f28294 cc13996	Essex v Middlesex
	County Championship 1970
Venue	Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea on 11th, 13th, 14th July 1970 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 6 (Batting 1, Bowling 5); Middlesex 1 (Bowling 1)
Umpires	WL Budd, WE Phillipson
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 280/3 (Fletcher 88*, Barker 53*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 37/2 (Parfitt 15*, Jones 0*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	c Murray b Price	1
BEA Edmeades	c Featherstone b Titmus	47
GJ Saville	c Murray b Parfitt	74
KWR Fletcher	b Price	90
G Barker	c Jones b Connolly	89
*+B Taylor	c Jones b Price	19
KD Boyce	c Smith b Titmus	4
S Turner	not out	22
RNS Hobbs	not out	20
RE East	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 14 lb, 7 nb)	22
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 141 overs)	388
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-104, 3-177, 4-282, 5-307, 6-316, 7-348

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Price	24	4	75	3	-	-
Connolly	34	11	77	1	-	-
Titmus	42	13	110	2	-	-
Jones	35	7	82	0	-	-
Parfitt	6	0	22	1	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	c Fletcher b East	30
GD Barlow	lbw b Acfield	26
*PH Parfitt	c Saville b Hobbs	35
CT Radley	lbw b East	0
NG Featherstone	st Taylor b Hobbs	4
+JT Murray	c Saville b East	4
CJ Payne	b Hobbs	0
FJ Titmus	lbw b Hobbs	0
KV Jones	b Hobbs	0
AN Connolly	b Hobbs	4
JSE Price	not out	4
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 59.4 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-65, 3-66, 4-73, 5-92, 6-93, 7-93, 8-93, 9-99, 10-116 (59.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	5	0	23	0	-	-
Turner	9	3	12	0	-	-
East	25	12	33	3	-	-
Hobbs	15.4	4	31	6	-	-
Acfield	5	1	8	1	-	-

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Middlesex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	st Taylor b East	18
GD Barlow	c Saville b Turner	2
*PH Parfitt	not out	15
KV Jones	not out	0
CT Radley	did not bat
NG Featherstone	did not bat
+JT Murray	did not bat
CJ Payne	did not bat
FJ Titmus	did not bat
AN Connolly	did not bat
JSE Price	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(2 wickets, 18 overs)	37
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-25

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	5	0	17	0	-	-
Turner	3	0	5	1	-	-
East	4	4	0	1	-	-
Hobbs	6	2	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> CJ Payne made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> CJ Payne made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> PH Parfitt (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 23
--> MJ Smith (2) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 2
--> PH Parfitt (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 7
--> JSE Price reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> FJ Titmus reached 2250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> RNS Hobbs reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Middlesex first innings

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