f43208 cc18917	Nottinghamshire v Essex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1997
Venue	Town Ground, Worksop on 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd August 1997 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Nottinghamshire 9 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Essex 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 1)
Umpires	DJ Constant, JW Holder
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 319/4 (Grayson 35*, DR Law 13*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 440/7 (Napier 35*, Cowan 6*)
Close of play day 3	Essex (2) 10/1 (Prichard 6*, Ilott 1*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PJ Prichard	c Noon b Oram	46	131	146	7	-
DDJ Robinson	c Astle b Evans	40	95	131	7	-
TP Hodgson	lbw b Astle	44	100	122	8	-
SG Law	c Noon b Afzaal	115	131	181	18	2
AP Grayson	c Metcalfe b Evans	44	127	134	7	-
DR Law	c Oram b Tolley	59	140	168	9	-
+RJ Rollins	c Johnson b Tolley	19	43	66	3	-
GR Napier	not out	35	44	63	6	1
AP Cowan	not out	6	14	22	1	-
MC Ilott	did not bat
PM Such	did not bat
Extras	(14 b, 8 lb, 6 nb, 4 w)	32
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 137 overs)	440
Fall of wickets:
1-94 (Robinson), 2-101 (Prichard), 3-194 (Hodgson), 4-288 (Law), 5-329 (Grayson), 6-380 (Rollins), 7-421 (Law)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Oram	22	8	71	1	-	-
Evans	23	8	48	2	-	-
Tolley	30	7	102	2	-	-
Bowen	26	6	84	0	-	-
Astle	15	4	29	1	-	-
Afzaal	17	4	64	1	-	-
Dowman	4	0	20	0	-	-

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Nottinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MP Dowman	lbw b Napier	27	99	110	4	-
RT Robinson	not out	143	307	345	19	-
NJ Astle	c DR Law b Cowan	100	157	169	16	1
*P Johnson	c Grayson b Such	41	40	64	6	1
AA Metcalfe	did not bat
U Afzaal	did not bat
CM Tolley	did not bat
+WM Noon	did not bat
KP Evans	did not bat
MN Bowen	did not bat
AR Oram	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 12 lb, 10 nb, 14 w)	40
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 99.3 overs)	351
Fall of wickets:
1-61 (Dowman), 2-254 (Astle), 3-351 (Johnson, 99.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ilott	16	6	49	0	-	-
Cowan	13	3	59	1	-	-
Such	26.3	4	78	1	-	-
SG Law	10	3	28	0	-	-
Grayson	24	5	71	0	-	-
Napier	8	3	40	1	-	-
DR Law	2	0	10	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PJ Prichard	c Metcalfe b Astle	46	103	109	9	-
DDJ Robinson	c Johnson b Oram	0	11	13	-	-
MC Ilott	c Oram b Afzaal	33	83	83	6	-
TP Hodgson	c Oram b Tolley	21	80	66	4	-
DR Law	c Evans b Afzaal	0	6	4	-	-
+RJ Rollins	c and b Tolley	42	117	104	5	2
AP Cowan	b Afzaal	15	61	45	1	1
GR Napier	not out	4	17	21	1	-
SG Law	not out	4	8	12	-	-
AP Grayson	did not bat
PM Such	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 6 w)	18
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 81 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Robinson), 2-79 (Ilott), 3-89 (Prichard), 4-90 (Law), 5-120 (Hodgson), 6-171 (Cowan), 7-173 (Rollins)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bowen	11	4	23	0	-	-
Oram	4	3	2	1	-	-
Johnson	13	5	32	0	-	-
Afzaal	30	10	83	3	-	-
Astle	7	3	10	1	-	-
Tolley	16	5	21	2	-	-

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Notes
--> Essex score at 120 overs in the first innings was 373-5
--> GR Napier made his debut in County Championship matches
--> PJ Prichard (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 8
--> TP Hodgson (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in County Championship matches
--> TP Hodgson (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in First-Class matches
--> SG Law (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 4
--> SG Law (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 4
--> DR Law (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 32
--> NJ Astle (1) equalled his previous highest score of 100 in County Championship matches
--> NJ Astle (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4

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