f32721 cc15661	Northamptonshire v Essex
	Schweppes County Championship 1979
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 18th, 20th, 21st August 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 7 wickets
Points	Northamptonshire 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Essex 17 (Batting 1, Bowling 4)
Umpires	KE Palmer, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 82/1 (Denness 22*, McEwan 43*; 33 overs)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 174/8 (Watts 4*, TM Lamb 0*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	lbw b Turner	32
W Larkins	lbw b Lever	0
RG Williams	b Phillip	1
AJ Lamb	c Hardie b Phillip	2
P Willey	lbw b Turner	131
TJ Yardley	b Turner	1
+G Sharp	lbw b Lever	9
*PJ Watts	c Fletcher b Turner	12
Sarfraz Nawaz	b Turner	5
TM Lamb	not out	3
BJ Griffiths	c Smith b Phillip	3
Extras	(4 b, 12 lb, 7 nb, 2 w)	25
Total	(all out, 69.4 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-7, 3-9, 4-71, 5-83, 6-149, 7-205, 8-212, 9-219, 10-224 (69.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	22	4	77	2	-	-
Phillip	17.4	6	35	3	-	-
Turner	17	2	70	5	-	-
Acfield	13	4	17	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz	11
MH Denness	c Yardley b Sarfraz Nawaz	31
KS McEwan	lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz	70
*KWR Fletcher	not out	52
KR Pont	c Yardley b Griffiths	6
S Turner	lbw b Griffiths	6
N Phillip	b Sarfraz Nawaz	2
+N Smith	b Sarfraz Nawaz	0
RE East	c Yardley b Sarfraz Nawaz	3
JK Lever	run out	1
DL Acfield	c Sharp b Griffiths	0
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 8 nb, 2 w)	17
Total	(all out, 79.4 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-118, 3-121, 4-143, 5-157, 6-165, 7-169, 8-183, 9-187, 10-199 (79.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	27	7	60	6	-	-
Griffiths	23.4	6	65	3	-	-
TM Lamb	19	6	35	0	-	-
Willey	10	4	22	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	b Turner	38
W Larkins	lbw b Lever	17
RG Williams	lbw b Lever	1
AJ Lamb	lbw b Phillip	66
P Willey	lbw b Turner	2
TJ Yardley	c Denness b Phillip	24
+G Sharp	lbw b Turner	2
*PJ Watts	not out	25
Sarfraz Nawaz	lbw b Turner	0
TM Lamb	b Turner	2
BJ Griffiths	lbw b Lever	2
Extras	(2 b, 13 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	24
Total	(all out, 64.3 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-41, 3-104, 4-106, 5-161, 6-166, 7-174, 8-174, 9-195, 10-203 (64.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	22.3	4	71	3	-	-
Phillip	15	2	52	2	-	-
Turner	25	2	56	5	-	-
East	2	2	0	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	not out	103
MH Denness	b Williams	51
KS McEwan	lbw b Willey	11
*KWR Fletcher	c Yardley b Larkins	39
KR Pont	not out	8
S Turner	did not bat
N Phillip	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 16 lb)	17
Total	(3 wickets, 95.3 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-113, 2-132, 3-210

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	7	2	23	0	-	-
Griffiths	21	5	55	0	-	-
TM Lamb	12	4	23	0	-	-
Willey	28	7	42	1	-	-
Williams	15	5	29	1	-	-
Larkins	7	3	15	1	-	-
Watts	5	1	22	0	-	-
Yardley	0.3	0	3	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
--> KS McEwan (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 69
--> KS McEwan (1) passed 11000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 18
--> TJ Yardley (2) passed 6500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 10
--> N Phillip reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> Sarfraz Nawaz reached 800 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Essex first innings
--> Sarfraz Nawaz reached 400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings

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