f31152 cc15054	Essex v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1976
Venue	Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea on 7th, 8th July 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 8 wickets
Points	Essex 18 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Northamptonshire 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	TW Spencer, AGT Whitehead
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 215/5 (Gooch 74*, Turner 35*; 65 overs)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Hardie b Lever	5
G Cook	c and b Lever	18
*Mushtaq Mohammad	c and b Turner	2
W Larkins	b Lever	0
TJ Yardley	b Lever	12
RG Williams	b Acfield	10
PW Romaines	c Smith b Acfield	14
+G Sharp	not out	41
Sarfraz Nawaz	lbw b Lever	0
RMH Cottam	lbw b Acfield	0
BS Bedi	c Hardie b Acfield	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 5 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 45.3 overs)	115
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-29, 3-29, 4-34, 5-41, 6-52, 7-99, 8-100, 9-115, 10-115 (45.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	17	5	47	5	-	-
Turner	16	5	31	1	-	-
Acfield	11.3	3	17	4	-	-
East	1	0	7	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Yardley b Bedi	38
BR Hardie	b Cottam	6
KS McEwan	c Sharp b Sarfraz Nawaz	9
*KWR Fletcher	c Sharp b Cottam	42
GA Gooch	b Cottam	85
KR Pont	c Sarfraz Nawaz b Cottam	2
S Turner	c Yardley b Cottam	39
RE East	b Cottam	0
+N Smith	b Bedi	19
JK Lever	b Cottam	29
DL Acfield	not out	23
Extras	(10 b, 6 lb, 3 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 84.4 overs)	311
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-25, 3-97, 4-97, 5-102, 6-227, 7-227, 8-252, 9-256, 10-311 (84.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	12	1	48	1	-	-
Cottam	32.4	6	100	7	-	-
Bedi	33	11	107	2	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	7	1	37	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Smith b Turner	2
G Cook	c McEwan b East	9
*Mushtaq Mohammad	c Smith b Turner	58
W Larkins	c McEwan b East	10
TJ Yardley	c Smith b Acfield	74
RG Williams	b Acfield	3
PW Romaines	c Smith b Acfield	1
+G Sharp	c Pont b Lever	22
Sarfraz Nawaz	c and b Acfield	18
RMH Cottam	b Acfield	0
BS Bedi	not out	16
Extras	(9 b, 10 lb, 12 nb)	31
Total	(all out, 84.2 overs)	244
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-24, 3-65, 4-124, 5-132, 6-142, 7-199, 8-221, 9-221, 10-244 (84.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	9	0	30	1	-	-
Turner	17	5	28	2	-	-
Acfield	34.2	5	85	5	-	-
East	24	3	70	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Cook b Bedi	4
BR Hardie	not out	12
KS McEwan	b Cottam	15
*KWR Fletcher	not out	16
GA Gooch	did not bat
KR Pont	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(2 wickets, 15.5 overs)	50
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-23

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	7	1	24	1	-	-
Bedi	8	1	21	1	-	-
Williams	0.5	0	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> TJ Yardley (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 67
--> JK Lever reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings

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