f30213 cc14739	Northamptonshire v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1974
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 24th, 25th, 26th July 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Northamptonshire won by 105 runs
Points	Northamptonshire 18 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Worcestershire 4 (Batting 3, Bowling 1)
Umpires	R Aspinall, JG Langridge
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 112/2 (Turner 68*, Parker 19*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 170/4 (Cook 57*, Watts 31*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	not out	144
A Tait	c Parker b D'Oliveira	58
DS Steele	b Gifford	55
G Cook	c Brain b Gifford	0
P Willey	not out	35
*PJ Watts	did not bat
C Milburn	did not bat
+G Sharp	did not bat
RMH Cottam	did not bat
BS Bedi	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 9 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(3 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	308
Fall of wickets:
1-143, 2-249, 3-253

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	20	2	55	0	-	-
Brain	17	0	49	0	-	-
Inchmore	10	1	39	0	-	-
D'Oliveira	23	8	57	1	-	-
Gifford	30	4	92	2	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGA Headley	b Cottam	4
GM Turner	c Virgin b Cottam	73
JA Ormrod	c and b Cottam	17
JM Parker	lbw b Cottam	38
BL D'Oliveira	lbw b Cottam	14
TJ Yardley	c Virgin b Bedi	50
+HG Wilcock	c Virgin b Dye	27
*N Gifford	lbw b Dye	24
VA Holder	b Dye	29
JD Inchmore	not out	8
BM Brain	b Cottam	1
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 90.5 overs)	291
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-51, 3-135, 4-136, 5-157, 6-195, 7-247, 8-277, 9-288, 10-291 (90.5 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	27.5	5	88	6	-	-
Dye	21	3	87	3	-	-
Bedi	28	8	82	1	-	-
Milburn	7	3	16	0	-	-
Willey	7	2	12	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Headley b Gifford	61
A Tait	lbw b Brain	1
DS Steele	c Wilcock b Inchmore	4
G Cook	b Gifford	85
P Willey	c Inchmore b D'Oliveira	1
*PJ Watts	c Headley b Holder	75
C Milburn	not out	7
+G Sharp	not out	11
RMH Cottam	did not bat
BS Bedi	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 7 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 96 overs)	262
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-27, 3-104, 4-118, 5-241, 6-243

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	15	3	32	1	-	-
Brain	20	4	59	1	-	-
Inchmore	16	3	40	1	-	-
D'Oliveira	21	5	47	1	-	-
Gifford	24	3	67	2	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGA Headley	c Watts b Cottam	68
GM Turner	lbw b Cottam	6
JA Ormrod	c Milburn b Dye	6
JM Parker	b Dye	0
BL D'Oliveira	b Dye	70
VA Holder	c Milburn b Dye	0
TJ Yardley	c Cook b Bedi	13
+HG Wilcock	c Steele b Cottam	2
*N Gifford	b Bedi	0
JD Inchmore	b Bedi	4
BM Brain	not out	0
Extras	(5 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 65.4 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-24, 3-24, 4-154, 5-155, 6-164, 7-168, 8-168, 9-170, 10-174 (65.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	16	5	32	3	-	-
Dye	14	4	40	4	-	-
Bedi	20.4	4	78	3	-	-
Milburn	6	2	9	0	-	-
Watts	4	3	5	0	-	-
Steele	5	2	5	0	-	-

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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
--> RT Virgin (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 18
--> RT Virgin (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 109
--> RT Virgin (1) passed 16000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 94
--> TJ Yardley (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 49
--> BL D'Oliveira (2) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 27
--> RMH Cottam reached 800 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> BL D'Oliveira reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings
--> VA Holder reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings
--> JCJ Dye reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Worcestershire second innings

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