f27298 cc13541	Nottinghamshire v Essex
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Trent Bridge, Nottingham on 19th, 20th, 21st June 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Nottinghamshire 10 (Batting 6, Bowling 4); Essex 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	H Mellows, GH Pope
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 46/1 (Bear 15*, Lever 6*)
Close of play day 2	Nottinghamshire (2) 17/0 (Bolus 9*, Frost 2*)

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Nottinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Frost	retired hurt	1
JB Bolus	lbw b Hobbs	67
HI Moore	c Irvine b Hobbs	28
MJ Smedley	c Fletcher b Turner	23
*GS Sobers	c Irvine b Hobbs	28
+DL Murray	not out	102
SR Bielby	c Taylor b Hobbs	3
RA White	c Taylor b East	2
MNS Taylor	not out	65
C Forbes	did not bat
DJ Halfyard	did not bat
Extras	(14 lb, 1 nb)	15
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 89 overs)	334
Fall of wickets:
1-100, 2-119, 3-159, 4-159, 5-182, 6-197

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	17	3	64	0	-	-
Lever	8	0	39	0	-	-
Hobbs	31	7	94	4	-	-
East	21	6	67	1	-	-
Turner	12	2	55	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Bear	lbw b Sobers	22
B Ward	b Forbes	22
JK Lever	lbw b Forbes	11
*+B Taylor	b Forbes	2
KWR Fletcher	c Murray b Taylor	13
BL Irvine	c Moore b Sobers	95
KD Boyce	lbw b Sobers	43
HR Sherman	c Frost b Sobers	1
S Turner	b Sobers	60
RNS Hobbs	c Murray b Sobers	0
RE East	not out	21
Extras	(2 b, 11 lb, 4 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 103 overs)	307
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-55, 3-60, 4-62, 5-80, 6-172, 7-199, 8-228, 9-234, 10-307 (103 ov)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sobers	41	13	90	6	-	-
Forbes	26	7	76	3	-	-
Taylor	21	3	51	1	-	-
Halfyard	15	4	73	0	-	-

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Nottinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Frost	b Lever	2
JB Bolus	c Turner b Lever	29
HI Moore	lbw b Boyce	0
MJ Smedley	st Taylor b Hobbs	22
*GS Sobers	b Boyce	85
+DL Murray	c and b Hobbs	19
SR Bielby	not out	4
RA White	c Sherman b Hobbs	7
MNS Taylor	did not bat
C Forbes	did not bat
DJ Halfyard	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 7 nb)	10
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 47.3 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-34, 3-40, 4-105, 5-149, 6-167, 7-178 (47.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	17	3	58	2	-	-
Lever	14	9	23	2	-	-
Hobbs	9.3	1	37	3	-	-
Turner	7	0	50	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Bear	b Forbes	8
*+B Taylor	c Taylor b Forbes	17
KWR Fletcher	not out	29
KD Boyce	c Murray b Forbes	9
BL Irvine	not out	17
B Ward	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
HR Sherman	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
Extras	(3 nb)	3
Total	(3 wickets, 28.4 overs)	83
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-27, 3-36

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sobers	4	0	14	0	-	-
Forbes	7	3	18	3	-	-
Halfyard	8	1	22	0	-	-
White	7.4	3	16	0	-	-
Bielby	2	0	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GS Sobers (1) passed 17000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 14
--> DL Murray (1) passed 5000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 1
--> MNS Taylor (1) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 26
--> BL Irvine (1) passed his previous highest score of 66 in County Championship matches
--> GS Sobers achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 5-25)
--> KD Boyce reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Nottinghamshire second innings
--> G Frost retired hurt in the Nottinghamshire first innings having scored 1 (team had lost 0 wickets)

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