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| Venue | County Ground, Northampton on 26th, 27th, 28th July 1978 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Essex won by 46 runs |
| Points | Northamptonshire 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3); Essex 15 (Batting 3) |
| Umpires | R Julian, JG Langridge |
| Close of play day 1 | Essex (1) 236/8 (Fletcher 73*, Lever 1*; 88 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (2) 60/2 (McEwan 30*, Fletcher 10*) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MH Denness | c Yardley b TM Lamb | 11 | |||||
| BR Hardie | lbw b Watts | 43 | |||||
| KS McEwan | b TM Lamb | 7 | |||||
| *KWR Fletcher | not out | 82 | |||||
| KR Pont | c Yardley b Sarfraz Nawaz | 19 | |||||
| N Phillip | b TM Lamb | 62 | |||||
| S Turner | c Steele b Griffiths | 8 | |||||
| RE East | c Steele b Griffiths | 0 | |||||
| +N Smith | c Sharp b TM Lamb | 1 | |||||
| JK Lever | not out | 7 | |||||
| DL Acfield | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 5 nb, 2 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 91.3 overs) | 251 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-33, 2-62, 3-68, 4-96, 5-205, 6-228, 7-232, 8-233 | |||||||
| Northamptonshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Sarfraz Nawaz | 23 | 7 | 54 | 1 | - | - | |
| Griffiths | 22.3 | 5 | 65 | 2 | - | - | |
| TM Lamb | 24 | 7 | 54 | 4 | - | - | |
| Watts | 10 | 3 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Willey | 12 | 1 | 45 | 0 | - | - | |
| Northamptonshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Cook | c McEwan b East | 49 | |||||
| W Larkins | c Hardie b Lever | 60 | |||||
| DS Steele | not out | 60 | |||||
| AJ Lamb | not out | 106 | |||||
| P Willey | did not bat | ||||||
| TJ Yardley | did not bat | ||||||
| *PJ Watts | did not bat | ||||||
| +G Sharp | did not bat | ||||||
| Sarfraz Nawaz | did not bat | ||||||
| TM Lamb | did not bat | ||||||
| BJ Griffiths | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 17 lb, 4 nb) | 27 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, declared, 87.1 overs) | 302 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-112, 2-122 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lever | 22 | 1 | 69 | 1 | - | - | |
| Phillip | 19 | 1 | 66 | 0 | - | - | |
| Turner | 13 | 5 | 39 | 0 | - | - | |
| East | 26.1 | 3 | 71 | 1 | - | - | |
| Acfield | 7 | 1 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MH Denness | lbw b Griffiths | 1 | |||||
| BR Hardie | c Sharp b TM Lamb | 18 | |||||
| KS McEwan | b TM Lamb | 31 | |||||
| *KWR Fletcher | c TM Lamb b Sarfraz Nawaz | 32 | |||||
| KR Pont | b Steele | 20 | |||||
| N Phillip | c Larkins b Willey | 0 | |||||
| S Turner | c Yardley b Steele | 47 | |||||
| RE East | not out | 31 | |||||
| +N Smith | lbw b Steele | 7 | |||||
| JK Lever | c Yardley b Steele | 0 | |||||
| DL Acfield | c Steele b Willey | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 6 lb, 10 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 79 overs) | 208 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-35, 3-63, 4-100, 5-105, 6-125, 7-175, 8-195, 9-195, 10-208 (79 ov) | |||||||
| Northamptonshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Sarfraz Nawaz | 20 | 7 | 44 | 1 | - | - | |
| Griffiths | 13 | 2 | 41 | 1 | - | - | |
| TM Lamb | 8 | 0 | 20 | 2 | - | - | |
| Willey | 14 | 5 | 39 | 2 | - | - | |
| Steele | 24 | 9 | 46 | 4 | - | - | |
| Northamptonshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Cook | c Turner b Lever | 1 | |||||
| W Larkins | c Acfield b Lever | 14 | |||||
| DS Steele | lbw b East | 21 | |||||
| AJ Lamb | c McEwan b East | 3 | |||||
| P Willey | st Smith b East | 2 | |||||
| TJ Yardley | c Turner b East | 15 | |||||
| *PJ Watts | c Pont b East | 26 | |||||
| +G Sharp | c Smith b East | 10 | |||||
| Sarfraz Nawaz | c Pont b East | 0 | |||||
| TM Lamb | c Hardie b East | 9 | |||||
| BJ Griffiths | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 3 lb, 4 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 53.3 overs) | 111 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13, 2-24, 3-27, 4-37, 5-50, 6-61, 7-85, 8-87, 9-101, 10-111 (53.3 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lever | 9 | 2 | 18 | 2 | - | - | |
| Phillip | 3 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| East | 23.3 | 12 | 41 | 8 | - | - | |
| Acfield | 18 | 7 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
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 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> DS Steele (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 5
--> AJ Lamb (1) passed his previous highest score of 82 in County Championship matches
--> AJ Lamb (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> AJ Lamb (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> BR Hardie (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> RE East reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 8th wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings
--> RE East reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 8th wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings
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