f29226 cc14377	Lancashire v Essex
	County Championship 1972
Venue	Trafalgar Road, Southport on 5th, 6th, 7th July 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Lancashire 3 (Bowling 3); Essex 4 (Batting 3, Bowling 1)
Umpires	HD Bird, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 245/7 (Turner 10*, East 5*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (1) 97/3 (Pilling 15*, Hayes 13*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Hayes b Simmons	58
GJ Saville	c Lloyd b Lee	4
KWR Fletcher	b Simmons	85
B Ward	b Simmons	9
KD Boyce	c Wood b Lee	57
*+B Taylor	c Hayes b Lee	0
S Turner	not out	61
RNS Hobbs	c Hayes b Lee	0
RE East	not out	53
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(15 b, 6 lb, 3 w)	24
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 102.1 overs)	351
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-142, 3-163, 4-230, 5-230, 6-230, 7-230

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	18	5	54	0	-	-
Shuttleworth	15	5	86	0	-	-
Lee	24.1	5	77	4	-	-
Simmons	27	9	62	3	-	-
Lloyd	8	2	24	0	-	-
Wood	10	4	24	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Lloyd	c Boyce b Acfield	23
B Wood	lbw b East	21
H Pilling	not out	15
KL Snellgrove	c East b Hobbs	12
FC Hayes	not out	13
+FM Engineer	did not bat
*JD Bond	did not bat
J Simmons	did not bat
P Lever	did not bat
K Shuttleworth	did not bat
PG Lee	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb, 3 nb)	13
Total	(3 wickets, 68 overs)	97
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-64, 3-64

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	8	4	8	0	-	-
Lever	3	0	5	0	-	-
Acfield	13	4	18	1	-	-
East	22	9	30	1	-	-
Turner	9	6	7	0	-	-
Hobbs	13	7	16	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> BEA Edmeades (1) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 36
--> RE East (1) passed his previous highest score of 50 in County Championship matches

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