f30689 cc14922	Northamptonshire v Essex
	County Championship 1975
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 2nd, 4th, 5th August 1975 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Essex 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3)
Umpires	BJ Meyer, KE Palmer
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 42/0 (Virgin 26*, Cook 8*; 9 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 74/3 (McEwan 21*, Smith 0*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	run out	49
BR Hardie	c Sharp b Cottam	15
*KWR Fletcher	c Virgin b Sarfraz Nawaz	61
KS McEwan	c Sharp b Cottam	72
KR Pont	lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz	14
KD Boyce	lbw b Dye	53
S Turner	c Sharp b Willey	11
RE East	run out	44
+N Smith	b Cottam	32
JK Lever	not out	3
DL Acfield	not out	4
Extras	(13 b, 4 lb, 10 nb, 1 w)	28
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	386
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-82, 3-188, 4-213, 5-226, 6-239, 7-311, 8-377, 9-380

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	25	5	87	2	-	-
Dye	17	2	70	1	-	-
Cottam	20	2	79	3	-	-
Bedi	23	8	68	0	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	4	1	9	0	-	-
Willey	11	4	45	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Smith b Turner	72
G Cook	lbw b Lever	31
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Boyce b Acfield	88
P Willey	c Acfield b East	35
*PJ Watts	c Hardie b East	21
RG Williams	not out	28
Sarfraz Nawaz	c Turner b East	13
+G Sharp	lbw b East	8
RMH Cottam	not out	1
BS Bedi	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(12 lb, 8 nb)	20
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	317
Fall of wickets:
1-86, 2-151, 3-238, 4-266, 5-266, 6-284, 7-314

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	12	0	43	0	-	-
Lever	17	1	48	1	-	-
East	33	5	108	4	-	-
Turner	16	6	32	1	-	-
Acfield	22	4	66	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Sharp b Sarfraz Nawaz	12
BR Hardie	b Dye	5
KS McEwan	not out	46
KR Pont	c Cook b Sarfraz Nawaz	33
+N Smith	c Sharp b Sarfraz Nawaz	66
*KWR Fletcher	not out	3
KD Boyce	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 44 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-18, 3-72, 4-168

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	19	2	75	3	-	-
Dye	15	1	64	1	-	-
Cottam	4	0	13	0	-	-
Bedi	6	2	13	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	b Boyce	18
G Cook	c Pont b Boyce	17
Mushtaq Mohammad	not out	18
P Willey	not out	7
*PJ Watts	did not bat
RG Williams	did not bat
Sarfraz Nawaz	did not bat
+G Sharp	did not bat
RMH Cottam	did not bat
BS Bedi	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 6 nb)	8
Total	(2 wickets, 29 overs)	68
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-48

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	13	1	37	2	-	-
Lever	5	3	8	0	-	-
Turner	8	3	10	0	-	-
Acfield	1	0	4	0	-	-
Edmeades	2	1	1	0	-	-

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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
--> BEA Edmeades (1) passed 11500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 43
--> N Smith (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> RT Virgin (1) passed 19500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 49
--> RG Williams (1) passed his previous highest score of 26 in County Championship matches
--> JCJ Dye reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings

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