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| Venue | County Ground, Chelmsford on 12th, 13th, 14th May 1971 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Essex 4 (Batting 2, Bowling 2); Northamptonshire 3 (Batting 1, Bowling 2) |
| Umpires | WL Budd, CS Elliott |
| Close of play day 1 | Northamptonshire (1) 329/6 (Crump 40*, Sharp 47*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (1) 334/7 (Turner 44*, Hobbs 19*) |
| Northamptonshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| P Willey | b East | 14 | |||||
| WM Osman | c Taylor b Turner | 7 | |||||
| HM Ackerman | st Taylor b Hobbs | 103 | |||||
| Mushtaq Mohammad | c Taylor b Turner | 35 | |||||
| DS Steele | c Taylor b Boyce | 25 | |||||
| *PJ Watts | run out | 49 | |||||
| BS Crump | not out | 40 | |||||
| +G Sharp | not out | 47 | |||||
| D Breakwell | did not bat | ||||||
| A Hodgson | did not bat | ||||||
| PG Lee | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 3 lb, 5 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 116 overs) | 329 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13, 2-25, 3-115, 4-183, 5-219, 6-246 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Boyce | 23 | 3 | 62 | 1 | - | - | |
| Turner | 26 | 8 | 48 | 2 | - | - | |
| East | 23 | 6 | 67 | 1 | - | - | |
| Acfield | 22 | 4 | 60 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hobbs | 22 | 4 | 83 | 1 | - | - | |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| B Ward | c Sharp b Mushtaq Mohammad | 55 | |||||
| BC Francis | c Sharp b Breakwell | 75 | |||||
| GJ Saville | c Ackerman b Steele | 16 | |||||
| KWR Fletcher | c Sharp b Willey | 12 | |||||
| G Barker | c Ackerman b Steele | 22 | |||||
| KD Boyce | lbw b Lee | 36 | |||||
| *+B Taylor | c Steele b Lee | 46 | |||||
| S Turner | c Steele b Hodgson | 72 | |||||
| RNS Hobbs | b Hodgson | 28 | |||||
| RE East | b Hodgson | 8 | |||||
| DL Acfield | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (6 lb, 3 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 140.2 overs) | 380 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-121, 2-129, 3-163, 4-175, 5-188, 6-232, 7-279, 8-353, 9-379, 10-380 (140.2 ov) | |||||||
| Northamptonshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lee | 26 | 6 | 77 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hodgson | 25.2 | 6 | 52 | 3 | - | - | |
| Breakwell | 27 | 7 | 61 | 1 | - | - | |
| Willey | 17 | 7 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mushtaq Mohammad | 20 | 5 | 54 | 1 | - | - | |
| Steele | 16 | 2 | 48 | 2 | - | - | |
| Crump | 9 | 0 | 53 | 0 | - | - | |
| Northamptonshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| P Willey | c Turner b Acfield | 30 | |||||
| WM Osman | st Taylor b Hobbs | 38 | |||||
| HM Ackerman | c Boyce b Acfield | 0 | |||||
| Mushtaq Mohammad | b Fletcher | 79 | |||||
| DS Steele | b Barker | 24 | |||||
| *PJ Watts | not out | 11 | |||||
| BS Crump | not out | 8 | |||||
| +G Sharp | did not bat | ||||||
| D Breakwell | did not bat | ||||||
| A Hodgson | did not bat | ||||||
| PG Lee | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 5 lb, 2 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 96 overs) | 203 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-66, 2-66, 3-139, 4-178, 5-187 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Boyce | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Turner | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| East | 13 | 7 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Acfield | 20 | 7 | 44 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hobbs | 27 | 10 | 58 | 1 | - | - | |
| Fletcher | 13 | 5 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Barker | 12 | 5 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Saville | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> A Hodgson made his debut in County Championship matches
--> BC Francis (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in County Championship matches
--> GJ Saville (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 3
--> DS Steele (2) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 2
--> DL Acfield reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings
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