a1026	Essex v Lancashire
	John Player League 1973
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 12th August 1973 (40-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 28 runs
Points	Essex 4; Lancashire 0
Umpires	CS Elliott, DGL Evans

---

Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
BC Francis	c Lever b Simmons	106
BR Hardie	b Ratcliffe	33
*+B Taylor	c Snellgrove b Lee	41
RMO Cooke	c Lever b Sullivan	15
KR Pont	b Sullivan	3
S Turner	c Lever b Sullivan	0
GA Gooch	not out	0
BEA Edmeades	did not bat
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb, 5 nb)	13
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs)	211
Fall of wickets:
1-99, 2-192, 3-195, 4-210, 5-211, 6-211 (40 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	4	0	33	0	-	-	-	8.25
Lee	6	0	28	1	-	-	36.00	4.67
Ratcliffe	8	1	34	1	-	-	48.00	4.25
Sullivan	8	0	44	3	-	-	16.00	5.50
Simmons	8	0	25	1	-	-	48.00	3.12
Wood	6	0	34	0	-	-	-	5.67

---

Lancashire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
+FM Engineer	c Gooch b Edmeades	37
KL Snellgrove	c Taylor b Edmeades	13
H Pilling	lbw b Edmeades	4
*D Lloyd	c Francis b East	11
J Sullivan	c Cooke b East	0
B Wood	lbw b East	6
DP Hughes	st Taylor b Hobbs	84
J Simmons	c Taylor b Lever	0
RM Ratcliffe	st Taylor b Hobbs	1
P Lever	not out	23
PG Lee	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-55, 3-55, 4-56, 5-72, 6-79, 7-84, 8-97, 9-183 (40 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	8	1	24	1	-	-	48.00	3.00
Turner	8	0	59	0	-	-	-	7.38
Edmeades	8	2	15	3	-	-	16.00	1.88
East	8	0	24	3	-	-	16.00	3.00
Hobbs	8	0	57	2	-	-	24.00	7.12

---

Notes
--> DP Hughes passed his previous highest score of 50 in List A matches
--> P Lever passed his previous highest score of 21 in List A matches

---

This page was created by the CricketArchive Oracles
Copyright © 2003-2025 Lancashire CCC and CricketArchive