f28881 cc14285	Essex v Nottinghamshire
	County Championship 1971
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 28th, 30th, 31st August 1971 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 9 (Batting 6, Bowling 3); Nottinghamshire 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	JF Crapp, GH Pope
Close of play day 1	Nottinghamshire (1) 46/2 (Harris 24*, Bolus 0*; 14 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 45/0 (Edmeades 18*, Francis 27*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Stead	6
BC Francis	c Bolus b Stead	51
B Ward	lbw b Stead	2
KWR Fletcher	c Frost b Taylor	97
KR Pont	c and b Taylor	25
KD Boyce	c Harris b White	55
*+B Taylor	c Taylor b White	24
RNS Hobbs	c and b White	4
RE East	not out	41
JK Lever	b White	19
DL Acfield	run out	6
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 90.1 overs)	339
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-10, 3-85, 4-166, 5-217, 6-258, 7-270, 8-275, 9-306, 10-339 (90.1 ov)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stead	20.1	3	56	3	-	-
Sobers	12	1	41	0	-	-
White	23	4	94	4	-	-
Taylor	19	3	51	2	-	-
Plummer	8	0	35	0	-	-
Harris	8	0	53	0	-	-

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Nottinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Harris	c Taylor b Boyce	107
G Frost	lbw b Acfield	10
MJ Smedley	lbw b Boyce	11
JB Bolus	c Boyce b Acfield	27
SB Hassan	b Hobbs	37
*GS Sobers	lbw b Hobbs	9
RA White	c Fletcher b Boyce	42
MNS Taylor	b Hobbs	13
PJ Plummer	c Lever b Hobbs	4
+DA Pullan	c Ward b Hobbs	13
B Stead	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 13 lb, 2 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 98.1 overs)	289
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-46, 3-112, 4-206, 5-210, 6-215, 7-243, 8-253, 9-289, 10-289 (98.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	24.1	1	78	3	-	-
Lever	13	2	32	0	-	-
Acfield	20	6	44	2	-	-
East	22	6	52	0	-	-
Hobbs	19	5	67	5	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Sobers b White	36
BC Francis	b Plummer	140
B Ward	c Bolus b White	3
KWR Fletcher	c Sobers b White	5
KR Pont	not out	35
KD Boyce	c White b Plummer	6
*+B Taylor	c Harris b Plummer	0
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 71.5 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-111, 2-119, 3-131, 4-220, 5-228, 6-228 (71.5 ov)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stead	12	2	25	0	-	-
Sobers	13	2	51	0	-	-
White	29	11	76	3	-	-
Taylor	8	1	34	0	-	-
Plummer	9.5	0	39	3	-	-

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Nottinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Harris	not out	131
G Frost	lbw b Lever	22
MJ Smedley	b Lever	2
JB Bolus	st Taylor b Hobbs	21
*GS Sobers	c Pont b Hobbs	1
SB Hassan	b Fletcher	5
RA White	c and b Hobbs	9
MNS Taylor	not out	2
PJ Plummer	did not bat
+DA Pullan	did not bat
B Stead	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(6 wickets, 63 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-38, 3-114, 4-118, 5-127, 6-168

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	6	2	19	0	-	-
Lever	10	2	31	2	-	-
Acfield	12	5	34	0	-	-
East	8	3	30	0	-	-
Hobbs	16	5	36	3	-	-
Fletcher	10	0	42	1	-	-
Taylor	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> KR Pont made his debut in County Championship matches
--> BC Francis (2) passed his previous highest score of 121 in County Championship matches
--> BC Francis (2) passed his previous highest score of 126 in First-Class matches
--> KR Pont (2) passed his previous highest score of 25 in First-Class matches
--> MJ Harris (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 70
--> MJ Harris (2) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 107

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