f27404 cc13629	Northamptonshire v Essex
	County Championship 1968
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 3rd, 4th, 5th August 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 4 (Bowling 4); Essex 8 (Batting 3, Bowling 5)
Umpires	C Petrie, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 42/1 (Ward 18*, Barker 2*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 229/8 (Hobbs 18*, East 11*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RM Prideaux	b Lever	23
C Milburn	b Boyce	13
A Lightfoot	run out	6
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Taylor b Jorden	4
HM Ackerman	b Boyce	32
BL Reynolds	c Boyce b Jorden	10
BS Crump	lbw b Jorden	3
ME Scott	c Irvine b Jorden	0
+LA Johnson	b Boyce	0
H Sully	not out	6
AJ Durose	b Boyce	6
Extras	(3 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 51.1 overs)	106
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-37, 3-48, 4-49, 5-70, 6-94, 7-94, 8-94, 9-98, 10-106 (51.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	18.1	4	41	4	-	-
Lever	13	4	24	1	-	-
Jorden	17	5	29	4	-	-
Hobbs	3	0	9	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	c Prideaux b Durose	71
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Mushtaq Mohammad	18
G Barker	c Johnson b Crump	20
KWR Fletcher	st Johnson b Crump	2
BL Irvine	run out	39
KD Boyce	c Lightfoot b Scott	22
*+B Taylor	st Johnson b Crump	16
AM Jorden	c Lightfoot b Scott	3
RNS Hobbs	not out	18
RE East	not out	11
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 84 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-64, 3-66, 4-152, 5-158, 6-182, 7-198, 8-200

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Crump	23	7	61	3	-	-
Durose	21	5	56	1	-	-
Milburn	7	3	8	0	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	8	1	13	1	-	-
Sully	6	2	19	0	-	-
Scott	19	5	63	2	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RM Prideaux	c Taylor b Jorden	8
C Milburn	b Jorden	50
A Lightfoot	c Taylor b Jorden	44
Mushtaq Mohammad	c and b East	56
HM Ackerman	c Edmeades b Irvine	78
BL Reynolds	not out	48
BS Crump	c and b Taylor	4
ME Scott	not out	12
+LA Johnson	did not bat
H Sully	did not bat
AJ Durose	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 4 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	21
Total	(6 wickets, 112 overs)	321
Fall of wickets:
1-63, 2-66, 3-131, 4-220, 5-255, 6-284

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	18	6	37	0	-	-
Lever	16	3	41	0	-	-
Jorden	11	2	29	3	-	-
Hobbs	16	5	41	0	-	-
East	25	7	81	1	-	-
Barker	9	1	16	0	-	-
Irvine	10	0	39	1	-	-
Taylor	7	2	16	1	-	-

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Notes
--> HM Ackerman (2) passed his previous highest score of 68 in County Championship matches
--> HM Ackerman (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 39
--> AM Jorden achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 4-31)
--> AM Jorden achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 4-31)
--> BS Crump reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings

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