f30584 cc14837	Middlesex v Essex
	County Championship 1975
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 28th, 29th, 30th May 1975 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 3 wickets
Points	Middlesex 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Essex 16 (Batting 4, Bowling 2)
Umpires	AE Fagg, JG Langridge
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 58/1 (McEwan 34*, Pont 1*; 20 overs)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 116/5 (Barlow 8*, Murray 8*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	c Smith b Lever	6
RO Butcher	c McEwan b East	53
*JM Brearley	c Gooch b Lever	58
NG Featherstone	lbw b Hobbs	30
CT Radley	lbw b Turner	54
GD Barlow	c Gooch b East	36
+JT Murray	not out	70
PH Edmonds	not out	0
FJ Titmus	did not bat
TM Lamb	did not bat
MWW Selvey	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	324
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-97, 3-145, 4-153, 5-202, 6-310

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	24	3	63	2	-	-
Turner	22	1	67	1	-	-
Edmeades	7	1	22	0	-	-
East	24	6	70	2	-	-
Hobbs	19	1	72	1	-	-
Pont	4	1	13	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KS McEwan	c Radley b Lamb	38
BEA Edmeades	b Titmus	20
KR Pont	b Selvey	2
*KWR Fletcher	b Titmus	99
GA Gooch	b Selvey	11
BR Hardie	not out	91
S Turner	b Titmus	6
RE East	not out	15
+N Smith	did not bat
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 7 lb, 5 nb)	18
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 99.2 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-63, 3-65, 4-79, 5-235, 6-249

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Selvey	35	11	96	2	-	-
Lamb	16	1	75	1	-	-
Titmus	27.2	8	70	3	-	-
Edmonds	21	7	41	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	c Fletcher b Lever	7
RO Butcher	c Pont b Edmeades	43
*JM Brearley	c Smith b Lever	22
NG Featherstone	b Edmeades	8
CT Radley	c East b Lever	0
GD Barlow	not out	68
+JT Murray	not out	88
PH Edmonds	did not bat
FJ Titmus	did not bat
TM Lamb	did not bat
MWW Selvey	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 9 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	27
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 76.2 overs)	263
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-72, 3-91, 4-96, 5-99

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	27	5	77	3	-	-
Turner	20	4	55	0	-	-
Edmeades	13	3	21	2	-	-
East	6	1	39	0	-	-
Hobbs	10.2	1	44	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Selvey	8
KS McEwan	c Brearley b Edmonds	47
*KWR Fletcher	c Murray b Edmonds	49
GA Gooch	c Edmonds b Titmus	24
BR Hardie	c Smith b Selvey	41
KR Pont	c Featherstone b Selvey	53
S Turner	not out	35
RE East	lbw b Edmonds	8
+N Smith	not out	15
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(7 wickets, 76.1 overs)	288
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-106, 3-111, 4-141, 5-227, 6-230, 7-250

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Selvey	21	3	72	3	-	-
Lamb	11	0	53	0	-	-
Titmus	17	1	58	1	-	-
Edmonds	24.1	6	84	3	-	-
Featherstone	3	1	13	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
--> RO Butcher (1) equalled his previous highest score of 53 in First-Class matches
--> RO Butcher (1) equalled his previous highest score of 53 in County Championship matches
--> JM Brearley (1) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 26
--> BR Hardie (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30
--> JT Murray (2) passed 18500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4

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