f27228 cc13487	Somerset v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1968
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 19th, 20th, 21st May 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Somerset won by 4 wickets
Points	Somerset 17 (Batting 2, Bowling 5); Northamptonshire 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	GH Pope, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 204 all out
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 42/1 (Prideaux 15*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RM Prideaux	run out	95
BL Reynolds	lbw b Rumsey	5
DS Steele	b Palmer	7
HM Ackerman	lbw b Palmer	18
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Brooks b Palmer	2
P Willey	run out	42
MK Kettle	c Burgess b Robinson	11
ME Scott	not out	5
+LA Johnson	lbw b Rumsey	7
AJ Durose	b Rumsey	0
H Sully	lbw b Langford	7
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 76 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-49, 3-73, 4-75, 5-159, 6-184, 7-187, 8-197, 9-197, 10-204 (76 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	15	0	58	3	-	-
Palmer	18	3	53	3	-	-
Alley	19	8	37	0	-	-
Langford	15	8	16	1	-	-
Chappell	5	0	28	0	-	-
Robinson	4	1	7	1	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Johnson b Durose	5
MJ Kitchen	not out	161
GI Burgess	b Kettle	0
TI Barwell	c Johnson b Kettle	4
GS Chappell	b Kettle	0
WE Alley	b Kettle	0
PJ Robinson	lbw b Mushtaq Mohammad	29
R Palmer	lbw b Scott	32
*BA Langford	c Steele b Durose	1
+RA Brooks	c Durose b Scott	37
FE Rumsey	b Steele	0
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb, 9 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 103.3 overs)	287
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-23, 3-31, 4-31, 5-31, 6-111, 7-170, 8-177, 9-285, 10-287 (103.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kettle	24	3	67	4	-	-
Durose	20	6	60	2	-	-
Willey	6	3	6	0	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	21	4	68	1	-	-
Sully	22	11	48	0	-	-
Scott	9	4	18	2	-	-
Steele	1.3	0	2	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RM Prideaux	c Robinson b Langford	79
P Willey	c Brooks b Chappell	26
BL Reynolds	c and b Robinson	24
HM Ackerman	c Brooks b Robinson	67
Mushtaq Mohammad	not out	82
DS Steele	c and b Robinson	0
MK Kettle	c Burgess b Robinson	1
ME Scott	c Chappell b Langford	4
+LA Johnson	not out	4
AJ Durose	did not bat
H Sully	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 101 overs)	290
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-102, 3-154, 4-238, 5-246, 6-250, 7-260

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	6	2	17	0	-	-
Palmer	11	5	37	0	-	-
Alley	2	1	1	0	-	-
Langford	36	14	84	2	-	-
Chappell	9	1	33	1	-	-
Robinson	27	6	79	4	-	-
Burgess	10	1	36	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	lbw b Durose	18
MJ Kitchen	c Durose b Sully	46
GI Burgess	run out	49
TI Barwell	st Johnson b Steele	32
*BA Langford	b Steele	0
GS Chappell	c Johnson b Durose	7
WE Alley	not out	23
R Palmer	not out	20
PJ Robinson	did not bat
+RA Brooks	did not bat
FE Rumsey	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 9 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(6 wickets, 43 overs)	211
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-81, 3-128, 4-128, 5-164, 6-168

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kettle	6	0	29	0	-	-
Durose	11	2	32	2	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	1	0	16	0	-	-
Sully	8	2	46	1	-	-
Scott	11	1	32	0	-	-
Steele	6	0	40	2	-	-

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Notes
--> HM Ackerman (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> MJ Kitchen (1) passed his previous highest score of 141 in County Championship matches
--> RM Prideaux (2) passed 10000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 68
--> HM Ackerman (2) passed his previous highest score of 30 in County Championship matches
--> R Palmer reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings

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