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f29657 cc14522	Northamptonshire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1973
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 16th, 18th June 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by an innings and 127 runs
Points	Northamptonshire 22 (Batting 7, Bowling 5); Middlesex 1 (Bowling 1)
Umpires	DJ Constant, KE Palmer
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 175/1 (Willey 90, Steele 6; 60 overs)

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	c Sharp b Dye	10
T Selwood	c Willey b Cottam	3
*JM Brearley	st Sharp b Bedi	18
CT Radley	c Milburn b Cottam	6
NG Featherstone	c Sharp b Cottam	23
+JT Murray	c Steele b Dye	2
KV Jones	c Sharp b Bedi	6
CJR Black	lbw b Bedi	13
FJ Titmus	not out	30
MWW Selvey	c Sharp b Bedi	0
DA Marriott	c Willey b Bedi	9
Extras	(1 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 51.4 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-14, 3-29, 4-51, 5-59, 6-69, 7-75, 8-87, 9-97, 10-125 (51.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	19	6	50	3	-	-
Dye	12	0	30	2	-	-
Willey	5	0	18	0	-	-
Bedi	15.4	9	22	5	-	-

Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	c Featherstone b Selvey	67
P Willey	c Radley b Selvey	90
DS Steele	lbw b Jones	62
*PJ Watts	c Jones b Selvey	76
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Brearley b Jones	5
C Milburn	c Jones b Selvey	3
W Larkins	c Brearley b Jones	3
+G Sharp	not out	34
BS Bedi	c Marriott b Jones	4
RMH Cottam	not out	3
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb, 9 nb)	19
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 106 overs)	366
Fall of wickets:
1-154, 2-175, 3-294, 4-299, 5-319, 6-319, 7-329, 8-341

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Selvey	32	2	105	4	-	-
Jones	32	7	102	4	-	-
Marriott	23	9	71	0	-	-
Titmus	14	2	34	0	-	-
Black	5	0	35	0	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	c Cook b Cottam	2
T Selwood	c Milburn b Cottam	3
*JM Brearley	c Steele b Bedi	57
CT Radley	st Sharp b Bedi	6
NG Featherstone	c Cottam b Bedi	28
FJ Titmus	c Steele b Cottam	3
KV Jones	c Mushtaq Mohammad b Bedi	6
CJR Black	c Larkins b Bedi	7
MWW Selvey	not out	2
DA Marriott	b Mushtaq Mohammad	0
+JT Murray	absent hurt
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 60.5 overs)	114
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-6, 3-20, 4-88, 5-97, 6-103, 7-112, 8-113, 9-114 (60.5 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	20	4	43	3	-	-
Dye	8	5	9	0	-	-
Bedi	24	13	39	5	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	8.5	4	23	1	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> T Selwood made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> T Selwood made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> KV Jones reached 200 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> BS Bedi reached 700 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Middlesex second innings