a2036	Northamptonshire v Essex
	John Player League 1977
Venue	Wellingborough School Ground, Wellingborough on 14th August 1977 (40-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 20 runs
Points	Northamptonshire 0; Essex 4
Umpires	A Jepson, TG Wilson

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GA Gooch	b Sarfraz Nawaz	10
MK Fosh	c Mushtaq Mohammad b Willey	26
KS McEwan	b Griffiths	28
KWR Fletcher	c Sharp b Hodgson	46
*MH Denness	b Griffiths	10
KR Pont	c Yardley b Sarfraz Nawaz	11
S Turner	run out	5
RE East	c Willey b Hodgson	8
+N Smith	c Larkins b Sarfraz Nawaz	3
JK Lever	not out	1
DL Acfield	not out	3
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb)	9
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-52, 3-86, 4-112, 5-128, 6-144, 7-145, 8-155, 9-156

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Sarfraz Nawaz	8	0	24	3	-	-	16.00	3.00
Hodgson	8	0	33	2	-	-	24.00	4.12
Griffiths	8	1	29	2	-	-	24.00	3.62
Willey	8	1	35	1	-	-	48.00	4.38
Bedi	8	0	30	0	-	-	-	3.75

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Northamptonshire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
P Willey	run out	25
G Cook	c Smith b Lever	4
TJ Yardley	b Turner	2
W Larkins	b East	9
*Mushtaq Mohammad	c Smith b Pont	15
DS Steele	not out	25
+G Sharp	run out	24
Sarfraz Nawaz	run out	1
A Hodgson	c Denness b Pont	18
BS Bedi	run out	2
BJ Griffiths	lbw b Lever	2
Extras	(2 b, 10 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 38.1 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-16, 3-39, 4-60, 5-62, 6-95, 7-97, 8-132, 9-137, 10-140 (38.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	7.1	2	17	2	-	-	21.50	2.37
Turner	8	0	34	1	-	-	48.00	4.25
East	6	2	10	1	-	-	36.00	1.67
Pont	8	0	21	2	-	-	24.00	2.62
Acfield	6	0	33	0	-	-	-	5.50
Gooch	3	0	12	0	-	-	-	4.00

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Notes
--> KWR Fletcher passed 5000 runs in List A matches when he reached 4
--> MH Denness passed 4500 runs in List A matches when he reached 5
--> S Turner reached 250 wickets in List A matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire innings

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