f32072 cc15363	Essex v Northamptonshire
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	Valentine's Park, Ilford on 3rd, 5th, 6th June 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by an innings and 39 runs
Points	Essex 20 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Northamptonshire 2 (Batting 1, Bowling 1)
Umpires	DO Oslear, J van Geloven
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 91/1 (Gooch 32*, McEwan 41*; 21 overs)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 44/0 (Cook 25*, Larkins 16*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	c Hardie b Lever	0
W Larkins	c Gooch b Lever	9
DS Steele	lbw b Phillip	2
RG Williams	b Lever	12
P Willey	c Smith b Phillip	112
TJ Yardley	b Lever	22
*PJ Watts	c Gooch b Lever	1
+G Sharp	b Lever	0
TM Lamb	c Smith b East	16
A Hodgson	c Gooch b Lever	10
BJ Griffiths	not out	0
Extras	(4 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 81.3 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-12, 3-12, 4-40, 5-89, 6-92, 7-92, 8-162, 9-183, 10-195 (81.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	24	6	56	7	-	-
Phillip	23.3	3	57	2	-	-
Turner	18	2	39	0	-	-
East	16	6	32	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Sharp b Hodgson	16
GA Gooch	lbw b Watts	129
KS McEwan	c Sharp b Griffiths	186
*KWR Fletcher	c Steele b Hodgson	31
BR Hardie	not out	73
S Turner	lbw b Griffiths	3
N Phillip	not out	8
RE East	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb, 3 nb)	11
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 112 overs)	457
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-339, 3-339, 4-416, 5-439

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hodgson	20	1	113	2	-	-
Griffiths	30	5	92	2	-	-
Lamb	28	5	98	0	-	-
Willey	12	3	52	0	-	-
Larkins	4	0	20	0	-	-
Steele	7	0	40	0	-	-
Watts	11	3	31	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	c Lever b Turner	55
W Larkins	b Lever	16
DS Steele	lbw b Lever	2
RG Williams	lbw b Turner	18
P Willey	c East b Turner	42
TJ Yardley	c Smith b Lever	15
*PJ Watts	c Smith b Lever	30
+G Sharp	c Smith b Turner	8
TM Lamb	c Smith b Lever	6
A Hodgson	b Lever	1
BJ Griffiths	not out	5
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 14 nb, 3 w)	25
Total	(all out, 72.5 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-49, 3-82, 4-111, 5-144, 6-171, 7-188, 8-213, 9-216, 10-223 (72.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	29.5	3	89	6	-	-
Phillip	14	1	52	0	-	-
Turner	25	10	48	4	-	-
East	4	1	9	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
--> Day 2 Lunch: Essex (1) ?/? (McEwan 166*, [unknown] ?*)
--> BR Hardie (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> PJ Watts reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings

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