f29703 cc14550	Northamptonshire v Essex
	County Championship 1973
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 7th, 9th, 10th July 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by 276 runs
Points	Northamptonshire 15 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Essex 7 (Batting 2, Bowling 5)
Umpires	JF Crapp, R Julian
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 97/3 (Pont 14*, Turner 9*; 37 overs)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 330/4 (Willey 156*, Sharp 7*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Saville b Turner	51
P Willey	c Francis b Edmeades	26
DS Steele	c Smith b Acfield	53
Mushtaq Mohammad	b Lever	18
*PJ Watts	c Saville b Lever	17
C Milburn	c Turner b Lever	2
+G Sharp	c Smith b Lever	4
A Hodgson	lbw b Acfield	1
RMH Cottam	c Acfield b Lever	12
BS Bedi	not out	4
JCJ Dye	c Cooke b Acfield	1
Extras	(2 lb, 2 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 74.4 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-112, 3-152, 4-152, 5-154, 6-170, 7-172, 8-187, 9-188, 10-193 (74.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	21	5	58	5	-	-
Turner	19	7	40	1	-	-
Edmeades	8	0	34	1	-	-
East	6	2	11	0	-	-
Hobbs	6	2	11	0	-	-
Acfield	14.4	4	35	3	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Cottam	0
BC Francis	c Cottam b Hodgson	54
GJ Saville	not out	7
RMO Cooke	st Sharp b Bedi	9
KR Pont	c Steele b Dye	43
S Turner	c Sharp b Dye	20
RE East	c Steele b Hodgson	21
*RNS Hobbs	b Hodgson	3
+N Smith	c Cottam b Hodgson	10
JK Lever	c Sharp b Cottam	1
DL Acfield	not out	0
Extras	(7 lb)	7
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 56.5 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-59, 3-79, 4-115, 5-148, 6-157, 7-167, 8-172, 9-172

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	15	5	43	2	-	-
Dye	14	1	61	2	-	-
Hodgson	13.5	3	45	4	-	-
Bedi	11	5	14	1	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	3	1	5	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	lbw b Lever	8
P Willey	not out	156
DS Steele	c Edmeades b Lever	12
C Milburn	b East	36
*PJ Watts	c Smith b Turner	96
+G Sharp	not out	7
Mushtaq Mohammad	did not bat
A Hodgson	did not bat
RMH Cottam	did not bat
BS Bedi	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 9 lb, 3 nb)	15
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 96 overs)	330
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-47, 3-123, 4-316

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	24	3	95	2	-	-
Turner	21	5	58	1	-	-
Edmeades	6	0	28	0	-	-
East	24	5	55	1	-	-
Hobbs	6	1	22	0	-	-
Acfield	15	1	57	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Cottam	17
BC Francis	lbw b Dye	5
RMO Cooke	c Cottam b Bedi	12
KR Pont	b Bedi	3
S Turner	c Bedi b Hodgson	6
RE East	lbw b Hodgson	5
*RNS Hobbs	b Bedi	2
+N Smith	not out	8
JK Lever	c Watts b Cottam	4
DL Acfield	c Virgin b Bedi	5
GJ Saville	absent hurt
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(all out, 35.3 overs)	72
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-34, 3-34, 4-37, 5-47, 6-56, 7-57, 8-65, 9-72 (35.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	11	5	22	2	-	-
Dye	6	2	18	1	-	-
Hodgson	7	4	8	2	-	-
Bedi	11.3	5	19	4	-	-

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Notes
--> DS Steele (1) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 46
--> BC Francis (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 9
--> RE East (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> P Willey (2) passed his previous highest score of 133 in County Championship matches
--> PJ Watts (2) passed 11000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 76
--> JK Lever reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings
--> GJ Saville retired hurt in the Essex first innings having scored 4 (team had lost 1 wickets) - he returned when the score was 172/9

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