f32031 cc15333	Essex v Middlesex
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 10th, 11th, 12th May 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 109 runs
Points	Essex 18 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Middlesex 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	KE Palmer, B Satyaji Rao
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 58/4 (Radley 25*, Barlow 0*; 38 overs)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 50/3 (Radley 10*, Barlow 35*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	c and b Emburey	11
MH Denness	c Emburey b Daniel	32
KS McEwan	c Barlow b Emburey	81
*KWR Fletcher	lbw b Emburey	11
KR Pont	b Edmonds	2
BR Hardie	c Edmonds b Emburey	5
S Turner	b Emburey	8
RE East	b Daniel	34
+N Smith	b Daniel	28
JK Lever	lbw b Edmonds	0
DL Acfield	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 9 lb, 3 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 92.5 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-118, 3-138, 4-142, 5-158, 6-160, 7-167, 8-219, 9-220, 10-228 (92.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	12.5	2	30	3	-	-
Selvey	11	2	17	0	-	-
Emburey	35	11	76	5	-	-
Edmonds	28	11	56	2	-	-
Featherstone	5	1	30	0	-	-
Gatting	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JM Brearley	c Smith b Lever	7
MJ Smith	st Smith b East	26
CT Radley	c Pont b Acfield	31
JE Emburey	c Fletcher b Acfield	0
MW Gatting	st Smith b East	0
GD Barlow	st Smith b Acfield	23
NG Featherstone	c Fletcher b East	24
PH Edmonds	c Turner b East	16
+IJ Gould	not out	7
MWW Selvey	c and b East	4
WW Daniel	b East	0
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 67.5 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-54, 3-55, 4-56, 5-66, 6-108, 7-126, 8-130, 9-141, 10-141 (67.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	7	2	15	1	-	-
Turner	5	2	4	0	-	-
Acfield	29	7	53	3	-	-
East	26.5	5	66	6	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	c Gould b Edmonds	38
MH Denness	c Edmonds b Selvey	4
KS McEwan	st Gould b Edmonds	18
*KWR Fletcher	lbw b Emburey	76
KR Pont	c and b Featherstone	2
BR Hardie	lbw b Daniel	16
S Turner	c Radley b Daniel	2
RE East	c Barlow b Daniel	11
+N Smith	c Gould b Daniel	0
JK Lever	c and b Edmonds	7
DL Acfield	not out	2
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 67.2 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-43, 3-84, 4-87, 5-123, 6-125, 7-139, 8-147, 9-178, 10-182 (67.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	11	3	23	4	-	-
Selvey	3	1	6	1	-	-
Emburey	19	0	76	1	-	-
Edmonds	30.2	8	62	3	-	-
Featherstone	4	0	9	1	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JM Brearley	b Turner	2
MJ Smith	lbw b Turner	1
CT Radley	c McEwan b Lever	61
MW Gatting	c Smith b Lever	0
GD Barlow	lbw b Acfield	62
NG Featherstone	c Fletcher b East	23
PH Edmonds	not out	4
+IJ Gould	c Smith b Acfield	2
JE Emburey	run out	0
MWW Selvey	b East	1
WW Daniel	c Smith b East	0
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 69 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-3, 3-9, 4-105, 5-151, 6-153, 7-159, 8-159, 9-160, 10-160 (69 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	14	7	11	2	-	-
Turner	14	4	27	2	-	-
Acfield	24	3	77	2	-	-
East	17	4	41	3	-	-

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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
--> GA Gooch (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> MH Denness (1) passed 17000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 26
--> KWR Fletcher (2) passed 26500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> WW Daniel reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> JE Emburey reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Essex first innings
--> DL Acfield reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex second innings

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