f31556 cc15166	Northamptonshire v Essex
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 18th, 19th, 20th May 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by 59 runs
Points	Northamptonshire 17 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Essex 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	BJ Meyer, KE Palmer
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 63/5 (Gooch 23*, Boyce 8*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 236/8 (Sharp 53*, Bedi 10*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	lbw b Lever	15
G Cook	c Smith b Turner	0
DS Steele	c Hardie b Acfield	25
*Mushtaq Mohammad	c Hardie b Boyce	18
P Willey	b Turner	20
W Larkins	lbw b Turner	16
+G Sharp	b Turner	0
Sarfraz Nawaz	c McEwan b East	36
A Hodgson	c Denness b Turner	19
BS Bedi	not out	12
JCJ Dye	b Turner	1
Extras	(7 lb, 9 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 92.5 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-24, 3-57, 4-85, 5-92, 6-96, 7-117, 8-160, 9-171, 10-178 (92.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	21	8	37	1	-	-
Turner	22.5	10	26	6	-	-
Acfield	14	5	22	1	-	-
Boyce	17	4	41	1	-	-
East	12	4	24	1	-	-
Gooch	6	2	12	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz	10
MH Denness	b Sarfraz Nawaz	1
KS McEwan	b Sarfraz Nawaz	0
*KWR Fletcher	c Sharp b Dye	3
S Turner	b Hodgson	14
GA Gooch	c Sharp b Dye	25
KD Boyce	lbw b Hodgson	15
RE East	c Mushtaq Mohammad b Hodgson	10
+N Smith	c Sharp b Dye	7
JK Lever	lbw b Hodgson	1
DL Acfield	not out	1
Extras	(4 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 31.1 overs)	91
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-11, 3-14, 4-16, 5-53, 6-72, 7-82, 8-82, 9-85, 10-91 (31.1 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	10	1	37	3	-	-
Dye	11.1	4	24	3	-	-
Bedi	2	1	2	0	-	-
Hodgson	8	2	24	4	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	lbw b Turner	30
G Cook	lbw b Boyce	17
DS Steele	b East	32
*Mushtaq Mohammad	c Hardie b East	0
P Willey	c East b Gooch	73
W Larkins	c Gooch b East	2
+G Sharp	not out	53
Sarfraz Nawaz	c and b East	0
A Hodgson	c Boyce b East	1
BS Bedi	not out	10
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 9 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 114 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-72, 3-73, 4-131, 5-140, 6-201, 7-206, 8-218

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	7	4	6	0	-	-
Turner	31	9	50	1	-	-
Boyce	22	5	48	1	-	-
East	47	9	90	5	-	-
Gooch	7	2	24	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	lbw b Dye	36
MH Denness	c Steele b Hodgson	61
KS McEwan	b Willey	8
*KWR Fletcher	not out	84
S Turner	b Hodgson	2
GA Gooch	c Sharp b Bedi	2
KD Boyce	run out	25
RE East	c Mushtaq Mohammad b Sarfraz Nawaz	19
+N Smith	c Cook b Mushtaq Mohammad	3
JK Lever	lbw b Mushtaq Mohammad	4
DL Acfield	lbw b Bedi	6
Extras	(4 lb, 10 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 109.5 overs)	264
Fall of wickets:
1-80, 2-94, 3-133, 4-142, 5-145, 6-170, 7-196, 8-214, 9-224, 10-264 (109.5 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	23	7	51	1	-	-
Dye	13	5	29	1	-	-
Bedi	31.5	10	66	2	-	-
Hodgson	19	6	51	2	-	-
Willey	15	2	41	1	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	8	2	12	2	-	-

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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
--> RT Virgin (2) passed 21000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> S Turner achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 6-82)
--> DL Acfield reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> S Turner achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 6-82)
--> JCJ Dye reached 650 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> RE East reached 550 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings

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