f29129 cc14307	Northamptonshire v Essex
	County Championship 1972
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 10th, 11th, 12th May 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by 5 wickets
Points	Northamptonshire 14 (Bowling 4); Essex 5 (Bowling 5)
Umpires	J Arnold, DGL Evans
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 147/9 (Edmeades 65*, Acfield 8*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 126/1 (Saville 55*, Fletcher 48*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	not out	65
GJ Saville	c Johnson b Dye	1
KWR Fletcher	lbw b Dye	1
B Ward	c Cook b Willey	10
KD Boyce	c Larkins b Bedi	32
*+B Taylor	b Bailey	8
S Turner	lbw b Bailey	2
RNS Hobbs	c Watts b Bedi	9
RE East	c Steele b Bailey	1
JK Lever	c Johnson b Dye	2
DL Acfield	not out	8
Extras	(4 lb, 4 nb)	8
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 77 overs)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-3, 3-30, 4-81, 5-103, 6-105, 7-116, 8-117, 9-129

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dye	21	8	31	3	-	-
Bailey	19	6	34	3	-	-
Bedi	25	10	49	2	-	-
Willey	12	3	25	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	lbw b Boyce	6
*PJ Watts	c Taylor b Lever	4
DS Steele	lbw b Boyce	0
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Boyce b Turner	47
P Willey	c Taylor b Turner	43
BS Crump	c Taylor b Boyce	5
W Larkins	c and b Boyce	0
+LA Johnson	c and b Boyce	7
RR Bailey	c Turner b Boyce	0
BS Bedi	b Boyce	0
JCJ Dye	not out	0
Extras	(11 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 74.2 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-7, 3-14, 4-95, 5-111, 6-114, 7-126, 8-126, 9-126, 10-129 (74.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	19	5	36	7	-	-
Lever	6	2	8	1	-	-
Turner	18.2	8	17	2	-	-
East	13	2	24	0	-	-
Acfield	11	5	13	0	-	-
Hobbs	7	3	14	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Mushtaq Mohammad b Willey	16
GJ Saville	not out	67
KWR Fletcher	not out	63
B Ward	did not bat
KD Boyce	did not bat
*+B Taylor	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(1 wicket, declared, 52 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-33 (Edmeades)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dye	12	3	32	0	-	-
Bailey	6	1	29	0	-	-
Bedi	11	6	20	0	-	-
Willey	12	1	35	1	-	-
Crump	11	3	30	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	st Taylor b East	16
*PJ Watts	c Boyce b Turner	55
DS Steele	c Taylor b Lever	45
Mushtaq Mohammad	not out	42
P Willey	b Lever	2
BS Crump	run out	6
W Larkins	not out	1
+LA Johnson	did not bat
RR Bailey	did not bat
BS Bedi	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 3 nb)	5
Total	(5 wickets, 57.2 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-120, 3-120, 4-128, 5-171

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	8	2	39	0	-	-
Lever	12.2	2	33	2	-	-
Turner	6	1	15	1	-	-
East	15	4	42	1	-	-
Acfield	13	4	30	0	-	-
Hobbs	3	1	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> W Larkins made his debut in First-Class matches
--> W Larkins made his debut in County Championship matches
--> BS Bedi made his debut in County Championship matches
--> LA Johnson made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> BEA Edmeades (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 52
--> BS Bedi made his debut for Northamptonshire in First-Class matches
--> JCJ Dye made his debut for Northamptonshire in County Championship matches
--> JCJ Dye made his debut for Northamptonshire in First-Class matches
--> KD Boyce achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 7-80)

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