f33705 cc16014	Northamptonshire v Essex
	Schweppes County Championship 1981
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 22nd, 24th, 25th August 1981 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Essex 5 (Batting 4, Bowling 1)
Umpires	PJ Eele, DJ Halfyard
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 121/1 (Gooch 49*, Fletcher 29*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (1) 251/4 (Sharp 69*, Carter 4*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	b Sarfraz Nawaz	146
BR Hardie	lbw b Mallender	26
*KWR Fletcher	c Sharp b Sarfraz Nawaz	30
KS McEwan	c Sharp b Mallender	20
KR Pont	c Sharp b TM Lamb	23
DR Pringle	c Larkins b Sarfraz Nawaz	18
N Phillip	c Sharp b Sarfraz Nawaz	0
RE East	not out	0
+DE East	not out	6
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 17 lb, 6 nb)	31
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 84 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-68, 2-123, 3-148, 4-220, 5-285, 6-285, 7-286

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	19	3	71	4	-	-
Griffiths	21	5	42	0	-	-
Mallender	19	2	50	2	-	-
TM Lamb	19	4	61	1	-	-
Williams	1	0	8	0	-	-
Carter	5	0	37	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Cook	c Pringle b Lever	30
W Larkins	lbw b Pringle	17
AJ Lamb	c Gooch b Lever	117
+G Sharp	not out	69
TJ Yardley	b Lever	0
RM Carter	not out	4
RG Williams	did not bat
Sarfraz Nawaz	did not bat
NA Mallender	did not bat
TM Lamb	did not bat
BJ Griffiths	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 6 nb)	14
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 57 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-55, 3-236, 4-236

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	13	1	69	3	-	-
Phillip	10	1	31	0	-	-
Pringle	10	1	46	1	-	-
RE East	15	5	49	0	-	-
Acfield	9	0	42	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	c Cook b Mallender	32
BR Hardie	lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz	0
*KWR Fletcher	c AJ Lamb b Carter	78
KS McEwan	b TM Lamb	13
KR Pont	c Griffiths b Carter	9
N Phillip	c TM Lamb b Carter	6
DR Pringle	not out	16
RE East	c TM Lamb b Carter	18
+DE East	run out	6
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	11
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 56.2 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-54, 3-89, 4-114, 5-133, 6-156, 7-182, 8-189 (56.2 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	5	0	23	1	-	-
Griffiths	7	0	31	0	-	-
Mallender	9	2	24	1	-	-
TM Lamb	9	3	10	1	-	-
Williams	14.2	2	38	0	-	-
Carter	12	1	52	4	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Cook	b Acfield	8
W Larkins	b Phillip	0
RG Williams	not out	72
AJ Lamb	not out	47
+G Sharp	did not bat
TJ Yardley	did not bat
RM Carter	did not bat
Sarfraz Nawaz	did not bat
NA Mallender	did not bat
TM Lamb	did not bat
BJ Griffiths	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 3 nb)	12
Total	(2 wickets, 44 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-21

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	4	2	12	0	-	-
Phillip	4	1	4	1	-	-
Pringle	7	1	23	0	-	-
RE East	13	4	27	0	-	-
Acfield	15	2	58	1	-	-
Gooch	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GA Gooch (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 58
--> KS McEwan (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 1
--> TM Lamb reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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