f30597 cc14849	Essex v Lancashire
	County Championship 1975
Venue	Valentine's Park, Ilford on 7th, 9th, 10th June 1975 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Lancashire 5 (Batting 3, Bowling 2)
Umpires	H Horton, DO Oslear
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 73/2 (Hardie 25*, Gooch 36*; 20 overs)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 139/2 (Lloyd 51*, Reidy 35*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*D Lloyd	c Cooke b Lever	19
A Kennedy	lbw b Acfield	45
H Pilling	b Hobbs	39
J Abrahams	b Lever	34
BW Reidy	c Pont b Hobbs	22
J Simmons	not out	96
DP Hughes	not out	7
RM Ratcliffe	did not bat
+J Lyon	did not bat
K Shuttleworth	did not bat
PG Lee	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 13 lb, 6 nb)	27
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	289
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-104, 3-124, 4-141, 5-267

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	23	5	44	2	-	-
Turner	22	3	59	0	-	-
Edmeades	7	0	28	0	-	-
Acfield	29	11	71	1	-	-
Hobbs	19	3	60	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KS McEwan	c Ratcliffe b Lee	10
BR Hardie	c Lyon b Lee	87
RMO Cooke	c Lyon b Lee	0
GA Gooch	c Lyon b Shuttleworth	45
BEA Edmeades	b Lloyd	71
KR Pont	run out	41
S Turner	not out	31
+N Smith	not out	19
*RNS Hobbs	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 4 nb)	9
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	313
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-17, 3-85, 4-220, 5-224, 6-287

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lee	29	8	67	3	-	-
Shuttleworth	16	2	70	1	-	-
Ratcliffe	12	0	41	0	-	-
Hughes	13	2	51	0	-	-
Simmons	18	2	44	0	-	-
Lloyd	12	4	31	1	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*D Lloyd	c Pont b Hobbs	57
A Kennedy	c Cooke b Hobbs	38
H Pilling	c Smith b Hobbs	5
BW Reidy	lbw b Hobbs	74
J Simmons	b Acfield	11
J Abrahams	not out	51
DP Hughes	c Edmeades b Hobbs	28
RM Ratcliffe	c Edmeades b Acfield	3
+J Lyon	lbw b Acfield	1
K Shuttleworth	not out	17
PG Lee	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 8 nb)	14
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 118 overs)	299
Fall of wickets:
1-61, 2-79, 3-165, 4-196, 5-196, 6-241, 7-248, 8-259

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	12	1	35	0	-	-
Turner	10	4	26	0	-	-
Acfield	48	14	116	3	-	-
Hobbs	48	13	108	5	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KS McEwan	c Simmons b Hughes	18
BR Hardie	lbw b Hughes	55
RMO Cooke	c Hughes b Simmons	0
GA Gooch	st Lyon b Hughes	85
BEA Edmeades	c Shuttleworth b Hughes	23
KR Pont	b Hughes	2
S Turner	b Hughes	8
+N Smith	b Lee	17
*RNS Hobbs	c Abrahams b Hughes	0
JK Lever	not out	0
DL Acfield	not out	6
Extras	(2 b, 11 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(9 wickets, 58 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-54, 3-106, 4-172, 5-188, 6-193, 7-216, 8-224, 9-224

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lee	11	2	35	1	-	-
Shuttleworth	5	1	16	0	-	-
Ratcliffe	5	0	25	0	-	-
Hughes	24	7	77	7	-	-
Simmons	13	0	61	1	-	-

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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
--> H Pilling (1) passed 11000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 36
--> D Lloyd (2) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 33
--> BW Reidy (2) passed his previous highest score of 60 in County Championship matches
--> BW Reidy (2) passed his previous highest score of 60 in First-Class matches
--> BR Hardie (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 40
--> GA Gooch (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 12
--> GA Gooch (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> DP Hughes achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 7-107)

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