f31738 cc15319	Essex v Northamptonshire
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 7th, 8th, 9th September 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 8 wickets
Points	Essex 17 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Northamptonshire 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	C Cook, P Rochford
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 71/6 (Pont 6*, Turner 7*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 149 all out

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	b Turner	7
*G Cook	lbw b Turner	12
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Denness b Turner	112
W Larkins	lbw b Lever	21
TJ Yardley	c McEwan b Pont	23
P Willey	b Lever	11
RG Williams	b Turner	3
+G Sharp	not out	49
Sarfraz Nawaz	c McEwan b Lever	14
A Hodgson	b Lever	2
BS Bedi	c Fosh b Acfield	0
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 5 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 73 overs)	265
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-20, 3-75, 4-108, 5-147, 6-178, 7-231, 8-250, 9-265, 10-265 (73 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	20	1	67	4	-	-
Turner	20	2	73	4	-	-
Pont	12	0	55	1	-	-
Acfield	20	3	52	1	-	-
Gooch	1	0	7	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz	8
MK Fosh	c Sharp b Sarfraz Nawaz	1
KS McEwan	b Sarfraz Nawaz	11
*KWR Fletcher	lbw b Hodgson	19
MSA McEvoy	lbw b Bedi	4
GA Gooch	lbw b Bedi	5
KR Pont	lbw b Mushtaq Mohammad	56
S Turner	b Mushtaq Mohammad	32
+N Smith	c Larkins b Mushtaq Mohammad	12
JK Lever	c Cook b Mushtaq Mohammad	0
DL Acfield	not out	8
Extras	(5 b, 12 lb, 4 nb)	21
Total	(all out, 84.1 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-28, 3-29, 4-38, 5-56, 6-58, 7-123, 8-149, 9-149, 10-177 (84.1 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	19	10	20	3	-	-
Hodgson	19	4	47	1	-	-
Bedi	30	12	42	2	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	13.1	3	35	4	-	-
Willey	3	0	12	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c McEvoy b Turner	11
*G Cook	b Pont	44
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Smith b Lever	9
W Larkins	c and b Lever	0
TJ Yardley	lbw b Turner	0
P Willey	lbw b Lever	1
RG Williams	st Smith b Pont	14
+G Sharp	not out	24
Sarfraz Nawaz	c Fosh b Lever	17
A Hodgson	b Lever	0
BS Bedi	lbw b Acfield	14
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 72 overs)	149
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-26, 3-26, 4-31, 5-32, 6-73, 7-97, 8-128, 9-128, 10-149 (72 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	23	9	47	5	-	-
Turner	22	11	30	2	-	-
Pont	16	4	43	2	-	-
Acfield	8	3	9	1	-	-
Gooch	3	1	5	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	not out	124
MK Fosh	lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz	14
*KWR Fletcher	c Willey b Bedi	56
KS McEwan	not out	46
MSA McEvoy	did not bat
GA Gooch	did not bat
KR Pont	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 nb)	3
Total	(2 wickets, 96.4 overs)	243
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-187

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	9	4	9	1	-	-
Hodgson	6	2	15	0	-	-
Bedi	27	7	62	1	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	18	2	45	0	-	-
Willey	27	5	64	0	-	-
Virgin	0.4	0	7	0	-	-
Williams	9	3	38	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
--> RT Virgin made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RT Virgin made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> Mushtaq Mohammad made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> BS Bedi made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> G Cook (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> Mushtaq Mohammad (1) passed 15000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 84
--> TJ Yardley (1) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 10
--> G Sharp (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 10
--> Sarfraz Nawaz (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 8
--> JK Lever reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> JK Lever reached 550 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings

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