f26380 cc13128	Middlesex v Essex
	County Championship 1966
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 16th, 18th, 19th July 1966 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Middlesex 2; Essex 0
Umpires	F Jakeman, WF Simpson
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 55/2 (Parfitt 28*, Bick 6*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 102/7 (Saville 9*, Hobbs 5*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Barker	b Titmus	9
MJ Bear	lbw b Price	27
+B Taylor	b Titmus	0
KWR Fletcher	c Russell b Stewart	8
BR Knight	b Price	13
GR Cass	c Parfitt b Stewart	18
GJ Saville	lbw b Titmus	2
BEA Edmeades	b Titmus	33
RNS Hobbs	b Stewart	6
AM Jorden	not out	12
DL Acfield	lbw b Bick	3
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 81.4 overs)	138
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-21, 3-44, 4-52, 5-75, 6-81, 7-85, 8-98, 9-123, 10-138 (81.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Price	24	5	52	2	-	-
Stewart	22	10	25	3	-	-
Titmus	30	13	49	4	-	-
Bick	5.4	1	5	1	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	lbw b Knight	20
MJ Harris	b Jorden	1
PH Parfitt	c Taylor b Jorden	33
DA Bick	c Taylor b Knight	20
WE Russell	c Fletcher b Hobbs	8
EA Clark	c Barker b Hobbs	16
CT Radley	st Taylor b Hobbs	27
*FJ Titmus	b Hobbs	19
+EG Clifton	not out	2
RW Stewart	c Fletcher b Hobbs	0
JSE Price	b Hobbs	5
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 82.3 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-46, 3-65, 4-83, 5-83, 6-110, 7-138, 8-147, 9-147, 10-153 (82.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jorden	16	5	39	2	-	-
Knight	18	6	29	2	-	-
Edmeades	19	6	40	0	-	-
Hobbs	22.3	8	31	6	-	-
Acfield	7	2	12	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Barker	b Stewart	5
MJ Bear	st Clifton b Titmus	30
+B Taylor	c Smith b Price	1
KWR Fletcher	b Price	5
BR Knight	c Clifton b Stewart	3
GR Cass	b Bick	7
GJ Saville	not out	19
BEA Edmeades	c Smith b Titmus	28
RNS Hobbs	not out	22
AM Jorden	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 4 nb)	10
Total	(7 wickets, 67.4 overs)	130
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-8, 3-18, 4-27, 5-55, 6-55, 7-93

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Price	16	5	29	2	-	-
Stewart	20.4	8	32	2	-	-
Titmus	22	13	44	2	-	-
Bick	9	4	15	1	-	-

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Notes
--> MJ Bear (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 15
--> FJ Titmus reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> FJ Titmus reached 1350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> JSE Price reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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