f31251 cc15140	Lancashire v Essex
	County Championship 1976
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 8th, 9th, 10th September 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Lancashire 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Essex 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	HD Bird, R Julian
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 26/2 (Pilling 4*, Hayes 10*; 8 overs)
Close of play day 2	No play

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MSA McEvoy	c Engineer b Ratcliffe	40
KS McEwan	c Engineer b Hughes	38
*KWR Fletcher	c Hughes b Ratcliffe	65
GA Gooch	lbw b Lee	111
KR Pont	b Ratcliffe	7
S Turner	c Engineer b Ratcliffe	2
KD Boyce	c Hughes b Ratcliffe	18
RE East	b Lee	11
+N Smith	c and b Ratcliffe	10
JK Lever	not out	0
DL Acfield	c Simmons b Lee	0
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 8 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 97.1 overs)	317
Fall of wickets:
1-65, 2-94, 3-214, 4-251, 5-258, 6-292, 7-295, 8-307, 9-317, 10-317 (97.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lee	21.1	5	62	3	-	-
Ratcliffe	33	7	107	6	-	-
Hughes	11	1	34	1	-	-
Arrowsmith	21	5	54	0	-	-
Simmons	11	2	45	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+FM Engineer	c McEvoy b Turner	8
A Kennedy	b Lever	0
H Pilling	c Turner b East	26
FC Hayes	b Turner	109
J Abrahams	c Smith b Turner	0
BW Reidy	c McEvoy b East	0
DP Hughes	b Turner	4
*J Simmons	not out	19
RM Ratcliffe	c McEvoy b East	0
R Arrowsmith	c Acfield b Turner	5
PG Lee	not out	15
Extras	(10 lb, 5 nb)	15
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 63 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-10, 3-136, 4-145, 5-146, 6-159, 7-160, 8-161, 9-169

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	9	2	36	1	-	-
Turner	23	6	77	5	-	-
East	24	6	54	3	-	-
Acfield	7	2	19	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KS McEwan	run out	6
+N Smith	not out	6
*KWR Fletcher	not out	19
MSA McEvoy	did not bat
GA Gooch	did not bat
KR Pont	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
KD Boyce	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 nb)	6
Total	(1 wicket, 6.3 overs)	37
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (McEwan)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lee	3.3	0	8	0	-	-
Ratcliffe	3	0	23	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
--> FM Engineer made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> FM Engineer made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> GA Gooch (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 36
--> KR Pont (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4

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