Gillette Cup Final, 1979
Northamptonshire v Somerset
Lord's Cricket Ground, London
8 September 1979

Result: Somerset won by 45 runs

Toss: Northamptonshire
Umpires: DJ Constant and JG Langridge
Scorers: J Mercer and E Brice

Man of the Match Winner: IVA Richards

Prize Money: Winners UKP 5,500 Losing Finalists UKP 2,500

Somerset innings
*BC Rose                                 b Watts               41
PW Denning            c Sharp            b Sarfraz             19
IVA Richards                             b Griffiths          117
PM Roebuck                               b Willey              14
IT Botham                                b TM Lamb             27
VJ Marks                                 b Griffiths            9
GI Burgess            c Sharp            b Watts                1
D Breakwell                              b TM Lamb              5
J Garner              not out                                  24
+DJS Taylor           not out                                   1
Extras                (b 5, lb 3, nb 3)                        11
Total                 (for 8 wickets, 60 overs)               269

DNB: KF Jennings.

FoW: 1-34, 2-95, 3-145, 4-186, 5-213,
     6-214, 7-219, 8-268.

Bowling                  O      M        R      W
Sarfraz                 12      3       51      1
Griffiths               12      1       58      2
Watts                   12      2       34      2
TM Lamb                 12      0       70      2
Willey                  12      2       45      1

Northamptonshire innings
G Cook                run out                                  44
W Larkins             lbw                b Garner               0
RG Williams           hit wkt            b Garner               8
AJ Lamb               st Taylor          b Richards            78
P Willey              c Taylor           b Garner               5
TJ Yardley            c Richards         b Burgess             20
+G Sharp                                 b Garner              22
Sarfraz Nawaz         not out                                  16
TM Lamb                                  b Garner               4
BJ Griffiths                             b Garner               0
*PJ Watts             absent hurt                               -
Extras                (b 6, lb 9, w 5, nb 7)                   27
Total                 (all out, 56.3 overs)                   224

FoW: 1-3, 2-13, 3-126, 4-138, 5-170,
     6-182, 7-218, 8-224, 9-224.

Bowling                  O      M        R      W
Garner                  10.3    3       29      6
Botham                  10      3       27      0
Jennings                12      1       29      0
Burgess                  9      1       37      1
Marks                    4      0       22      0
Richards                 9      0       44      1
Breakwell                2      0        9      0

Thanks Nigel Johns

• Man of the Match Adjudicator: C Washbrook

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