a1652	Lancashire v Essex
	John Player League 1976
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 9th May 1976 (40-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 46 runs
Points	Lancashire 0; Essex 4
Umpires	A Jepson, CG Pepper

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
BEA Edmeades	c Kennedy b Wood	78
BR Hardie	lbw b Hughes	11
KS McEwan	c Hayes b Wood	50
*KWR Fletcher	lbw b Wood	5
GA Gooch	b Lever	23
S Turner	c Engineer b Lee	18
KR Pont	not out	4
KD Boyce	c Pilling b Lever	2
+N Smith	c Lever b Lee	2
RE East	not out	6
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 2 w)	10
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-126, 3-149, 4-154, 5-192, 6-196, 7-198, 8-202

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	8	1	36	2	-	-	24.00	4.50
Lee	8	0	40	2	-	-	24.00	5.00
Hughes	3	0	15	1	-	-	18.00	5.00
Ratcliffe	5	0	28	0	-	-	-	5.60
Simmons	8	0	39	0	-	-	-	4.88
Wood	8	0	41	3	-	-	16.00	5.12

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Lancashire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
+FM Engineer	b Lever	30
A Kennedy	b Lever	15
H Pilling	lbw b Turner	28
FC Hayes	run out	4
*D Lloyd	b Gooch	24
B Wood	c East b Gooch	1
DP Hughes	c Turner b Boyce	7
J Simmons	c Gooch b Lever	4
RM Ratcliffe	b Pont	28
P Lever	not out	4
PG Lee	b Pont	3
Extras	(10 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	15
Total	(all out, 38.5 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-76, 3-81, 4-103, 5-108, 6-114, 7-123, 8-141, 9-159, 10-163 (38.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Boyce	7	1	36	1	-	-	42.00	5.14
Lever	8	0	22	3	-	-	16.00	2.75
Gooch	8	0	26	2	-	-	24.00	3.25
Turner	8	1	27	1	-	-	48.00	3.38
East	3	0	20	0	-	-	-	6.67
Pont	4.5	0	17	2	-	-	14.50	3.52

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Notes
--> FM Engineer passed 2500 runs in List A matches when he reached 9
--> RM Ratcliffe passed his previous highest score of 11 in List A matches
--> P Lever reached 250 wickets in List A matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex innings

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