a708	Middlesex v Essex
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1972 (South Group)
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 3rd, 5th June 1972 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 51 runs
Points	Middlesex 3; Essex 0
Umpires	CS Elliott, CG Pepper
Close of play day 1	Essex 80/6 (Saville 36*, Hobbs 1*; 31 overs)
Man of the Match	PH Parfitt

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Middlesex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
WE Russell	b Edmeades	42
MJ Smith	c Saville b Boyce	2
PH Parfitt	c Taylor b Boyce	110
CT Radley	lbw b Edmeades	4
*JM Brearley	c Lever b Acfield	21
+JT Murray	c Taylor b Boyce	27
CJR Black	not out	2
KV Jones	not out	1
FJ Titmus	did not bat
JSE Price	did not bat
MWW Selvey	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 4 lb, 7 nb)	23
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	232
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-72, 3-92, 4-147, 5-216, 6-231

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Boyce	11	2	56	3	-	-	22.00	5.09
Lever	10	0	42	0	-	-	-	4.20
Edmeades	11	4	31	2	-	-	33.00	2.82
Turner	11	0	28	0	-	-	-	2.55
Acfield	6	0	35	1	-	-	36.00	5.83
Hobbs	6	1	17	0	-	-	-	2.83

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
BEA Edmeades	c Radley b Price	0
GJ Saville	not out	85
KWR Fletcher	c Price b Jones	20
B Ward	run out	17
KD Boyce	lbw b Jones	0
*+B Taylor	run out	1
S Turner	b Titmus	0
RNS Hobbs	b Black	40
RE East	not out	4
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 4 w)	14
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-47, 3-67, 4-67, 5-71, 6-75, 7-166

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Price	11	2	22	1	-	-	66.00	2.00
Selvey	11	1	34	0	-	-	-	3.09
Jones	11	2	40	2	-	-	33.00	3.64
Titmus	11	5	15	1	-	-	66.00	1.36
Black	4	0	17	1	-	-	24.00	4.25
Parfitt	4	0	19	0	-	-	-	4.75
Smith	2	0	12	0	-	-	-	6.00
Brearley	1	0	8	0	-	-	-	8.00

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
--> GJ Saville passed his previous highest score of 73 in ListA matches
--> RNS Hobbs passed 500 runs in ListA matches when he reached 29
--> JSE Price reached 100 wickets in ListA matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex innings

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