Middlesex Cricket: Home

f31056 cc14988	Middlesex v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1976
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 5th, 6th, 7th May 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Middlesex 2 (Batting 1, Bowling 1); Northamptonshire 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	H Horton, P Rochford
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 87/1 (Virgin 42, Steele 31)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 81/3 (Smith 51, Featherstone 0)

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	b Bedi	31
*JM Brearley	c Mushtaq Mohammad b Sarfraz Nawaz	19
CT Radley	c Sharp b Sarfraz Nawaz	0
GD Barlow	not out	85
NG Featherstone	b Sarfraz Nawaz	10
MW Gatting	c Virgin b Dye	2
+NPD Ross	c Mushtaq Mohammad b Dye	4
PH Edmonds	lbw b Dye	5
FJ Titmus	c Sharp b Cottam	13
MWW Selvey	b Cottam	0
AA Jones	run out	1
Extras	(5 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 61.4 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-48, 3-52, 4-89, 5-100, 6-110, 7-132, 8-172, 9-176, 10-177 (61.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	22	6	39	3	-	-
Dye	16	1	49	3	-	-
Bedi	13	3	45	1	-	-
Cottam	8.4	0	33	2	-	-
Willey	2	1	4	0	-	-

Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Ross b Selvey	43
G Cook	b Jones	4
DS Steele	c Jones b Titmus	139
*Mushtaq Mohammad	c Brearley b Gatting	19
W Larkins	c and b Edmonds	29
P Willey	b Jones	45
+G Sharp	not out	48
Sarfraz Nawaz	c Selvey b Edmonds	10
RMH Cottam	not out	8
BS Bedi	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 15 lb)	25
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 134 overs)	370
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-91, 3-123, 4-181, 5-268, 6-327, 7-350

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	24	6	69	2	-	-
Selvey	30	6	69	1	-	-
Gatting	20	6	54	1	-	-
Titmus	30	10	64	1	-	-
Edmonds	27	5	85	2	-	-
Featherstone	3	1	4	0	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	c Cottam b Dye	51
*JM Brearley	c Sharp b Dye	5
CT Radley	lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz	3
GD Barlow	c Bedi b Willey	19
NG Featherstone	c Sharp b Mushtaq Mohammad	22
MW Gatting	lbw b Dye	55
+NPD Ross	b Mushtaq Mohammad	0
PH Edmonds	c Sarfraz Nawaz b Mushtaq Mohammad	93
FJ Titmus	c Cook b Cottam	39
MWW Selvey	c Steele b Sarfraz Nawaz	6
AA Jones	not out	21
Extras	(6 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 98.2 overs)	328
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-26, 3-68, 4-81, 5-125, 6-141, 7-207, 8-266, 9-274, 10-328 (98.2 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	23	5	75	2	-	-
Dye	20	7	55	3	-	-
Bedi	19	6	48	0	-	-
Cottam	12.2	2	43	1	-	-
Willey	4	0	10	1	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	20	5	83	3	-	-

Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Edmonds b Jones	27
G Cook	lbw b Selvey	4
DS Steele	b Selvey	12
W Larkins	c Edmonds b Jones	7
P Willey	lbw b Selvey	0
*Mushtaq Mohammad	not out	14
+G Sharp	b Titmus	11
Sarfraz Nawaz	not out	17
RMH Cottam	did not bat
BS Bedi	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(6 wickets, 40.3 overs)	97
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-32, 3-43, 4-51, 5-55, 6-75

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	13	4	30	2	-	-
Selvey	18	4	38	3	-	-
Titmus	7.3	1	20	1	-	-
Edmonds	2	1	4	0	-	-

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
--> DS Steele (1) passed 14500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 110
--> MW Gatting (2) passed his previous highest score of 28 in County Championship matches
--> MW Gatting (2) passed his previous highest score of 28 in First-Class matches
--> PH Edmonds (2) passed his previous highest score of 78 in First-Class matches
--> PH Edmonds (2) passed his previous highest score of 78 in County Championship matches
--> JCJ Dye reached 600 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex second innings