Northamptonshire v Middlesex in 1975

f30675 cc14909	Northamptonshire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1975
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 26th, 28th, 29th July 1975 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 5 wickets
Points	Northamptonshire 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Middlesex 15 (Batting 3, Bowling 2)
Umpires	R Aspinall, JF Crapp
Scorers	J Mercer (Northamptonshire), HPH Sharp (Middlesex)
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 57/1 (Smith 49, Brearley 1; 19 overs)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 82/3 (Cook 31, Willey 21)

Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RT Virgin	c Smith b Selvey	29
G Cook	c Murray b Gomes	41
DS Steele	run out	7
Mushtaq Mohammad	not out	137
P Willey	lbw b Titmus	74
PJ Watts	c Barlow b Selvey	29
+G Sharp	not out	4
Sarfraz Nawaz	did not bat
RMH Cottam	did not bat
BS Bedi	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 4 nb, 4 w)	17
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	338
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-76, 3-87, 4-267, 5-333

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Selvey	23	7	85	2	4	2
Lamb	22	4	56	0	-	2
Gomes	24	6	63	1	-	-
Edmonds	18	3	60	0	-	-
Titmus	13	3	57	1	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	st Sharp b Bedi	66
PH Edmonds	lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz	4
*JM Brearley	b Sarfraz Nawaz	1
CT Radley	b Sarfraz Nawaz	5
NG Featherstone	c Sharp b Cottam	22
HA Gomes	c Sharp b Sarfraz Nawaz	18
GD Barlow	c Sharp b Bedi	45
+JT Murray	b Cottam	48
FJ Titmus	c Cottam b Mushtaq Mohammad	42
TM Lamb	not out	24
MWW Selvey	not out	0
Extras	(6 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	283
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-58, 3-68, 4-98, 5-102, 6-137, 7-178, 8-238, 9-277

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	26	9	55	4	-	-
Dye	12	5	37	0	-	-
Cottam	15	2	60	2	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	17	4	47	1	-	-
Bedi	24	5	62	2	-	-
Willey	6	0	14	0	-	-

Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RT Virgin	c Radley b Selvey	21
G Cook	not out	100
DS Steele	c and b Selvey	1
Mushtaq Mohammad	lbw b Lamb	5
P Willey	c Murray b Selvey	22
PJ Watts	c Radley b Gomes	16
+G Sharp	run out	30
Sarfraz Nawaz	not out	5
RMH Cottam	did not bat
BS Bedi	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	10
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 74.2 overs)	210
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-36, 3-41, 4-90, 5-119, 6-204

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Selvey	22.2	4	73	3	-	-
Lamb	9	1	23	1	-	-
Gomes	13	3	38	1	-	-
Edmonds	19	6	40	0	-	-
Titmus	11	4	26	0	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	b Sarfraz Nawaz	5
*JM Brearley	not out	118
CT Radley	lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz	8
NG Featherstone	c Cook b Dye	67
HA Gomes	b Willey	5
GD Barlow	c Watts b Bedi	54
+JT Murray	not out	0
PH Edmonds	did not bat
FJ Titmus	did not bat
TM Lamb	did not bat
MWW Selvey	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(5 wickets, 59 overs)	269
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-23, 3-115, 4-142, 5-251

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	8	3	37	2	-	-
Dye	8	2	22	1	-	-
Cottam	7	1	33	0	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	6	0	51	0	-	-
Bedi	18	4	68	1	-	-
Willey	12	0	46	1	-	-

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
--> G Cook (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 86
--> P Willey (2) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> JM Brearley (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 116
--> JM Brearley (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 116
--> MWW Selvey reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> MWW Selvey reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> MWW Selvey reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> RMH Cottam reached 850 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> BS Bedi reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex second innings