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f32141 cc15413	Middlesex v Essex
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 5th, 6th, 7th July 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Middlesex 3 (Batting 2, Bowling 1); Essex 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	TW Spencer, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 64/4 (Radley 26, Gould 0; 32 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 90/3 (McEwan 39, Pont 10; 29 overs)

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JM Brearley	lbw b Phillip	3
MJ Smith	c Fletcher b Turner	26
CT Radley	c Fletcher b Phillip	30
GD Barlow	lbw b Phillip	4
KP Tomlins	lbw b Phillip	0
+IJ Gould	c Smith b Lever	35
MW Gatting	b East	50
PH Edmonds	st Smith b East	23
JE Emburey	c Pont b East	20
MWW Selvey	b Acfield	1
WW Daniel	not out	5
Extras	(17 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	21
Total	(all out, 83.5 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-46, 3-55, 4-59, 5-70, 6-133, 7-168, 8-205, 9-206, 10-218 (83.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	19	3	41	1	-	-
Phillip	27	5	72	4	-	-
Turner	18	4	47	1	-	-
East	12.5	2	23	3	-	-
Acfield	7	1	14	1	-	-

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	lbw b Daniel	3
MH Denness	b Gatting	23
KS McEwan	c Gould b Emburey	47
*KWR Fletcher	c Barlow b Selvey	9
KR Pont	not out	18
S Turner	did not bat
N Phillip	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 1 w)	9
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 40.1 overs)	109
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-47, 3-62, 4-109 (40.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	13	6	27	1	-	-
Selvey	18	4	48	1	-	-
Gatting	5	2	9	1	-	-
Edmonds	2	0	11	0	-	-
Emburey	2.1	0	5	1	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JM Brearley	not out	70
MJ Smith	b Turner	30
CT Radley	b East	1
GD Barlow	c and b East	5
+IJ Gould	b East	14
KP Tomlins	c Gooch b East	0
MW Gatting	not out	1
PH Edmonds	did not bat
JE Emburey	did not bat
MWW Selvey	did not bat
WW Daniel	did not bat
Extras	(9 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 48 overs)	134
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-70, 3-78, 4-124, 5-124

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	7	3	21	0	-	-
Phillip	7	0	18	0	-	-
Turner	5	2	5	1	-	-
East	12	3	45	4	-	-
Acfield	17	5	32	0	-	-

Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	b Daniel	49
MH Denness	lbw b Daniel	0
KS McEwan	c Brearley b Edmonds	64
*KWR Fletcher	not out	22
KR Pont	c Gould b Daniel	0
S Turner	b Emburey	1
N Phillip	b Emburey	3
RE East	not out	8
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(6 wickets, 43 overs)	155
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-108, 3-124, 4-125, 5-133, 6-140

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	10	2	29	3	-	-
Selvey	8	1	31	0	-	-
Edmonds	13	3	37	1	-	-
Emburey	12	4	50	2	-	-

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 23500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> KS McEwan (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 14
--> PH Edmonds reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings