f30232 cc14752	Essex v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1974
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 3rd, 5th, 6th August 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by 2 runs
Points	Essex 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Northamptonshire 17 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	WE Alley, JF Crapp
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 61/0 (Edmeades 16*, Hardie 43*; 16 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 167/9 (Hobbs 1*, Lever 1*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	b Turner	106
A Tait	c Smith b Lever	16
DS Steele	c Smith b Edmeades	22
G Cook	b Hobbs	42
P Willey	b Boyce	32
*PJ Watts	c Smith b Lever	23
+G Sharp	not out	19
A Hodgson	run out	18
RMH Cottam	run out	0
BS Bedi	run out	6
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 8 nb)	15
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	299
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-80, 3-189, 4-201, 5-247, 6-255, 7-280, 8-282, 9-299 (100 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	30	5	105	1	-	-
Lever	18	1	49	2	-	-
Turner	15	1	37	1	-	-
Edmeades	7	2	14	1	-	-
East	18	3	46	0	-	-
Hobbs	12	4	33	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Sharp b Dye	22
BR Hardie	c Virgin b Dye	50
KS McEwan	c Watts b Steele	27
*KWR Fletcher	b Dye	0
RMO Cooke	c Sharp b Cottam	0
S Turner	c Cook b Bedi	47
KD Boyce	c Steele b Bedi	9
RE East	c Virgin b Bedi	4
+N Smith	c Tait b Dye	31
RNS Hobbs	c Watts b Steele	0
JK Lever	not out	12
Extras	(3 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 61.1 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-68, 2-79, 3-79, 4-82, 5-109, 6-124, 7-130, 8-171, 9-178, 10-205 (61.1 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	15	2	60	1	-	-
Dye	13.1	2	44	4	-	-
Bedi	19	9	45	3	-	-
Steele	14	2	53	2	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Boyce b East	13
A Tait	c McEwan b Turner	20
DS Steele	c Lever b East	17
*PJ Watts	c Smith b Turner	1
G Cook	c Boyce b East	9
P Willey	c Hobbs b East	6
+G Sharp	c Smith b East	1
A Hodgson	c Hardie b Turner	1
BS Bedi	b Turner	0
RMH Cottam	c and b Turner	2
JCJ Dye	not out	1
Extras	(4 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 34.4 overs)	75
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-39, 3-40, 4-53, 5-66, 6-67, 7-68, 8-68, 9-71, 10-75 (34.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	6	0	24	0	-	-
Turner	12	4	20	5	-	-
East	16.4	6	27	5	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c and b Hodgson	33
BR Hardie	c Cook b Steele	30
RMO Cooke	c Steele b Hodgson	1
*KWR Fletcher	c Sharp b Cottam	24
KD Boyce	b Bedi	31
KS McEwan	c Virgin b Bedi	4
S Turner	c Cook b Hodgson	14
RE East	c Dye b Hodgson	22
+N Smith	c Watts b Hodgson	1
RNS Hobbs	c Cook b Bedi	1
JK Lever	not out	1
Extras	(1 b, 4 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 48.1 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-56, 3-70, 4-113, 5-128, 6-130, 7-160, 8-165, 9-165, 10-167 (48.1 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	9	3	30	1	-	-
Dye	3	1	13	0	-	-
Bedi	17.1	1	72	3	-	-
Steele	4	0	11	1	-	-
Hodgson	15	6	36	5	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> KS McEwan (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> S Turner reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings
--> A Hodgson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 4-43)
--> A Hodgson achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Essex second innings
--> A Hodgson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 4-43)
--> A Hodgson achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Essex second innings

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