f27461 cc13682	Lancashire v Essex
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 31st August, 1st, 2nd September 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 9 wickets
Points	Lancashire 17 (Batting 2, Bowling 5); Essex 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	R Aspinall, GH Pope
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 160/4 (Atkinson 19*, Bond 24*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 149/8 (Jorden 20*, Lever 7*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	c Wood b Higgs	12
BEA Edmeades	b Lever	25
G Barker	lbw b Higgs	8
KWR Fletcher	c Engineer b Higgs	0
BL Irvine	c Lloyd b Lever	8
KD Boyce	c Atkinson b Wood	19
*+B Taylor	run out	6
AM Jorden	b Wood	0
RNS Hobbs	c Bailey b Wood	0
RE East	b Lever	0
JK Lever	not out	0
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 37.2 overs)	84
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-41, 3-41, 4-49, 5-70, 6-74, 7-82, 8-82, 9-83, 10-84 (37.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	15	2	45	3	-	-
Higgs	12	2	21	3	-	-
Wood	8.2	5	12	3	-	-
Hughes	2	2	0	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Lloyd	c Lever b Boyce	9
B Wood	c Taylor b Jorden	40
H Pilling	c Irvine b East	35
D Bailey	b Jorden	26
G Atkinson	b Boyce	24
*JD Bond	b Boyce	44
+FM Engineer	c Fletcher b Lever	25
DP Hughes	run out	6
P Lever	b Lever	8
K Higgs	not out	0
JS Savage	c Hobbs b Jorden	1
Extras	(6 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 88.3 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-64, 3-117, 4-117, 5-187, 6-196, 7-213, 8-220, 9-229, 10-230 (88.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	26	5	62	3	-	-
Lever	21	4	76	2	-	-
Jorden	17.3	5	41	3	-	-
East	17	8	25	1	-	-
Hobbs	7	2	14	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	c Higgs b Hughes	26
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Lever	16
G Barker	c Bond b Wood	21
KWR Fletcher	c Lloyd b Savage	33
BL Irvine	c Wood b Savage	14
*+B Taylor	c Wood b Savage	4
AM Jorden	c Wood b Hughes	20
RNS Hobbs	c Hughes b Wood	5
RE East	c Higgs b Wood	0
JK Lever	not out	7
KD Boyce	absent hurt
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 64.5 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-59, 3-65, 4-85, 5-95, 6-118, 7-135, 8-135, 9-150 (64.5 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	12	1	52	1	-	-
Higgs	12	3	27	0	-	-
Wood	15	7	21	3	-	-
Hughes	10.5	3	22	2	-	-
Savage	15	8	24	3	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+FM Engineer	not out	5
P Lever	b Ward	0
D Lloyd	not out	0
B Wood	did not bat
H Pilling	did not bat
D Bailey	did not bat
G Atkinson	did not bat
*JD Bond	did not bat
DP Hughes	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
JS Savage	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 1.2 overs)	5
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Lever)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ward	1	0	1	1	-	-
Fletcher	0.2	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> BEA Edmeades (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 20
--> JK Lever reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> AM Jorden reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Lancashire first innings

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