f32733 cc15671	Essex v Northamptonshire
	Schweppes County Championship 1979
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 29th, 30th, 31st August 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 5 wickets
Points	Essex 19 (Batting 4, Bowling 3); Northamptonshire 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	WE Alley, R Aspinall
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 59/1 (Hardie 33*, McEwan 21*; 16 overs)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 135/8 (Yardley 34*, TM Lamb 0*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	c and b Phillip	10
W Larkins	c Hardie b Acfield	91
RG Williams	c McEwan b East	22
AJ Lamb	run out	69
TJ Yardley	lbw b Phillip	13
RM Carter	c Sainsbury b Acfield	10
+G Sharp	c Smith b Turner	30
*PJ Watts	not out	36
A Hodgson	not out	7
TM Lamb	did not bat
BJ Griffiths	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 8 lb, 9 nb, 1 w)	26
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	314
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-91, 3-157, 4-195, 5-225, 6-235, 7-292

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillip	13	1	60	2	-	-
Sainsbury	12	0	41	0	-	-
Turner	23	2	60	1	-	-
East	22	3	61	1	-	-
Acfield	30	3	66	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	lbw b Hodgson	4
BR Hardie	c AJ Lamb b Griffiths	93
KS McEwan	c Sharp b Griffiths	30
*KWR Fletcher	c Sharp b Griffiths	2
MSA McEvoy	lbw b Hodgson	24
N Phillip	c Cook b Hodgson	4
S Turner	lbw b Griffiths	12
+N Smith	c Larkins b TM Lamb	63
RE East	c Cook b Griffiths	47
DL Acfield	not out	12
GE Sainsbury	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 80.3 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-84, 3-86, 4-142, 5-150, 6-170, 7-189, 8-280, 9-303 (80.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Griffiths	26.3	5	76	5	-	-
Hodgson	18	0	96	3	-	-
TM Lamb	14	2	56	1	-	-
Larkins	9	3	20	0	-	-
Williams	13	4	43	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	lbw b Sainsbury	0
W Larkins	lbw b Turner	23
RG Williams	c Smith b Turner	51
AJ Lamb	c McEvoy b Turner	2
TJ Yardley	c McEwan b Phillip	36
RM Carter	c Smith b Turner	3
+G Sharp	c and b Acfield	7
*PJ Watts	b Turner	1
A Hodgson	c McEwan b Acfield	1
TM Lamb	not out	0
BJ Griffiths	b Phillip	0
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 45.3 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-39, 3-41, 4-115, 5-121, 6-130, 7-131, 8-132, 9-137, 10-137 (45.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillip	10.3	4	34	2	-	-
Sainsbury	11	2	38	1	-	-
Turner	17	1	39	5	-	-
Acfield	7	2	13	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	b TM Lamb	30
BR Hardie	b Griffiths	17
KS McEwan	c AJ Lamb b TM Lamb	18
*KWR Fletcher	not out	50
MSA McEvoy	lbw b TM Lamb	6
N Phillip	c Sharp b TM Lamb	11
S Turner	not out	15
+N Smith	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
GE Sainsbury	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(5 wickets, 46.2 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-50, 3-70, 4-94, 5-118

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Griffiths	17	3	39	1	-	-
Hodgson	6	1	22	0	-	-
TM Lamb	17	4	60	4	-	-
Carter	5	2	10	0	-	-
Cook	1.2	0	16	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
--> GE Sainsbury made his debut in County Championship matches
--> GE Sainsbury made his debut in First-Class matches
--> A Hodgson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> A Hodgson made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> BR Hardie (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 68
--> W Larkins (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 18
--> S Turner reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> S Turner reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings

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