f23858 cc11916	Somerset v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1961
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 15th, 17th, 18th July 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 0; Northamptonshire 2
Umpires	FS Lee, DJ Wood
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 31/0 (G Atkinson 13*, Roe 16*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 99/1 (Reynolds 67*, Watts 16*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	b Palmer	3
BL Reynolds	run out	0
PJ Watts	b Palmer	8
*R Subba Row	c Palmer b Lomax	136
A Lightfoot	c and b Palmer	4
BS Crump	c Lomax b Langford	13
ME Scott	lbw b Greetham	17
+KV Andrew	c Stephenson b Palmer	16
MHJ Allen	b Palmer	31
MR Dilley	not out	13
JDF Larter	c Alley b Palmer	4
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 111.4 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-8, 3-25, 4-39, 5-58, 6-137, 7-185, 8-229, 9-229, 10-246 (111.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Alley	16	4	40	0	-	-
Palmer	32.4	8	56	6	-	-
Langford	33	12	75	1	-	-
CRM Atkinson	10	4	19	0	-	-
Lomax	11	2	30	1	-	-
Greetham	9	2	25	1	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Andrew b Dilley	23
B Roe	c Norman b Lightfoot	29
RT Virgin	b Dilley	15
WE Alley	b Crump	42
JG Lomax	b Larter	4
TI Barwell	c and b Larter	1
KE Palmer	c Subba Row b Larter	16
CHM Greetham	c Andrew b Watts	26
*+HW Stephenson	c Allen b Scott	32
CRM Atkinson	c Norman b Dilley	4
BA Langford	not out	2
Extras	(3 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 87.4 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-67, 3-73, 4-86, 5-94, 6-131, 7-135, 8-193, 9-193, 10-199 (87.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Larter	20	10	35	3	-	-
Dilley	25.4	6	60	3	-	-
Allen	3	1	8	0	-	-
Lightfoot	21	7	50	1	-	-
Watts	9	4	21	1	-	-
Crump	5	3	8	1	-	-
Scott	4	1	12	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	c Stephenson b Greetham	13
BL Reynolds	c G Atkinson b Langford	94
PJ Watts	c Lomax b Langford	60
*R Subba Row	c Roe b Langford	14
A Lightfoot	c and b Langford	2
BS Crump	not out	52
MR Dilley	st Stephenson b Greetham	25
ME Scott	not out	0
+KV Andrew	did not bat
MHJ Allen	did not bat
JDF Larter	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 87 overs)	265
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-149, 3-173, 4-181, 5-194, 6-261

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	14	4	40	0	-	-
Langford	21	5	78	4	-	-
CRM Atkinson	10	1	43	0	-	-
Lomax	23	5	48	0	-	-
Greetham	19	6	51	2	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c and b Scott	23
B Roe	c Andrew b Dilley	0
RT Virgin	c Lightfoot b Allen	17
WE Alley	c Crump b Scott	84
JG Lomax	c Watts b Scott	68
CHM Greetham	lbw b Allen	4
*+HW Stephenson	c Reynolds b Allen	13
TI Barwell	c Allen b Subba Row	23
KE Palmer	not out	53
CRM Atkinson	not out	9
BA Langford	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 nb)	5
Total	(8 wickets, 83 overs)	299
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-31, 3-54, 4-194, 5-201, 6-207, 7-222, 8-263

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Larter	9	1	19	0	-	-
Dilley	3	0	8	1	-	-
Allen	24	4	78	3	-	-
Crump	12	5	37	0	-	-
Scott	26	4	102	3	-	-
Subba Row	9	2	50	1	-	-

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Notes
--> R Subba Row (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 119
--> G Atkinson (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 21
--> JG Lomax (2) passed 7500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 12
--> BA Langford reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> JDF Larter reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> CHM Greetham reached 50 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings
--> MHJ Allen reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> MHJ Allen reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset second innings

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