f29789 cc14626	Essex v Nottinghamshire
	County Championship 1973
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 29th, 30th, 31st August 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Nottinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 9 wickets
Points	Essex 21 (Batting 6, Bowling 5); Nottinghamshire 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	JG Langridge, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 142/2 (Fletcher 11*, East 13*)
Close of play day 2	Nottinghamshire (2) 134/2 (Hassan 66*)

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Nottinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Harris	c Taylor b Edmeades	42
RA White	c Lever b East	21
DW Randall	c Taylor b East	22
MJ Smedley	lbw b East	5
*GS Sobers	lbw b Hobbs	29
SB Hassan	b East	17
G Edwards	c East b Hobbs	6
C Forbes	c Edmeades b Acfield	17
B Stead	c Taylor b Lever	19
+DA Pullan	not out	2
W Taylor	b Acfield	0
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 74 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-64, 3-83, 4-94, 5-122, 6-140, 7-148, 8-176, 9-180, 10-183 (74 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	8	1	34	1	-	-
Turner	10	2	32	0	-	-
Edmeades	13	1	34	1	-	-
East	26	6	48	4	-	-
Hobbs	15	7	30	2	-	-
Acfield	2	1	2	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Francis	c Smedley b Forbes	66
BR Hardie	b Stead	43
KWR Fletcher	c Smedley b Sobers	20
RE East	c Hassan b Sobers	21
KR Pont	c Hassan b Sobers	0
BEA Edmeades	c Hassan b White	13
S Turner	lbw b Stead	58
*+B Taylor	c Edwards b White	5
RNS Hobbs	b White	1
DL Acfield	c Hassan b White	38
JK Lever	not out	5
Extras	(4 b, 9 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 103.1 overs)	285
Fall of wickets:
1-114, 2-125, 3-151, 4-151, 5-170, 6-174, 7-205, 8-207, 9-269, 10-285 (103.1 ov)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stead	16	2	57	2	-	-
Taylor	16	2	61	0	-	-
Forbes	15	1	51	1	-	-
White	32.1	13	42	4	-	-
Sobers	18	5	46	3	-	-
Edwards	6	1	13	0	-	-

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Nottinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA White	b Lever	67
SB Hassan	retired hurt	83
G Edwards	lbw b Lever	0
DW Randall	c Taylor b Lever	1
MJ Smedley	c Taylor b Lever	6
*GS Sobers	not out	47
C Forbes	b Hobbs	6
MJ Harris	c Hardie b Acfield	0
B Stead	st Taylor b Acfield	10
+DA Pullan	c Pont b Hobbs	11
W Taylor	b Acfield	0
Extras	(3 lb, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 97 overs)	235
Fall of wickets:
1-134, 2-134, 3-138, 4-156, 5-171, 6-172, 7-196, 8-213, 9-235 (97 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	17	4	39	4	-	-
Turner	10	2	27	0	-	-
East	11	2	24	0	-	-
Hobbs	37	4	105	2	-	-
Acfield	22	8	36	3	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Francis	b White	49
BR Hardie	not out	57
KWR Fletcher	not out	29
RE East	did not bat
KR Pont	did not bat
BEA Edmeades	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
*+B Taylor	did not bat
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(1 wicket, 41.3 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-65 (Francis)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stead	7	1	39	0	-	-
Taylor	3	0	12	0	-	-
Forbes	4	2	6	0	-	-
White	17.3	5	38	1	-	-
Sobers	10	1	40	0	-	-

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Notes
--> C Forbes made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> C Forbes made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> BC Francis made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> B Taylor made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> B Taylor made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> BC Francis (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30
--> DL Acfield (1) passed his previous highest score of 34 in County Championship matches
--> RA White (2) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 15
--> RNS Hobbs reached 950 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Nottinghamshire first innings
--> GS Sobers reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> SB Hassan retired hurt in the Nottinghamshire second innings having scored 83 (team had lost 4 wickets)

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