire v Lancashire
	Schweppes County Championship 1979
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 11th, 12th, 13th July 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 72 runs
Points	Northamptonshire 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3); Lancashire 19 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	DJ Dennis, AGT Whitehead
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 33/2 (Cook 7*, Lamb 10*; 16 overs)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 150/2 (Wood 78*, CH Lloyd 100*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	c Sharp b Sarfraz Nawaz	14
D Lloyd	st Sharp b Williams	70
J Abrahams	c Sharp b Sarfraz Nawaz	65
*FC Hayes	c Willey b Griffiths	26
CH Lloyd	c Sharp b Willey	45
BW Reidy	c Yardley b Willey	7
J Simmons	lbw b Willey	12
DP Hughes	not out	13
RM Ratcliffe	b Willey	0
PJW Allott	not out	1
+J Lyon	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 9 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	25
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	278
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-157, 3-163, 4-243, 5-243, 6-252, 7-276, 8-276

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	28	8	53	2	-	-
Griffiths	16	1	57	1	-	-
Hodgson	14	4	33	0	-	-
Willey	30	6	78	4	-	-
Williams	12	4	32	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	c Hughes b Simmons	34
IM Richards	c Lyon b Allott	0
RG Williams	b Allott	11
AJ Lamb	c D Lloyd b Hughes	35
P Willey	not out	68
TJ Yardley	b Simmons	1
*PJ Watts	c Abrahams b Hughes	2
+G Sharp	c Hughes b Ratcliffe	6
Sarfraz Nawaz	c Wood b Hughes	23
A Hodgson	c Lyon b Simmons	1
BJ Griffiths	c Simmons b Hughes	2
Extras	(16 b, 11 lb, 4 nb)	31
Total	(all out, 88.2 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-17, 3-81, 4-97, 5-107, 6-114, 7-129, 8-186, 9-199, 10-214 (88.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Allott	11	0	32	2	-	-
Ratcliffe	14	6	30	1	-	-
Hughes	37.2	13	85	4	-	-
Simmons	25	8	36	3	-	-
D Lloyd	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	not out	94
D Lloyd	lbw b Griffiths	0
J Abrahams	c Yardley b Griffiths	0
*FC Hayes	retired hurt	0
CH Lloyd	c Sharp b Griffiths	102
BW Reidy	b Hodgson	2
J Simmons	not out	6
DP Hughes	did not bat
RM Ratcliffe	did not bat
PJW Allott	did not bat
+J Lyon	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 4 nb)	14
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 70 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-7, 3-195, 4-201

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	13	3	28	0	-	-
Griffiths	14	4	26	3	-	-
Hodgson	5	0	14	1	-	-
Willey	18	1	77	0	-	-
Williams	5	0	26	0	-	-
Watts	15	4	33	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	c Lyon b D Lloyd	50
IM Richards	b Simmons	15
RG Williams	c CH Lloyd b D Lloyd	12
AJ Lamb	c Hayes b D Lloyd	20
P Willey	c CH Lloyd b D Lloyd	0
TJ Yardley	lbw b Allott	63
*PJ Watts	c CH Lloyd b D Lloyd	6
+G Sharp	lbw b Simmons	11
Sarfraz Nawaz	c Simmons b Allott	8
A Hodgson	c Hughes b D Lloyd	10
BJ Griffiths	not out	0
Extras	(11 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 93.3 overs)	210
Fall of wickets:
1-67, 2-75, 3-80, 4-80, 5-119, 6-125, 7-189, 8-197, 9-206, 10-210 (93.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Allott	9	2	24	2	-	-
Ratcliffe	3	0	7	0	-	-
Hughes	17	3	48	0	-	-
Simmons	32	8	56	2	-	-
D Lloyd	32.3	13	60	6	-	-

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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
--> J Abrahams (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 47
--> G Cook (1) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> P Willey reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> BJ Griffiths reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Lancashire second innings
--> FC Hayes retired hurt in the Lancashire second innings having scored 0 (team score 7/2)

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