f31090 cc15006	Northamptonshire v Essex
	County Championship 1976
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 29th, 31st May, 1st June 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Essex 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2)
Umpires	WL Budd, JG Langridge
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 42/2 (McEwan 4*, Fletcher 4*; 15 overs)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Smith b Boyce	44
G Cook	c Smith b Lever	9
DS Steele	c Gooch b Turner	9
*Mushtaq Mohammad	b Turner	90
W Larkins	c Boyce b Turner	23
PW Romaines	not out	8
+G Sharp	not out	4
A Hodgson	did not bat
BS Bedi	did not bat
RMH Cottam	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 11 nb)	13
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 70 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-29, 3-114, 4-180, 5-187

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	19	7	43	1	-	-
Lever	6	1	20	1	-	-
Turner	20	7	26	3	-	-
Acfield	17	1	65	0	-	-
East	3	0	16	0	-	-
Gooch	5	0	17	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	lbw b Dye	12
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Cottam	18
KS McEwan	c Sharp b Hodgson	112
*KWR Fletcher	c Sharp b Steele	20
GA Gooch	b Hodgson	22
KD Boyce	c Hodgson b Larkins	52
S Turner	lbw b Larkins	34
+N Smith	c Hodgson b Larkins	7
RE East	not out	6
JK Lever	c Cook b Bedi	5
DL Acfield	not out	1
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	11
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 98.1 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-33, 3-92, 4-174, 5-203, 6-268, 7-281, 8-290, 9-297

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dye	15	3	47	1	-	-
Cottam	18	5	61	1	-	-
Bedi	28	3	69	1	-	-
Hodgson	19	6	52	2	-	-
Steele	8	2	25	1	-	-
Larkins	10.1	0	35	3	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	not out	8
G Cook	lbw b Boyce	10
DS Steele	not out	6
*Mushtaq Mohammad	did not bat
W Larkins	did not bat
PW Romaines	did not bat
+G Sharp	did not bat
A Hodgson	did not bat
BS Bedi	did not bat
RMH Cottam	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb)	3
Total	(1 wicket, 16 overs)	27
Fall of wickets:
1-16 (Cook)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	8	4	12	1	-	-
Lever	5	3	2	0	-	-
East	3	0	10	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
--> Day 3 Lunch: Essex (1) ?/? (McEwan 106*, [unknown] ?*)
--> RT Virgin (1) passed 20000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> KD Boyce (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 42
--> G Cook (2) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> W Larkins achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 2-39)
--> W Larkins achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 0-0)

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