f31208 cc15102	Essex v Middlesex
	County Championship 1976
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 11th, 12th, 13th August 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 36 runs
Points	Essex 3 (Batting 3); Middlesex 18 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	JF Crapp, DGL Evans
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 34/1 (McEvoy 13*, East 16*; 12 overs)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 114/4 (Featherstone 6*, Lamb 3*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	lbw b Boyce	30
*JM Brearley	c Acfield b East	50
GD Barlow	not out	140
CT Radley	not out	113
NG Featherstone	did not bat
TM Lamb	did not bat
PH Edmonds	did not bat
JE Emburey	did not bat
+MOC Sturt	did not bat
AA Jones	did not bat
FJ Titmus	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 8 lb, 14 nb)	24
Total	(2 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	357
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-121

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	16	1	53	1	-	-
Lever	18	3	57	0	-	-
Turner	22	5	44	0	-	-
East	21	1	77	1	-	-
Acfield	20	0	89	0	-	-
Gooch	3	0	13	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*KWR Fletcher	b Jones	0
MSA McEvoy	c Edmonds b Jones	18
RE East	lbw b Jones	52
KS McEwan	c Emburey b Lamb	15
GA Gooch	c Edmonds b Titmus	48
KR Pont	c Edmonds b Jones	9
S Turner	c Edmonds b Titmus	39
KD Boyce	c Sturt b Jones	13
+N Smith	c Emburey b Jones	27
JK Lever	c Brearley b Featherstone	18
DL Acfield	not out	22
Extras	(2 b, 12 nb, 4 w)	18
Total	(all out, 85.5 overs)	279
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-41, 3-52, 4-123, 5-147, 6-170, 7-190, 8-224, 9-241, 10-279 (85.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	32	6	120	6	-	-
Lamb	21	4	60	1	-	-
Titmus	20	7	61	2	-	-
Featherstone	3.5	2	3	1	-	-
Emburey	9	5	17	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	c Smith b Turner	40
*JM Brearley	lbw b Turner	23
GD Barlow	lbw b Lever	29
CT Radley	lbw b Acfield	9
NG Featherstone	b Acfield	48
TM Lamb	c Fletcher b Turner	28
PH Edmonds	c and b Acfield	8
JE Emburey	not out	4
+MOC Sturt	lbw b Acfield	3
AA Jones	c McEwan b Acfield	0
FJ Titmus	c McEwan b Acfield	0
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 4 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 90 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-82, 3-101, 4-105, 5-177, 6-191, 7-194, 8-201, 9-201, 10-203 (90 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	11	1	36	0	-	-
Lever	19	3	40	1	-	-
Turner	26	9	44	3	-	-
Acfield	34	15	72	6	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MSA McEvoy	lbw b Lamb	13
RE East	c Radley b Lamb	11
KS McEwan	c sub b Edmonds	82
GA Gooch	lbw b Lamb	85
*KWR Fletcher	not out	27
KR Pont	c Lamb b Featherstone	0
KD Boyce	c Brearley b Featherstone	0
S Turner	c Emburey b Featherstone	20
+N Smith	run out	0
JK Lever	b Featherstone	0
DL Acfield	c Emburey b Edmonds	0
Extras	(5 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 56.5 overs)	245
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-43, 3-167, 4-202, 5-203, 6-203, 7-241, 8-242, 9-244, 10-245 (56.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	9	0	46	0	-	-
Lamb	7	2	39	3	-	-
Featherstone	17	4	47	4	-	-
Emburey	6	0	31	0	-	-
Edmonds	17.5	3	75	2	-	-

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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
--> MSA McEvoy made his debut in First-Class matches
--> MSA McEvoy made his debut in County Championship matches
--> GD Barlow (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 40
--> KS McEwan (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 5
--> KR Pont (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 7
--> GA Gooch (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 72
--> S Turner reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Middlesex second innings
--> NG Featherstone reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
--> PH Edmonds reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
--> NG Featherstone achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 3-12)
--> NG Featherstone achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 4-50)

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