f16712 cc8250	Northamptonshire v Lancashire
	County Championship 1939
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 23rd, 24th, 25th August 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Lancashire won by 95 runs
Points	Northamptonshire 0; Lancashire 12
Umpires	J Hardstaff, GM Lee
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 139/8 (O'Brien 47*, Lubbock 2*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 48/3 (Brookes 13*, Timms 0*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Washbrook	st James b Merritt	46
E Paynter	c Merritt b Nelson	41
W Place	st James b Merritt	0
N Oldfield	lbw b Merritt	27
J Iddon	c Nelson b Merritt	19
WE Phillipson	hit wkt b Nelson	3
*WHL Lister	b Merritt	31
+W Farrimond	lbw b Lubbock	8
RG Garlick	b Merritt	11
R Pollard	b Merritt	4
WB Roberts	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 62.3 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-65, 2-68, 3-122, 4-122, 5-125, 6-153, 7-178, 8-184, 9-195, 10-195 (62.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Partridge	14	6	25	0	-	-
Lubbock	9	1	29	1	-	-
Timms	4	0	16	0	-	-
Nelson	15	1	37	2	-	-
Merritt	20.3	4	83	7	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EJH Dixon	b Pollard	8
AW Snowden	run out	8
D Brookes	b Garlick	7
JE Timms	c Pollard b Roberts	27
FP O'Brien	c Pollard b Roberts	51
*RP Nelson	c Roberts b Garlick	4
+KC James	b Pollard	22
WE Merritt	st Farrimond b Roberts	0
SI Philips	st Farrimond b Roberts	1
CWS Lubbock	not out	10
RJ Partridge	b Garlick	4
Extras	(6 b, 8 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 49 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-16, 3-59, 4-61, 5-70, 6-127, 7-132, 8-136, 9-145, 10-156 (49 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillipson	3	0	19	0	-	-
Pollard	12	2	43	2	-	-
Roberts	21	6	47	4	-	-
Garlick	13	3	33	3	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Washbrook	b Partridge	3
E Paynter	c sub (HW Greenwood) b Timms	22
W Place	c O'Brien b Merritt	71
N Oldfield	c James b Timms	0
J Iddon	lbw b Nelson	63
WE Phillipson	lbw b Merritt	0
+W Farrimond	b Merritt	7
RG Garlick	c James b Partridge	7
R Pollard	c Philips b Merritt	12
WB Roberts	not out	1
*WHL Lister	absent
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 63.1 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-29, 3-29, 4-144, 5-145, 6-153, 7-164, 8-182, 9-188 (63.1 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Partridge	18	2	59	2	-	-
Lubbock	3	0	7	0	-	-
Timms	14	6	25	2	-	-
Nelson	10	3	18	1	-	-
Merritt	15.1	0	62	4	-	-
O'Brien	3	1	15	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EJH Dixon	c Iddon b Garlick	26
AW Snowden	c Farrimond b Phillipson	6
D Brookes	not out	47
RJ Partridge	b Garlick	1
JE Timms	c Roberts b Phillipson	1
FP O'Brien	c Iddon b Garlick	8
*RP Nelson	b Phillipson	3
+KC James	c Iddon b Roberts	3
WE Merritt	b Garlick	7
SI Philips	c Iddon b Roberts	22
CWS Lubbock	absent hurt
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 51.6 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-46, 3-48, 4-49, 5-62, 6-65, 7-73, 8-86, 9-132 (51.6 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillipson	14	3	34	3	-	-
Pollard	7	1	23	0	-	-
Roberts	12.6	5	18	2	-	-
Garlick	18	2	49	4	-	-

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Notes
--> WHL Lister made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> WHL Lister made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AW Snowden made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AW Snowden made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> CWS Lubbock made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> CWS Lubbock made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> WE Merritt achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Lancashire first innings (previous best was 6-56)
--> WB Roberts achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 2-18)
--> WB Roberts achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 2-18)

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Lister left the match on the afternoon of day 2, having been called up for war service; the captaincy was taken over by J Iddon)

 

 

 

 

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