f30722 cc14949	Essex v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1975
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 27th, 28th, 29th August 1975 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Northamptonshire 5 (Batting 4, Bowling 1)
Umpires	AEG Rhodes, P Rochford
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 77/1 (Edmeades 46*, East 3*; 23 overs)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 102/3 (Mushtaq Mohammad 38*, Larkins 41*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Smith b Lever	15
G Cook	c Fletcher b Acfield	88
*Mushtaq Mohammad	c Smith b Turner	1
P Willey	c Fletcher b Turner	15
W Larkins	b East	37
RG Williams	c Hardie b East	0
+G Sharp	c East b Boyce	48
Sarfraz Nawaz	c Edmeades b Boyce	86
A Hodgson	b Acfield	1
BS Bedi	run out	0
JCJ Dye	not out	0
Extras	(9 lb, 9 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 93.3 overs)	309
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-46, 3-83, 4-162, 5-168, 6-168, 7-308, 8-309, 9-309, 10-309 (93.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	16.3	4	45	2	-	-
Lever	14	1	47	1	-	-
Turner	15	2	46	2	-	-
Acfield	24	7	58	2	-	-
East	24	3	95	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Mushtaq Mohammad b Willey	80
BR Hardie	c Sharp b Hodgson	18
RE East	lbw b Willey	71
KS McEwan	b Mushtaq Mohammad	72
*KWR Fletcher	c Sarfraz Nawaz b Hodgson	61
S Turner	c Willey b Dye	35
KD Boyce	not out	8
+N Smith	not out	1
GA Gooch	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 8 lb, 3 nb)	20
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 106 overs)	366
Fall of wickets:
1-63, 2-183, 3-188, 4-276, 5-345, 6-359

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	17	0	83	0	-	-
Dye	7	0	27	1	-	-
Bedi	31	8	60	0	-	-
Hodgson	16	1	55	2	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	21	1	73	1	-	-
Willey	14	3	48	2	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Smith b Boyce	5
G Cook	lbw b Lever	1
*Mushtaq Mohammad	c and b Acfield	138
P Willey	b Boyce	8
W Larkins	c Lever b McEwan	127
RG Williams	not out	26
+G Sharp	c and b East	7
Sarfraz Nawaz	not out	5
A Hodgson	did not bat
BS Bedi	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 7 lb, 13 nb, 1 w)	31
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 113 overs)	348
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-9, 3-21, 4-294, 5-314, 6-323

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	18	3	48	2	-	-
Lever	11	3	43	1	-	-
Turner	11	2	31	0	-	-
Acfield	38	13	68	1	-	-
East	26	8	83	1	-	-
Edmeades	5	2	11	0	-	-
McEwan	4	0	33	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Williams b Sarfraz Nawaz	22
BR Hardie	not out	37
KS McEwan	not out	22
RE East	did not bat
*KWR Fletcher	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
KD Boyce	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
GA Gooch	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(2 nb)	2
Total	(1 wicket, 29 overs)	83
Fall of wickets:
1-35 (Edmeades)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	7	0	34	1	-	-
Dye	7	1	28	0	-	-
Hodgson	8	4	14	0	-	-
Willey	6	1	5	0	-	-
Larkins	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> W Larkins (1) passed his previous highest score of 34 in County Championship matches
--> Sarfraz Nawaz (1) passed his previous highest score of 44 in County Championship matches
--> Sarfraz Nawaz (1) passed his previous highest score of 59 in First-Class matches
--> BEA Edmeades (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 65
--> KWR Fletcher (1) passed 23000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 55
--> S Turner (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 19
--> Mushtaq Mohammad (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 63
--> W Larkins (2) passed his previous highest score of 37 in County Championship matches
--> W Larkins (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> W Larkins (2) passed his previous highest score of 109 in First-Class matches
--> W Larkins (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 69

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