f29714 cc14562	Essex v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1973
Venue	Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea on 18th, 19th, 20th July 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 7 wickets
Points	Essex 15 (Bowling 5); Northamptonshire 5 (Bowling 5)
Umpires	H Horton, CG Pepper
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 90/2 (Edmeades 26*, Gooch 16*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 91/3 (Sharp 2*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	b Acfield	47
P Willey	lbw b Turner	4
DS Steele	c Smith b Acfield	17
Mushtaq Mohammad	b Lever	39
*PJ Watts	lbw b East	5
C Milburn	st Smith b Acfield	9
+G Sharp	c and b East	11
A Hodgson	c Pont b East	0
RMH Cottam	c and b East	3
BS Bedi	b Lever	11
JCJ Dye	not out	4
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 4 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 78.4 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-61, 3-86, 4-91, 5-102, 6-117, 7-117, 8-141, 9-157, 10-161 (78.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	9.4	4	20	2	-	-
Turner	9	2	19	1	-	-
Edmeades	1	0	7	0	-	-
Hobbs	8	4	22	0	-	-
Acfield	27	10	45	3	-	-
East	24	10	37	4	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Francis	lbw b Dye	15
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Dye	36
BR Hardie	c Hodgson b Bedi	19
KR Pont	b Dye	32
GA Gooch	lbw b Cottam	18
S Turner	b Dye	10
RE East	lbw b Dye	2
+N Smith	b Dye	1
*RNS Hobbs	c Virgin b Bedi	19
JK Lever	b Dye	4
DL Acfield	not out	5
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 80.4 overs)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-55, 3-92, 4-115, 5-128, 6-134, 7-136, 8-137, 9-141, 10-165 (80.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	16	7	25	1	-	-
Dye	16	4	45	7	-	-
Bedi	35.4	15	57	2	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	4	0	17	0	-	-
Hodgson	9	2	17	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Hobbs b East	31
P Willey	c Lever b East	51
DS Steele	c East b Acfield	4
+G Sharp	b Acfield	11
Mushtaq Mohammad	c and b East	4
*PJ Watts	c East b Acfield	3
C Milburn	b Acfield	14
A Hodgson	lbw b East	5
RMH Cottam	not out	6
BS Bedi	c Gooch b East	0
JCJ Dye	c and b East	1
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 72.2 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-70, 2-85, 3-91, 4-99, 5-102, 6-109, 7-124, 8-135, 9-136, 10-139 (72.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	8	2	17	0	-	-
Turner	9	1	29	0	-	-
Acfield	27	10	49	4	-	-
East	28.2	10	35	6	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Francis	not out	80
BEA Edmeades	c and b Steele	13
BR Hardie	lbw b Dye	12
RE East	b Cottam	18
KR Pont	not out	12
GA Gooch	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
*RNS Hobbs	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(3 wickets, 49.4 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-69, 3-101

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	7.4	1	32	1	-	-
Dye	8	0	20	1	-	-
Bedi	21	6	36	0	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	5	0	20	0	-	-
Hodgson	1	0	7	0	-	-
Steele	7	3	20	1	-	-

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Notes
--> BR Hardie made his debut in County Championship matches
--> GA Gooch made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GA Gooch made his debut in County Championship matches
--> P Willey (2) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 31
--> JCJ Dye achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 7-118)
--> JCJ Dye reached 450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 7th wicket in the Essex first innings
--> BS Bedi reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> JCJ Dye achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 7-118)
--> RE East reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings
--> KR Pont retired hurt in the Essex first innings having scored 10 (team had lost 2 wickets) and later returned

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