f27271 cc13519	Middlesex v Essex
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 8th, 10th, 11th June 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Middlesex 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3); Essex 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	F Jakeman, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 144/5 (Irvine 15*, Taylor 31*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 21/1 (Bear 14*, Edmeades 3*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Bear	c Parfitt b Hooker	26
B Ward	b Latchman	27
BEA Edmeades	c Russell b Latchman	28
KWR Fletcher	c Murray b Latchman	3
BL Irvine	c Radley b Titmus	15
KD Boyce	c Radley b Latchman	5
*+B Taylor	c Russell b Titmus	39
S Turner	c Radley b Titmus	1
RE East	c Parfitt b Titmus	0
JK Lever	b Price	1
RNS Hobbs	not out	0
Extras	(4 lb, 6 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 86.2 overs)	155
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-68, 3-90, 4-93, 5-99, 6-150, 7-152, 8-154, 9-155, 10-155 (86.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Price	18.2	8	33	1	-	-
Herman	7	1	16	0	-	-
Hooker	19	11	13	1	-	-
Titmus	25	14	31	4	-	-
Latchman	13	3	34	4	-	-
Parfitt	4	0	18	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Russell	b East	26
MJ Harris	lbw b Hobbs	45
PH Parfitt	c Boyce b East	16
CT Radley	c Bear b East	20
+JT Murray	b East	57
*FJ Titmus	b East	22
MJ Smith	c Boyce b Lever	16
RW Hooker	c Taylor b Boyce	10
AH Latchman	not out	3
RS Herman	did not bat
JSE Price	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 3 nb)	13
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 90.5 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-81, 3-111, 4-121, 5-163, 6-202, 7-222, 8-228 (90.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	7.5	2	20	1	-	-
Lever	8	1	24	1	-	-
Hobbs	38	9	80	1	-	-
East	37	12	91	5	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Bear	c Murray b Latchman	65
B Ward	b Price	2
BEA Edmeades	retired hurt	3
KWR Fletcher	b Price	88
BL Irvine	c Price b Titmus	19
KD Boyce	c Murray b Price	33
*+B Taylor	b Price	0
S Turner	not out	10
RNS Hobbs	b Price	2
RE East	c Murray b Price	9
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(15 b, 2 lb, 6 nb)	23
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 90.4 overs)	254
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-133, 3-172, 4-226, 5-228, 6-229, 7-236, 8-254 (90.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Price	14.4	2	42	6	-	-
Herman	8	1	18	0	-	-
Titmus	30	13	51	1	-	-
Latchman	22	3	85	1	-	-
Parfitt	14	4	26	0	-	-
Smith	2	0	9	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Russell	c Hobbs b Lever	3
MJ Smith	c Taylor b East	30
PH Parfitt	c and b Turner	47
+JT Murray	c Fletcher b East	4
CT Radley	c Taylor b East	4
*FJ Titmus	lbw b Hobbs	45
RW Hooker	c and b Boyce	16
RS Herman	run out	3
MJ Harris	not out	8
AH Latchman	not out	4
JSE Price	did not bat
Extras	(9 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(8 wickets, 37 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-76, 3-80, 4-88, 5-136, 6-145, 7-153, 8-171

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	8	1	27	1	-	-
Lever	11	2	41	1	-	-
Hobbs	4	0	22	1	-	-
East	9	0	51	3	-	-
Turner	5	0	23	1	-	-

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Notes
--> MJ Bear (1) passed 11000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> KD Boyce (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 13
--> AH Latchman reached 150 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> RE East reached 100 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> BEA Edmeades retired hurt in the Essex second innings having scored 3 (team had lost 1 wickets)

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