f28824 cc14234	Northamptonshire v Essex
	County Championship 1971
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 31st July, 2nd, 3rd August 1971 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3); Essex 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	CG Pepper, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 13/1 (Ackerman 2*, Breakwell 4*; 8 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 34/0 (Edmeades 12*, Francis 17*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Steele b Sarfraz Nawaz	12
BC Francis	run out	1
GJ Saville	b Lee	4
KWR Fletcher	c and b Steele	33
B Ward	c and b Steele	59
KD Boyce	c Ackerman b Steele	5
*+B Taylor	c Steele b Mushtaq Mohammad	18
RNS Hobbs	c Watts b Lee	16
RE East	b Mushtaq Mohammad	0
JK Lever	not out	9
DL Acfield	b Lee	0
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 3 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 98.5 overs)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-13, 3-21, 4-90, 5-96, 6-123, 7-140, 8-141, 9-159, 10-165 (98.5 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lee	22.5	6	29	3	-	-
Sarfraz Nawaz	25	11	46	1	-	-
Breakwell	16	9	20	0	-	-
Crump	5	2	12	0	-	-
Steele	18	9	32	3	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	12	5	18	2	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Tait	c Taylor b Lever	7
HM Ackerman	c Boyce b Acfield	6
D Breakwell	b Hobbs	33
DS Steele	b Edmeades	34
Mushtaq Mohammad	lbw b Edmeades	62
G Cook	c Saville b Hobbs	0
*PJ Watts	c Taylor b Lever	57
BS Crump	not out	67
Sarfraz Nawaz	not out	39
PG Lee	did not bat
+LA Johnson	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 9 nb)	18
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 117 overs)	323
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-22, 3-79, 4-97, 5-97, 6-194, 7-225

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	17	3	39	0	-	-
Lever	16	1	51	2	-	-
Acfield	27	8	73	1	-	-
East	24	7	55	0	-	-
Edmeades	14	2	23	2	-	-
Hobbs	19	5	64	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	not out	12
BC Francis	not out	17
GJ Saville	did not bat
KWR Fletcher	did not bat
B Ward	did not bat
KD Boyce	did not bat
*+B Taylor	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 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(no wicket, 8 overs)	34

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lee	3	0	11	0	-	-
Sarfraz Nawaz	2	0	10	0	-	-
Steele	1	0	1	0	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	2	1	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.

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