f25792 cc12811	Northamptonshire v Essex
	County Championship 1965
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 5th, 7th, 8th June 1965 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 2; Essex 0
Umpires	A Jepson, N Oldfield
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 332/9 (Sully 11*, Lightfoot 12*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 64/2 (Prideaux 21*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BL Reynolds	b Phelan	62
MEJC Norman	c Bailey b Phelan	52
*RM Prideaux	b Knight	69
A Lightfoot	c Saville b Knight	2
DS Steele	lbw b Knight	104
PD Watts	b Bailey	0
PJ Watts	lbw b Knight	1
BS Crump	c Fletcher b Bailey	3
H Sully	not out	12
+LA Johnson	b Bailey	7
JDF Larter	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 12 lb, 1 nb)	20
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 120 overs)	332
Fall of wickets:
1-110, 2-127, 3-139, 4-276, 5-277, 6-294, 7-303, 8-313, 9-332 (120 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	34	8	100	4	-	-
Pritchard	16	0	46	0	-	-
Bailey	29	5	60	3	-	-
Hobbs	17	3	39	0	-	-
Phelan	24	4	67	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Bear	c Johnson b Larter	1
G Barker	c PJ Watts b Sully	86
GJ Smith	c Steele b Sully	72
KWR Fletcher	c Steele b Sully	6
*TE Bailey	c and b PJ Watts	21
BR Knight	b Sully	45
GJ Saville	c Reynolds b Sully	0
+B Taylor	c Sully b Larter	42
PJ Phelan	b PJ Watts	4
RNS Hobbs	not out	18
GC Pritchard	c Johnson b Larter	6
Extras	(8 b, 7 lb, 3 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 91 overs)	319
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-161, 3-177, 4-180, 5-249, 6-249, 7-268, 8-274, 9-311, 10-319 (91 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Larter	19	2	70	3	-	-
Crump	21	10	26	0	-	-
PJ Watts	15	3	41	2	-	-
Sully	27	3	128	5	-	-
PD Watts	4	1	14	0	-	-
Steele	5	0	22	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BL Reynolds	lbw b Knight	13
MEJC Norman	c Saville b Phelan	12
*RM Prideaux	not out	21
A Lightfoot	not out	11
DS Steele	did not bat
PD Watts	did not bat
PJ Watts	did not bat
BS Crump	did not bat
H Sully	did not bat
+LA Johnson	did not bat
JDF Larter	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(2 wickets, 29 overs)	64
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-27

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	7	0	19	1	-	-
Pritchard	3	1	4	0	-	-
Bailey	7	2	7	0	-	-
Hobbs	2	2	0	0	-	-
Phelan	10	4	27	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> DS Steele (1) passed his previous highest score of 74 in County Championship matches
--> DS Steele (1) passed his previous highest score of 74 in first-class matches
--> G Barker (1) passed 16000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 77
--> TE Bailey (1) passed 27000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 21
--> PJ Phelan reached 300 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> BR Knight reached 750 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> BR Knight reached 550 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> H Sully achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 4-31)

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