f32144 cc15419	Northamptonshire v Surrey
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 8th, 10th, 11th July 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Surrey 4 (Batting 3, Bowling 1)
Umpires	DGL Evans, BJ Meyer
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 113/4 (Roope 3*, Smith 3*; 49 overs)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (1) 163/4 (AJ Lamb 35*, Yardley 13*; 71 overs)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AR Butcher	c Williams b Griffiths	15
MA Lynch	lbw b Griffiths	44
JH Edrich	b Griffiths	37
*RDV Knight	c Sharp b TM Lamb	3
GRJ Roope	c Sharp b Griffiths	4
DM Smith	lbw b TM Lamb	19
Intikhab Alam	c Steele b TM Lamb	24
RD Jackman	c Cook b Steele	42
+CJ Richards	not out	36
PI Pocock	c Larkins b Griffiths	7
DJ Thomas	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 11 nb)	19
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-98, 3-106, 4-110, 5-122, 6-157, 7-158, 8-236, 9-247

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Griffiths	36	6	66	5	-	-
TM Lamb	35	10	71	3	-	-
Richards	14	1	36	0	-	-
Willey	10	4	31	0	-	-
Steele	5	1	27	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	c Richards b Jackman	0
W Larkins	c Roope b Pocock	47
DS Steele	c Roope b Pocock	51
AJ Lamb	not out	35
*P Willey	st Richards b Intikhab Alam	14
TJ Yardley	not out	13
RG Williams	did not bat
IM Richards	did not bat
+G Sharp	did not bat
TM Lamb	did not bat
BJ Griffiths	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 71 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-74, 3-120, 4-145

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jackman	7	3	15	1	-	-
Thomas	7	2	13	0	-	-
Pocock	28	8	72	2	-	-
Intikhab Alam	26	10	50	1	-	-
Butcher	3	0	10	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AR Butcher	c TM Lamb b Williams	51
MA Lynch	c Sharp b TM Lamb	13
*RDV Knight	c Larkins b Williams	34
GRJ Roope	b Steele	44
DM Smith	c Yardley b Williams	4
Intikhab Alam	c TM Lamb b Richards	20
RD Jackman	c Griffiths b Steele	1
+CJ Richards	not out	0
PI Pocock	not out	5
JH Edrich	did not bat
DJ Thomas	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 3 nb)	9
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 59 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-82, 3-129, 4-155, 5-155, 6-168, 7-176

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Griffiths	6	1	13	0	-	-
TM Lamb	9	2	28	1	-	-
Richards	1	0	8	1	-	-
Willey	13	1	43	0	-	-
Steele	11	5	26	2	-	-
Williams	19	5	54	3	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	c Roope b Jackman	35
W Larkins	c Thomas b Pocock	84
AJ Lamb	c Richards b Intikhab Alam	11
*P Willey	b Jackman	0
TJ Yardley	not out	32
DS Steele	not out	20
RG Williams	did not bat
IM Richards	did not bat
+G Sharp	did not bat
TM Lamb	did not bat
BJ Griffiths	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb)	7
Total	(4 wickets, 46 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-102, 2-122, 3-123, 4-146

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jackman	13	2	39	2	-	-
Thomas	6	1	22	0	-	-
Pocock	10	0	54	1	-	-
Intikhab Alam	17	1	67	1	-	-

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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
--> JH Edrich (1) passed 39500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> RD Jackman (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 41
--> W Larkins (2) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 83
--> DS Steele (2) passed 17000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> BJ Griffiths achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Surrey first innings (previous best was 5-69)
--> BJ Griffiths reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> BJ Griffiths achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Surrey first innings (previous best was 5-69)
--> Intikhab Alam reached 450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> RD Jackman reached 1000 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings

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