f31136 cc15042	Northamptonshire v Somerset
	County Championship 1976
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 26th, 28th, 29th June 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by an innings and 86 runs
Points	Northamptonshire 18 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Somerset 2 (Batting 1, Bowling 1)
Umpires	WE Phillipson, GH Pope
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 159/3 (Virgin 58*, Willey 70*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 110/4 (Taylor 15*, Breakwell 5*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Rose	c Sharp b Sarfraz Nawaz	19
+DJS Taylor	lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz	5
PW Denning	b Sarfraz Nawaz	6
*DB Close	c Sharp b Larkins	31
MJ Kitchen	c Hodgson b Larkins	23
IT Botham	b Willey	34
GI Burgess	c Mushtaq Mohammad b Larkins	0
D Breakwell	c Virgin b Sarfraz Nawaz	9
KF Jennings	c Sharp b Bedi	17
CH Dredge	not out	16
HR Moseley	c Cook b Willey	4
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 58.4 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-23, 3-35, 4-96, 5-97, 6-103, 7-134, 8-145, 9-169, 10-178 (58.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	18	2	48	4	-	-
Hodgson	12	2	31	0	-	-
Larkins	11	3	34	3	-	-
Bedi	14	3	43	1	-	-
Willey	3.4	2	8	2	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	b Moseley	145
G Cook	c Botham b Moseley	6
DS Steele	c Taylor b Botham	0
*Mushtaq Mohammad	b Moseley	10
P Willey	run out	227
W Larkins	not out	54
RG Williams	lbw b Moseley	0
+G Sharp	not out	4
Sarfraz Nawaz	did not bat
A Hodgson	did not bat
BS Bedi	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 12 lb, 11 nb, 7 w)	36
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 123 overs)	482
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-12, 3-27, 4-397, 5-417, 6-417

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moseley	25	8	76	4	-	-
Botham	26	2	109	1	-	-
Jennings	13	2	61	0	-	-
Dredge	18	3	63	0	-	-
Burgess	15	4	52	0	-	-
Breakwell	23	3	77	0	-	-
Close	3	1	8	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Rose	c Hodgson b Sarfraz Nawaz	8
PW Denning	c Sharp b Bedi	38
MJ Kitchen	c Virgin b Willey	23
+DJS Taylor	c Sharp b Bedi	20
IT Botham	c and b Mushtaq Mohammad	17
D Breakwell	c Sharp b Bedi	8
*DB Close	c Sharp b Willey	34
GI Burgess	c Cook b Bedi	21
KF Jennings	c and b Bedi	2
CH Dredge	not out	1
HR Moseley	b Bedi	40
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 85.5 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-56, 3-74, 4-99, 5-114, 6-121, 7-159, 8-169, 9-177, 10-218 (Moseley, 85.5 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	15	7	29	1	-	-
Hodgson	5	0	24	0	-	-
Bedi	37.5	17	71	6	-	-
Willey	20	7	74	2	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	8	3	14	1	-	-

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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
--> CH Dredge (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in First-Class matches
--> CH Dredge (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in County Championship matches
--> P Willey (1) passed his previous highest score of 156 in County Championship matches
--> P Willey (1) passed his previous highest score of 158 in First-Class matches
--> HR Moseley hit 4 consecutive sixes in the Somerset second innings (off P Willey spread over two overs)
--> W Larkins achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 3-35)
--> W Larkins achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 3-35)

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