f32546 cc15522	Somerset v Northamptonshire
	Schweppes County Championship 1979
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 9th, 10th, 11th May 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 10 wickets
Points	Somerset 19 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Northamptonshire 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	DGL Evans, JG Langridge
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 191/4 (Roebuck 40*, Marks 50*; 65 overs)
Close of play day 2	No play

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Cook	b Botham	3
W Larkins	b Jennings	22
RG Williams	retired hurt	0
AJ Lamb	c Botham b Jennings	22
P Willey	c Botham b Garner	12
TJ Yardley	b Garner	7
IM Richards	c Roebuck b Botham	10
+G Sharp	c Taylor b Garner	0
Sarfraz Nawaz	c Kitchen b Botham	19
TM Lamb	b Botham	14
A Hodgson	not out	5
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 44 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-50, 3-51, 4-74, 5-75, 6-75, 7-107, 8-114, 9-129 (44 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Garner	15	6	25	3	-	-
Botham	16	4	60	4	-	-
Jennings	11	4	21	2	-	-
Marks	2	0	8	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BC Rose	c Cook b Sarfraz Nawaz	34
PA Slocombe	c Yardley b Hodgson	2
PW Denning	b Sarfraz Nawaz	56
PM Roebuck	c Yardley b Sarfraz Nawaz	44
MJ Kitchen	c Sharp b Sarfraz Nawaz	1
VJ Marks	not out	76
IT Botham	c Sharp b Sarfraz Nawaz	18
D Breakwell	c AJ Lamb b TM Lamb	9
+DJS Taylor	not out	1
KF Jennings	did not bat
J Garner	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 79.4 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-96, 3-97, 4-99, 5-200, 6-224, 7-238

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	26.4	5	79	5	-	-
Hodgson	13	1	44	1	-	-
TM Lamb	22	10	56	1	-	-
Larkins	3	0	13	0	-	-
Willey	15	3	49	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Cook	c Kitchen b Breakwell	28
W Larkins	c Slocombe b Jennings	8
RG Williams	c Botham b Garner	4
AJ Lamb	lbw b Marks	23
P Willey	c Rose b Marks	0
TJ Yardley	c Breakwell b Marks	14
IM Richards	c Kitchen b Garner	11
+G Sharp	c Roebuck b Marks	9
Sarfraz Nawaz	not out	14
TM Lamb	c Rose b Marks	1
A Hodgson	c Kitchen b Marks	0
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 63.1 overs)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-24, 3-65, 4-65, 5-70, 6-79, 7-93, 8-107, 9-120, 10-122 (63.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Garner	18	10	22	2	-	-
Botham	9	5	20	0	-	-
Jennings	7	2	12	1	-	-
Marks	17.1	5	33	6	-	-
Breakwell	12	1	25	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+DJS Taylor	not out	1
KF Jennings	not out	0
*BC Rose	did not bat
PA Slocombe	did not bat
PW Denning	did not bat
PM Roebuck	did not bat
MJ Kitchen	did not bat
VJ Marks	did not bat
IT Botham	did not bat
D Breakwell	did not bat
J Garner	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 1.1 overs)	1

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Williams	1	1	0	0	-	-
Cook	0.1	0	1	0	-	-

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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
--> J Garner reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> VJ Marks achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Northamptonshire second innings (previous best was 5-50)
--> VJ Marks achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire second innings (previous best was 5-50)
--> RG Williams retired hurt in the Northamptonshire first innings having scored 0 (team had lost 1 wickets)

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