f29238 cc14387	Essex v Middlesex
	County Championship 1972
Venue	Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea on 12th, 13th, 14th July 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 8 (Batting 5, Bowling 3); Middlesex 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2)
Umpires	KE Palmer, AGT Whitehead
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 17/0 (Russell 10*, Smith 7*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 15/2 (East 6*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Murray b Price	0
GJ Saville	c Radley b Price	2
KWR Fletcher	c Titmus b Latchman	121
B Ward	lbw b Jones	48
KD Boyce	c Murray b Selvey	63
*+B Taylor	b Selvey	39
S Turner	b Price	0
RNS Hobbs	c Murray b Price	6
RE East	not out	6
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 10 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	21
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 94.3 overs)	306
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-10, 3-135, 4-229, 5-283, 6-286, 7-292, 8-306 (94.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Price	16.3	5	44	4	-	-
Selvey	28	4	72	2	-	-
Jones	14	3	35	1	-	-
Titmus	24	2	72	0	-	-
Latchman	8	0	35	1	-	-
Featherstone	4	0	27	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Russell	c Hobbs b Lever	8
MJ Smith	b Lever	112
NG Featherstone	lbw b Lever	76
CT Radley	lbw b Lever	10
*JM Brearley	c Taylor b Boyce	0
+JT Murray	b Lever	40
KV Jones	c Saville b Boyce	18
AH Latchman	c Taylor b Boyce	0
FJ Titmus	c Taylor b Boyce	6
JSE Price	not out	7
MWW Selvey	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 7 nb)	15
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 92 overs)	292
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-200, 3-206, 4-214, 5-214, 6-264, 7-269, 8-284, 9-292 (92 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	26	5	88	4	-	-
Lever	24	4	63	5	-	-
Turner	9	1	18	0	-	-
East	8	2	28	0	-	-
Acfield	14	2	33	0	-	-
Hobbs	11	1	47	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Latchman	6
GJ Saville	c Murray b Price	3
RE East	c Jones b Latchman	59
KWR Fletcher	c Murray b Price	17
B Ward	c Murray b Price	7
KD Boyce	lbw b Latchman	55
*+B Taylor	run out	2
S Turner	c Radley b Price	34
RNS Hobbs	run out	2
JK Lever	c Brearley b Latchman	8
DL Acfield	not out	0
Extras	(7 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 57.5 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-15, 3-58, 4-77, 5-127, 6-137, 7-168, 8-170, 9-193, 10-201 (57.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Price	19.5	2	55	4	-	-
Selvey	13	2	40	0	-	-
Jones	7	2	25	0	-	-
Titmus	5	2	16	0	-	-
Latchman	13	2	57	4	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Russell	c Hobbs b Turner	54
MJ Smith	hit wkt b Boyce	17
CT Radley	b Turner	35
*JM Brearley	lbw b Acfield	23
+JT Murray	lbw b Turner	0
NG Featherstone	c Edmeades b Acfield	6
KV Jones	c Ward b Acfield	32
AH Latchman	not out	13
JSE Price	b Acfield	1
FJ Titmus	not out	4
MWW Selvey	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 3 nb)	4
Total	(8 wickets, 47 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-108, 3-110, 4-110, 5-118, 6-165, 7-174, 8-176

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	9	1	28	1	-	-
Lever	8	0	22	0	-	-
Turner	10	3	28	3	-	-
East	1	0	4	0	-	-
Acfield	6	0	22	4	-	-
Hobbs	13	2	81	0	-	-

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Notes
--> KWR Fletcher (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 77
--> B Ward (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30
--> RE East (2) passed his previous highest score of 53 in County Championship matches
--> RE East (2) passed his previous highest score of 58 in First-Class matches
--> DL Acfield reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex second innings

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