f28665 cc14115	Essex v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1971
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 12th, 13th, 14th May 1971 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 4 (Batting 2, Bowling 2); Northamptonshire 3 (Batting 1, Bowling 2)
Umpires	WL Budd, CS Elliott
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 329/6 (Crump 40*, Sharp 47*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 334/7 (Turner 44*, Hobbs 19*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Willey	b East	14
WM Osman	c Taylor b Turner	7
HM Ackerman	st Taylor b Hobbs	103
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Taylor b Turner	35
DS Steele	c Taylor b Boyce	25
*PJ Watts	run out	49
BS Crump	not out	40
+G Sharp	not out	47
D Breakwell	did not bat
A Hodgson	did not bat
PG Lee	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 5 nb)	9
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 116 overs)	329
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-25, 3-115, 4-183, 5-219, 6-246

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	23	3	62	1	-	-
Turner	26	8	48	2	-	-
East	23	6	67	1	-	-
Acfield	22	4	60	0	-	-
Hobbs	22	4	83	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	c Sharp b Mushtaq Mohammad	55
BC Francis	c Sharp b Breakwell	75
GJ Saville	c Ackerman b Steele	16
KWR Fletcher	c Sharp b Willey	12
G Barker	c Ackerman b Steele	22
KD Boyce	lbw b Lee	36
*+B Taylor	c Steele b Lee	46
S Turner	c Steele b Hodgson	72
RNS Hobbs	b Hodgson	28
RE East	b Hodgson	8
DL Acfield	not out	1
Extras	(6 lb, 3 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 140.2 overs)	380
Fall of wickets:
1-121, 2-129, 3-163, 4-175, 5-188, 6-232, 7-279, 8-353, 9-379, 10-380 (140.2 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lee	26	6	77	2	-	-
Hodgson	25.2	6	52	3	-	-
Breakwell	27	7	61	1	-	-
Willey	17	7	26	1	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	20	5	54	1	-	-
Steele	16	2	48	2	-	-
Crump	9	0	53	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Willey	c Turner b Acfield	30
WM Osman	st Taylor b Hobbs	38
HM Ackerman	c Boyce b Acfield	0
Mushtaq Mohammad	b Fletcher	79
DS Steele	b Barker	24
*PJ Watts	not out	11
BS Crump	not out	8
+G Sharp	did not bat
D Breakwell	did not bat
A Hodgson	did not bat
PG Lee	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	13
Total	(5 wickets, 96 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-66, 2-66, 3-139, 4-178, 5-187

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	4	1	8	0	-	-
Turner	2	0	3	0	-	-
East	13	7	24	0	-	-
Acfield	20	7	44	2	-	-
Hobbs	27	10	58	1	-	-
Fletcher	13	5	31	1	-	-
Barker	12	5	19	1	-	-
Saville	5	4	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> A Hodgson made his debut in County Championship matches
--> BC Francis (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in County Championship matches
--> GJ Saville (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 3
--> DS Steele (2) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 2
--> DL Acfield reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings

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