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| Venue | County Ground, Northampton on 22nd, 24th, 25th August 1981 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Northamptonshire 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Essex 5 (Batting 4, Bowling 1) |
| Umpires | PJ Eele, DJ Halfyard |
| Close of play day 1 | Essex (1) 121/1 (Gooch 49*, Fletcher 29*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Northamptonshire (1) 251/4 (Sharp 69*, Carter 4*) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GA Gooch | b Sarfraz Nawaz | 146 | |||||
| BR Hardie | lbw b Mallender | 26 | |||||
| *KWR Fletcher | c Sharp b Sarfraz Nawaz | 30 | |||||
| KS McEwan | c Sharp b Mallender | 20 | |||||
| KR Pont | c Sharp b TM Lamb | 23 | |||||
| DR Pringle | c Larkins b Sarfraz Nawaz | 18 | |||||
| N Phillip | c Sharp b Sarfraz Nawaz | 0 | |||||
| RE East | not out | 0 | |||||
| +DE East | not out | 6 | |||||
| JK Lever | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Acfield | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 17 lb, 6 nb) | 31 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 84 overs) | 300 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-68, 2-123, 3-148, 4-220, 5-285, 6-285, 7-286 | |||||||
| Northamptonshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Sarfraz Nawaz | 19 | 3 | 71 | 4 | - | - | |
| Griffiths | 21 | 5 | 42 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mallender | 19 | 2 | 50 | 2 | - | - | |
| TM Lamb | 19 | 4 | 61 | 1 | - | - | |
| Williams | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Carter | 5 | 0 | 37 | 0 | - | - | |
| Northamptonshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *G Cook | c Pringle b Lever | 30 | |||||
| W Larkins | lbw b Pringle | 17 | |||||
| AJ Lamb | c Gooch b Lever | 117 | |||||
| +G Sharp | not out | 69 | |||||
| TJ Yardley | b Lever | 0 | |||||
| RM Carter | not out | 4 | |||||
| RG Williams | did not bat | ||||||
| Sarfraz Nawaz | did not bat | ||||||
| NA Mallender | did not bat | ||||||
| TM Lamb | did not bat | ||||||
| BJ Griffiths | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 7 lb, 6 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 57 overs) | 251 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-51, 2-55, 3-236, 4-236 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lever | 13 | 1 | 69 | 3 | - | - | |
| Phillip | 10 | 1 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pringle | 10 | 1 | 46 | 1 | - | - | |
| RE East | 15 | 5 | 49 | 0 | - | - | |
| Acfield | 9 | 0 | 42 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GA Gooch | c Cook b Mallender | 32 | |||||
| BR Hardie | lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz | 0 | |||||
| *KWR Fletcher | c AJ Lamb b Carter | 78 | |||||
| KS McEwan | b TM Lamb | 13 | |||||
| KR Pont | c Griffiths b Carter | 9 | |||||
| N Phillip | c TM Lamb b Carter | 6 | |||||
| DR Pringle | not out | 16 | |||||
| RE East | c TM Lamb b Carter | 18 | |||||
| +DE East | run out | 6 | |||||
| JK Lever | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Acfield | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 4 lb, 3 nb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 56.2 overs) | 189 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-54, 3-89, 4-114, 5-133, 6-156, 7-182, 8-189 (56.2 ov) | |||||||
| Northamptonshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Sarfraz Nawaz | 5 | 0 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Griffiths | 7 | 0 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mallender | 9 | 2 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| TM Lamb | 9 | 3 | 10 | 1 | - | - | |
| Williams | 14.2 | 2 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
| Carter | 12 | 1 | 52 | 4 | - | - | |
| Northamptonshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *G Cook | b Acfield | 8 | |||||
| W Larkins | b Phillip | 0 | |||||
| RG Williams | not out | 72 | |||||
| AJ Lamb | not out | 47 | |||||
| +G Sharp | did not bat | ||||||
| TJ Yardley | did not bat | ||||||
| RM Carter | did not bat | ||||||
| Sarfraz Nawaz | did not bat | ||||||
| NA Mallender | did not bat | ||||||
| TM Lamb | did not bat | ||||||
| BJ Griffiths | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 7 lb, 3 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 44 overs) | 139 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-21 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lever | 4 | 2 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Phillip | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | |
| Pringle | 7 | 1 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| RE East | 13 | 4 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Acfield | 15 | 2 | 58 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gooch | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> GA Gooch (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 58
--> KS McEwan (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 1
--> TM Lamb reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
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