f28349 cc14046	Middlesex v Essex
	County Championship 1970
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 8th, 10th, 11th August 1970 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Middlesex 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Essex 8 (Batting 5, Bowling 3)
Umpires	AE Fagg, H Mellows
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 10/0 (Russell 7*, Smith 3*; 4.2 overs)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (1) 153/4 (Parfitt 57*, Featherstone 16*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Russell	c Taylor b Turner	28
MJ Smith	b Acfield	23
*PH Parfitt	not out	103
JM Brearley	b Turner	0
CT Radley	c Dinsdale b Turner	13
NG Featherstone	b Acfield	42
+JT Murray	c Dinsdale b Turner	20
KV Jones	c Turner b Acfield	4
FJ Titmus	not out	1
AN Connolly	did not bat
JSE Price	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 7 nb)	17
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 84.4 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-71, 3-71, 4-99, 5-197, 6-237, 7-246

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	19	2	60	0	-	-
Turner	30.4	8	78	4	-	-
Acfield	31	3	85	3	-	-
East	4	0	11	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	c Russell b Jones	35
BEA Edmeades	st Murray b Parfitt	115
GJ Saville	lbw b Parfitt	15
KWR Fletcher	b Parfitt	24
G Barker	not out	53
KD Boyce	c Connolly b Price	0
*+B Taylor	not out	21
SC Dinsdale	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb)	12
Total	(5 wickets, 85 overs)	275
Fall of wickets:
1-78, 2-114, 3-156, 4-225, 5-228

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Price	13	1	43	1	-	-
Connolly	10	1	25	0	-	-
Titmus	30	5	95	0	-	-
Jones	6	1	19	1	-	-
Parfitt	26	4	81	3	-	-

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Notes
--> MJ Smith (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> BEA Edmeades (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 22
--> G Barker (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 52
--> G Barker (1) passed 22000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 41
--> B Taylor (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 15

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