Middlesex Cricket: Home

f31650 cc15239	Essex v Middlesex
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea on 9th, 11th, 12th July 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 3 (Bowling 3); Middlesex 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	JF Crapp, BJ Meyer
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 125/5 (Featherstone 2, Edmonds 14)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 154/3 (Fletcher 32, Gooch 12)

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	c Gould b Edmonds	50
MK Fosh	b Selvey	9
KS McEwan	c Gould b Edmonds	12
*KWR Fletcher	c Gatting b Selvey	5
GA Gooch	c Emburey b Selvey	10
MH Denness	c Radley b Edmonds	5
KR Pont	b Emburey	3
S Turner	c Featherstone b Selvey	11
RE East	c Barlow b Emburey	0
+N Smith	not out	7
DL Acfield	c Gould b Selvey	2
Extras	(9 b, 7 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 67.4 overs)	130
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-59, 3-64, 4-78, 5-103, 6-110, 7-110, 8-110, 9-127, 10-130 (67.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	15	6	30	0	-	-
Selvey	23.4	7	57	5	-	-
Gatting	3	2	1	0	-	-
Edmonds	16	8	12	3	-	-
Emburey	10	4	14	2	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MJ Smith	b Pont	37
NPD Ross	c Gooch b Turner	7
GD Barlow	c Smith b Acfield	17
CT Radley	c Denness b Pont	28
MW Gatting	lbw b Pont	16
NG Featherstone	lbw b Turner	65
PH Edmonds	c Smith b Turner	17
+IJ Gould	c Turner b Pont	17
JE Emburey	b East	45
MWW Selvey	run out	35
WW Daniel	not out	2
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 7 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 118.4 overs)	298
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-46, 3-86, 4-96, 5-109, 6-130, 7-161, 8-228, 9-291, 10-298 (118.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Turner	37	9	86	3	-	-
Pont	31	5	100	4	-	-
Acfield	22	5	38	1	-	-
East	28.4	8	62	1	-	-

Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	lbw b Selvey	47
MK Fosh	b Featherstone	52
KS McEwan	c Emburey b Featherstone	0
*KWR Fletcher	c Emburey b Gatting	103
GA Gooch	c Smith b Selvey	27
MH Denness	c Edmonds b Emburey	35
KR Pont	b Emburey	15
S Turner	b Daniel	21
RE East	not out	19
+N Smith	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(20 b, 9 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	35
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 122 overs)	354
Fall of wickets:
1-96, 2-96, 3-116, 4-181, 5-215, 6-281, 7-309, 8-354 (122 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	24	6	64	1	-	-
Selvey	35	6	105	2	-	-
Gatting	5	1	17	1	-	-
Edmonds	21	8	45	0	-	-
Emburey	20	6	51	2	-	-
Featherstone	17	9	37	2	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MJ Smith	run out	16
NPD Ross	lbw b Turner	0
GD Barlow	st Smith b Acfield	57
CT Radley	c Denness b Turner	19
NG Featherstone	b Acfield	10
MW Gatting	b Turner	9
PH Edmonds	not out	34
+IJ Gould	lbw b Turner	7
JE Emburey	c East b Turner	6
MWW Selvey	not out	6
WW Daniel	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb, 5 nb)	17
Total	(8 wickets, 43 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-32, 3-65, 4-93, 5-111, 6-134, 7-149, 8-169

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Turner	22	1	92	5	-	-
Pont	1	0	3	0	-	-
Acfield	20	2	69	2	-	-

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
--> NG Featherstone (1) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 30
--> JE Emburey (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in first-class matches
--> JE Emburey (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in County Championship matches
--> MWW Selvey reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Essex first innings
--> KR Pont achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 3-50)
--> S Turner reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> KR Pont achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 3-50)
--> S Turner reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Middlesex second innings