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f30290 cc14804	Middlesex v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1974
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 31st August, 2nd, 3rd September 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Middlesex 0; Northamptonshire 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	R Julian, AEG Rhodes
Scorer	HPH Sharp (Middlesex)
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 55/1 (Virgin 22, Steele 7; 23 overs)
Close of play day 2	No play

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RO Butcher	b Cottam	16
NG Featherstone	b Dye	7
*JM Brearley	lbw b Cottam	3
CT Radley	b Cottam	4
HA Gomes	lbw b Dye	0
+JT Murray	b Cottam	4
FJ Titmus	lbw b Dye	28
PH Edmonds	c Tait b Bedi	57
KV Jones	c Steele b Cottam	1
MWW Selvey	b Dye	11
JSE Price	not out	6
Extras	(4 lb, 3 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 71.3 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-25, 3-30, 4-31, 5-33, 6-36, 7-121, 8-125, 9-127, 10-144 (71.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	21	7	28	5	-	-
Dye	21.3	4	51	4	-	-
Bedi	18	4	37	1	-	-
Hodgson	10	3	21	0	-	-
Willey	1	1	0	0	-	-

Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	not out	22
A Tait	c Radley b Selvey	22
*DS Steele	not out	7
G Cook	did not bat
P Willey	did not bat
W Larkins	did not bat
+G Sharp	did not bat
A Hodgson	did not bat
RMH Cottam	did not bat
BS Bedi	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 nb)	4
Total	(1 wicket, 23 overs)	55
Fall of wickets:
1-38 (Tait)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Price	6	0	18	0	-	-
Selvey	10	1	29	1	-	-
Titmus	6	3	4	0	-	-
Edmonds	1	1	0	0	-	-

Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> KV Jones made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> PH Edmonds (1) passed his previous highest score of 48 in County Championship matches
--> DS Steele (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 3
--> MWW Selvey reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when he dismissed A Tait, his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings