f31567 cc15172	Essex v Lancashire
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	Valentine's Park, Ilford on 28th, 30th, 31st May 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 5 (Batting 3, Bowling 2); Lancashire 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3)
Umpires	WL Budd, WE Phillipson
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 49/0 (Wood 28*, Kennedy 19*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 97/0 (Hardie 42*, Denness 43*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	c Lyon b Lee	0
MH Denness	lbw b Wood	61
KS McEwan	st Lyon b Wood	25
*KWR Fletcher	c Lyon b Lee	47
GA Gooch	lbw b Lee	13
S Turner	c sub b Simmons	29
KD Boyce	c Pilling b Lee	6
RE East	not out	50
+N Smith	c Wood b Simmons	0
JK Lever	not out	8
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 9 nb, 3 w)	19
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	258
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-71, 3-109, 4-152, 5-161, 6-167, 7-215, 8-230

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Croft	28	7	82	0	-	-
Lee	27	6	63	4	-	-
Arrowsmith	13	5	25	0	-	-
Wood	14	6	21	2	-	-
Simmons	18	2	48	2	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	retired hurt	28
A Kennedy	c and b Turner	22
*D Lloyd	b Acfield	14
H Pilling	b Acfield	65
FC Hayes	c Smith b Lever	35
J Abrahams	not out	38
J Simmons	b Acfield	2
+J Lyon	c East b Acfield	16
R Arrowsmith	did not bat
CEH Croft	did not bat
PG Lee	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb, 5 nb)	16
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-67, 2-67, 3-145, 4-198, 5-200, 6-236 (100 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	17	3	47	1	-	-
Boyce	3	1	8	0	-	-
Acfield	38	10	85	4	-	-
East	23	6	43	0	-	-
Turner	19	6	37	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	lbw b Lee	76
MH Denness	c and b Simmons	73
KS McEwan	b Simmons	5
*KWR Fletcher	c Abrahams b Simmons	35
GA Gooch	b Lee	10
S Turner	c Lee b Simmons	8
KD Boyce	b Arrowsmith	5
RE East	not out	1
+N Smith	st Lyon b Simmons	1
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 10 lb, 9 nb)	21
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 85.5 overs)	235
Fall of wickets:
1-160, 2-170, 3-172, 4-210, 5-226, 6-233, 7-233, 8-235 (85.5 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Croft	22	7	46	0	-	-
Lee	28	5	80	2	-	-
Arrowsmith	12	5	23	1	-	-
Simmons	23.5	6	65	5	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	b Acfield	33
A Kennedy	b East	29
H Pilling	c Denness b Acfield	3
FC Hayes	b Acfield	41
J Abrahams	c Fletcher b Acfield	8
*D Lloyd	not out	69
J Simmons	st Smith b East	6
+J Lyon	not out	8
R Arrowsmith	did not bat
CEH Croft	did not bat
PG Lee	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 14 lb, 5 nb)	23
Total	(6 wickets, 72 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-70, 3-76, 4-84, 5-167, 6-180

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	5	1	16	0	-	-
Boyce	6	1	29	0	-	-
Acfield	28	10	71	4	-	-
East	30	7	64	2	-	-
Turner	2	1	8	0	-	-
Fletcher	1	0	9	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
--> MH Denness (1) passed 22000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 31
--> RE East (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> B Wood retired hurt in the Lancashire first innings having scored 28 (team score 49/0)

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