f31093 cc15012	Middlesex v Essex
	County Championship 1976
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 2nd, 3rd, 4th June 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Middlesex won by 6 wickets
Points	Middlesex 17 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Essex 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	DO Oslear, CG Pepper
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 140/3 (Barlow 36*, Featherstone 9*; 48 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 219/6 (Turner 22*, Smith 6*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	c Gould b Jones	8
BR Hardie	c Gould b Selvey	2
KS McEwan	b Selvey	19
*KWR Fletcher	c Radley b Selvey	39
KR Pont	lbw b Selvey	0
S Turner	c Edmonds b Lamb	14
KD Boyce	c and b Jones	22
RE East	b Selvey	5
+N Smith	b Jones	4
JK Lever	b Selvey	6
DL Acfield	not out	2
Extras	(4 lb, 2 w)	6
Total	(all out, 55.1 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-31, 3-31, 4-36, 5-67, 6-110, 7-114, 8-118, 9-120, 10-127 (55.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	17	6	35	3	-	-
Selvey	23.1	4	56	6	-	-
Lamb	11	3	23	1	-	-
Gatting	4	2	7	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MJ Smith	lbw b Turner	38
CT Radley	c McEwan b Lever	25
GD Barlow	lbw b East	65
MW Gatting	b Gooch	16
NG Featherstone	c Pont b East	48
+IJ Gould	c Turner b East	24
PH Edmonds	lbw b Acfield	7
TM Lamb	b Acfield	12
JE Emburey	b Acfield	11
MWW Selvey	b Acfield	1
AA Jones	not out	1
Extras	(8 b, 10 lb, 8 nb)	26
Total	(all out, 100 overs)	274
Fall of wickets:
1-67, 2-71, 3-118, 4-207, 5-212, 6-225, 7-259, 8-263, 9-273, 10-274 (100 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	17	1	52	0	-	-
Lever	25	7	65	1	-	-
Turner	15	4	35	1	-	-
Gooch	12	5	23	1	-	-
East	20	2	54	3	-	-
Acfield	11	3	19	4	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	c Edmonds b Selvey	3
GA Gooch	lbw b Selvey	6
KS McEwan	c Radley b Featherstone	93
*KWR Fletcher	lbw b Jones	64
KR Pont	c Edmonds b Jones	4
S Turner	lbw b Jones	49
KD Boyce	st Gould b Edmonds	17
+N Smith	c Gould b Edmonds	15
RE East	c Radley b Selvey	14
JK Lever	not out	3
DL Acfield	c Radley b Selvey	0
Extras	(6 lb, 2 w)	8
Total	(all out, 103.5 overs)	276
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-9, 3-169, 4-174, 5-175, 6-200, 7-234, 8-271, 9-276, 10-276 (103.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	16	4	35	3	-	-
Selvey	22.5	5	65	4	-	-
Lamb	5	0	12	0	-	-
Gatting	6	1	29	0	-	-
Edmonds	30	8	58	2	-	-
Emburey	20	7	49	0	-	-
Featherstone	4	1	20	1	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MJ Smith	lbw b Boyce	4
CT Radley	b Boyce	6
GD Barlow	st Smith b East	62
MW Gatting	b Acfield	29
NG Featherstone	not out	19
+IJ Gould	not out	6
PH Edmonds	did not bat
TM Lamb	did not bat
JE Emburey	did not bat
MWW Selvey	did not bat
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 3 nb)	4
Total	(4 wickets, 39.1 overs)	130
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-13, 3-65, 4-123

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	8	1	26	2	-	-
Lever	5	0	14	0	-	-
East	12	3	46	1	-	-
Acfield	14.1	1	40	1	-	-

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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

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