f32566 cc15539	Essex v Lancashire
	Schweppes County Championship 1979
Venue	Valentine's Park, Ilford on 2nd, 4th June 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by an innings and 132 runs
Points	Essex 20 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Lancashire 2 (Bowling 2)
Umpires	C Cook, A Jepson
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 9/0 (Wood 7*, Kennedy 2*; 3 overs)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	b Lee	30
GA Gooch	c Lyon b Hogg	23
KS McEwan	b Reidy	88
*KWR Fletcher	b Lee	8
BR Hardie	not out	100
S Turner	b Hogg	25
N Phillip	lbw b Wood	14
+N Smith	not out	30
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 8 lb, 4 nb)	21
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 92.1 overs)	339
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-65, 3-115, 4-191, 5-245, 6-283

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hogg	17	4	63	2	-	-
Lee	18.1	4	54	2	-	-
Wood	15	2	46	1	-	-
Arrowsmith	7	0	45	0	-	-
Reidy	18	2	61	1	-	-
Simmons	17	2	49	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	b Lever	7
A Kennedy	c Gooch b Lever	14
D Lloyd	c Smith b Lever	2
*FC Hayes	b Lever	0
J Abrahams	c Smith b Lever	0
BW Reidy	b Lever	16
J Simmons	c Gooch b Turner	4
+J Lyon	not out	19
R Arrowsmith	b Phillip	5
W Hogg	b Turner	11
PG Lee	b Lever	0
Extras	(2 lb, 4 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 36 overs)	84
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-22, 3-22, 4-25, 5-31, 6-44, 7-46, 8-54, 9-83, 10-84 (36 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	14	2	27	7	-	-
Phillip	12	3	32	1	-	-
Turner	7	4	6	2	-	-
East	3	0	13	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	c Smith b Lever	34
A Kennedy	lbw b Phillip	11
D Lloyd	c Turner b Gooch	14
*FC Hayes	c Smith b Lever	10
J Abrahams	c McEwan b Turner	6
BW Reidy	b Acfield	28
J Simmons	c Fletcher b Turner	0
+J Lyon	b Acfield	9
R Arrowsmith	not out	0
W Hogg	c Smith b Acfield	0
PG Lee	b Acfield	0
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 3 nb, 4 w)	11
Total	(all out, 68 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-51, 3-75, 4-82, 5-95, 6-101, 7-120, 8-123, 9-123, 10-123 (68 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	14	6	22	2	-	-
Phillip	7	3	11	1	-	-
Turner	14	8	19	2	-	-
East	21	8	28	0	-	-
Gooch	6	0	21	1	-	-
Acfield	6	2	11	4	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs

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