f32178 cc15449	Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 29th, 31st July, 1st August 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 4 (Bowling 4); Gloucestershire 3 (Batting 2, Bowling 1)
Umpires	R Aspinall, JG Langridge
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 39/3 (Larkins 22*, AJ Lamb 8*; 16 overs)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (1) 96/4 (Larkins 61*, Willey 15*; 42 overs)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Stovold	c Willey b Sarfraz Nawaz	20
Sadiq Mohammad	b Watts	45
Zaheer Abbas	lbw b TM Lamb	34
DR Shepherd	c Yardley b Griffiths	20
*MJ Procter	b Griffiths	11
JC Foat	c Steele b Watts	14
DA Graveney	c Sharp b Watts	11
+AJ Brassington	lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz	20
BM Brain	c Steele b TM Lamb	10
J Davey	c and b Sarfraz Nawaz	20
JH Childs	not out	1
Extras	(4 b, 13 lb, 2 nb, 3 w)	22
Total	(all out, 92.5 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-95, 3-120, 4-142, 5-149, 6-162, 7-181, 8-196, 9-219, 10-228 (92.5 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	26.5	8	50	3	-	-
Griffiths	26	6	64	2	-	-
TM Lamb	23	6	59	2	-	-
Watts	15	4	32	3	-	-
Willey	2	1	1	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	lbw b Brain	3
W Larkins	not out	61
DS Steele	c Brassington b Brain	5
AJ Lamb	lbw b Brain	4
TM Lamb	c Zaheer Abbas b Procter	4
P Willey	not out	15
TJ Yardley	did not bat
*PJ Watts	did not bat
+G Sharp	did not bat
Sarfraz Nawaz	did not bat
BJ Griffiths	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 2 nb)	4
Total	(4 wickets, 42 overs)	96
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-26, 3-30, 4-51

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brain	18	2	60	3	-	-
Procter	8	2	13	1	-	-
Davey	9	3	18	0	-	-
Childs	7	6	1	0	-	-

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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
--> Sadiq Mohammad (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 20
--> Sadiq Mohammad (1) passed 15500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 45
--> Sarfraz Nawaz reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings

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