a1229	Essex v Northamptonshire
	John Player League 1974
Venue	Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea on 14th July 1974 (40-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Northamptonshire won by 6 runs
Points	Essex 0; Northamptonshire 4
Umpires	WL Budd, GH Pope

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Northamptonshire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
RT Virgin	b Acfield	23
A Tait	run out	7
P Willey	b Pont	81
G Cook	c Cooke b Pont	11
*PJ Watts	c McEwan b Turner	0
DS Steele	c Hardie b Boyce	17
C Milburn	c Hobbs b Boyce	12
+G Sharp	c Cooke b Boyce	1
A Hodgson	not out	11
RMH Cottam	not out	1
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(15 lb, 2 nb, 5 w)	22
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-73, 3-114, 4-116, 5-144, 6-164, 7-173, 8-173

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Boyce	8	2	25	3	-	-	16.00	3.12
Lever	8	0	23	0	-	-	-	2.88
Turner	8	1	39	1	-	-	48.00	4.88
Acfield	8	2	30	1	-	-	48.00	3.75
Edmeades	1	0	12	0	-	-	-	12.00
Pont	7	0	35	2	-	-	21.00	5.00

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
S Turner	c Steele b Cottam	4
BR Hardie	lbw b Dye	2
+KS McEwan	b Cottam	1
RMO Cooke	b Cottam	83
KD Boyce	c Sharp b Hodgson	20
GA Gooch	b Hodgson	1
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Dye	19
KR Pont	c Virgin b Watts	25
*RNS Hobbs	not out	12
DL Acfield	b Cottam	3
JK Lever	not out	2
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb)	8
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-6, 3-9, 4-40, 5-42, 6-100, 7-153, 8-168, 9-178

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Cottam	8	2	21	4	-	-	12.00	2.62
Dye	8	1	31	2	-	-	24.00	3.88
Hodgson	8	1	32	2	-	-	24.00	4.00
Watts	8	0	35	1	-	-	48.00	4.38
Steele	3	0	16	0	-	-	-	5.33
Milburn	5	0	37	0	-	-	-	7.40

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Notes
--> P Willey passed 1500 runs in List A matches when he reached 23
--> RMO Cooke passed his previous highest score of 63 in List A matches
--> RMO Cooke passed 500 runs in List A matches when he reached 48

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