f37118 cc17181	Lancashire v Northamptonshire
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1987
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 5th, 6th, 7th August 1987 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Lancashire 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3); Northamptonshire 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	HD Bird, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 40/0 (Bailey 16*, Larkins 21*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 23/1 (Fowler 14*, Folley 3*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GD Mendis	c Lamb b Smith	9
G Fowler	c and b NGB Cook	32
MA Atherton	b NGB Cook	47
NH Fairbrother	b Harper	39
M Watkinson	c Larkins b NGB Cook	18
*DP Hughes	c Wild b Harper	18
+WK Hegg	c Wild b Harper	14
PJW Allott	c Wild b NGB Cook	15
J Simmons	c Wild b NGB Cook	6
I Folley	not out	13
KW McLeod	b NGB Cook	21
Extras	(7 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 97.5 overs)	239
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-71, 3-113, 4-139, 5-159, 6-173, 7-194, 8-198, 9-219, 10-239 (97.5 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Capel	8	0	31	0	-	-
Smith	6	0	36	1	-	-
Harper	44	11	87	3	-	-
NGB Cook	38.5	17	77	6	-	-
Williams	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJ Bailey	c Simmons b Folley	61			9	-
W Larkins	c Folley b McLeod	38
AJ Lamb	st Hegg b Folley	0
DJ Capel	run out	0
RG Williams	b Folley	10
RA Harper	b Allott	5
DJ Wild	c and b Simmons	27
+D Ripley	not out	125			17	-
NGB Cook	c Fowler b McLeod	64
G Smith	not out	29
*G Cook	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 9 lb, 8 nb)	20
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 112 overs)	379
Fall of wickets:
1-70, 2-71, 3-71, 4-103, 5-112, 6-130, 7-154, 8-318

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Allott	20	5	66	1	-	-
McLeod	21	5	88	2	-	-
Simmons	17	4	49	1	-	-
Folley	33	12	77	3	-	-
Atherton	7	1	24	0	-	-
Hughes	7	0	23	0	-	-
Watkinson	7	0	40	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GD Mendis	c Wild b NGB Cook	4
G Fowler	not out	14
I Folley	not out	3
MA Atherton	did not bat
NH Fairbrother	did not bat
M Watkinson	did not bat
*DP Hughes	did not bat
+WK Hegg	did not bat
PJW Allott	did not bat
J Simmons	did not bat
KW McLeod	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(1 wicket, 9 overs)	23
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Mendis)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Capel	2	0	14	0	-	-
Harper	4	1	4	0	-	-
NGB Cook	3	1	3	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> Northamptonshire score at 100 overs in the first innings was 310-7
--> KW McLeod made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> NH Fairbrother (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> D Ripley (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 78
--> NGB Cook (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> NGB Cook reached 450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> I Folley reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> I Folley reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings

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