f28703 cc14143	Northamptonshire v Somerset
	County Championship 1971
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 29th, 31st May, 1st June 1971 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3); Somerset 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	WL Budd, AGT Whitehead
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 76/1 (Osman 26*, Ackerman 36*; 22.3 overs)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (1) 154/3 (Close 83*, Clarkson 19*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Willey	c Taylor b Jones	4
WM Osman	c Langford b Cartwright	42
HM Ackerman	c Close b Langford	67
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Clarkson b Langford	4
DS Steele	c Taylor b O'Keeffe	22
*PJ Watts	c Moseley b Close	18
BS Crump	not out	24
+G Sharp	c Close b O'Keeffe	4
D Breakwell	c Close b O'Keeffe	10
A Hodgson	c Kitchen b O'Keeffe	0
RR Bailey	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 6 nb)	18
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 83.5 overs)	213
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-119, 3-133, 4-133, 5-175, 6-175, 7-185, 8-209, 9-213 (83.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	13	0	40	1	-	-
Moseley	13	0	38	0	-	-
Cartwright	19	5	47	1	-	-
Close	8	5	7	1	-	-
Langford	15	5	34	2	-	-
O'Keeffe	15.5	7	29	4	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Osman b Bailey	19
MJ Kitchen	c Bailey b Mushtaq Mohammad	22
DB Close	not out	116
M Hill	b Mushtaq Mohammad	3
A Clarkson	c Mushtaq Mohammad b Bailey	19
TW Cartwright	c and b Bailey	12
+DJS Taylor	b Mushtaq Mohammad	9
KJ O'Keeffe	not out	15
*BA Langford	did not bat
HR Moseley	did not bat
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 5 w)	11
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 84.4 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-91, 3-98, 4-154, 5-179, 6-202

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hodgson	19	5	45	0	-	-
Bailey	25	5	65	3	-	-
Crump	13	2	38	0	-	-
Watts	4	2	7	0	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	20.4	7	58	3	-	-
Breakwell	3	2	2	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Willey	c Virgin b O'Keeffe	15
WM Osman	c Taylor b Jones	0
HM Ackerman	c Virgin b Jones	41
Mushtaq Mohammad	c and b Close	52
DS Steele	c Taylor b Jones	2
*PJ Watts	c Moseley b Close	53
BS Crump	not out	11
+G Sharp	c Kitchen b Close	6
D Breakwell	not out	8
A Hodgson	did not bat
RR Bailey	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 41 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-57, 3-57, 4-60, 5-163, 6-171, 7-177

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	9	3	43	3	-	-
Moseley	7	1	29	0	-	-
Cartwright	6	3	10	0	-	-
Close	4	0	20	3	-	-
Langford	4	0	27	0	-	-
O'Keeffe	11	0	59	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	b Hodgson	32
MJ Kitchen	c Sharp b Hodgson	12
DB Close	c Crump b Hodgson	1
M Hill	not out	23
A Clarkson	c Osman b Breakwell	4
TW Cartwright	not out	15
+DJS Taylor	did not bat
KJ O'Keeffe	did not bat
*BA Langford	did not bat
HR Moseley	did not bat
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(4 wickets, 32 overs)	93
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-45, 3-51, 4-59

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hodgson	11	3	25	3	-	-
Bailey	8	1	29	0	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	9	2	27	0	-	-
Breakwell	4	2	6	1	-	-

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Notes
--> HM Ackerman (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 37
--> AA Jones reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings

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