f32683 cc15627	Essex v Middlesex
	Schweppes County Championship 1979
Venue	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester on 1st, 2nd, 3rd August 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 10 wickets
Points	Essex 3 (Bowling 3); Middlesex 19 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	JG Langridge, DO Oslear
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 22/0 (Smith 15*, Gatting 6*; 6 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 13/2 (McEwan 6*, Fletcher 4*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	lbw b Selvey	0
MSA McEvoy	c Gould b Selvey	7
KS McEwan	b Daniel	24
*KWR Fletcher	lbw b Selvey	0
BR Hardie	b Daniel	41
KR Pont	c Featherstone b Daniel	0
N Phillip	c Gould b Daniel	7
S Turner	c Butcher b Selvey	12
+N Smith	c Radley b Daniel	0
RE East	not out	6
DL Acfield	c Gould b Daniel	1
Extras	(2 lb, 6 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 38.2 overs)	106
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-8, 3-9, 4-58, 5-58, 6-78, 7-92, 8-92, 9-104, 10-106 (38.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	12.2	6	38	6	-	-
Selvey	13	7	20	4	-	-
Jones	7	1	25	0	-	-
Titmus	6	3	15	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	c Fletcher b East	33
MW Gatting	lbw b East	39
*CT Radley	c Hardie b Fletcher	55
GD Barlow	c Fletcher b East	10
NG Featherstone	lbw b Phillip	3
RO Butcher	c McEvoy b East	29
+IJ Gould	c Acfield b Fletcher	34
MWW Selvey	c Phillip b Fletcher	45
FJ Titmus	c McEvoy b Fletcher	25
WW Daniel	b Fletcher	2
AA Jones	not out	1
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 12 nb, 3 w)	23
Total	(all out, 105.3 overs)	299
Fall of wickets:
1-76, 2-85, 3-113, 4-116, 5-163, 6-205, 7-238, 8-290, 9-294, 10-299 (105.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillip	18	2	69	1	-	-
Turner	6	1	18	0	-	-
East	44	11	106	4	-	-
Acfield	22	6	42	0	-	-
Fletcher	15.3	3	41	5	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	lbw b Selvey	3
MSA McEvoy	c Gould b Daniel	0
KS McEwan	c Butcher b Daniel	8
*KWR Fletcher	c Radley b Titmus	57
BR Hardie	c Gould b Selvey	30
KR Pont	c Radley b Featherstone	59
N Phillip	lbw b Featherstone	28
S Turner	b Daniel	11
+N Smith	c Gatting b Featherstone	10
RE East	b Featherstone	8
DL Acfield	not out	0
Extras	(4 lb, 7 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 57.4 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-3, 3-17, 4-61, 5-130, 6-191, 7-194, 8-215, 9-216, 10-225 (57.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	18	2	75	3	-	-
Selvey	18	5	45	2	-	-
Jones	7	0	34	0	-	-
Titmus	9	1	32	1	-	-
Featherstone	5.4	0	28	4	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	not out	21
MW Gatting	not out	12
*CT Radley	did not bat
GD Barlow	did not bat
NG Featherstone	did not bat
RO Butcher	did not bat
+IJ Gould	did not bat
MWW Selvey	did not bat
FJ Titmus	did not bat
WW Daniel	did not bat
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 1 w)	3
Total	(no wicket, 7.1 overs)	36

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillip	2	0	14	0	-	-
Turner	3.1	0	14	0	-	-
Pont	2	1	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> Middlesex score at 100 overs in the first innings was 290-8
--> MWW Selvey (1) passed his previous highest score of 37 in County Championship matches
--> MWW Selvey (1) passed his previous highest score of 42 in first-class matches
--> KR Pont (2) passed 3500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 5
--> KWR Fletcher achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 4-50)
--> KWR Fletcher achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 3-44)

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