f32177 cc15448	Lancashire v Essex
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	Trafalgar Road, Southport on 29th, 31st July 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by an innings and 115 runs
Points	Lancashire 4 (Bowling 4); Essex 20 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	A Jepson, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 22/4 (Pilling 3*, Reidy 7*; 11 overs)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c D Lloyd b Sutcliffe	10
MSA McEvoy	c Reidy b Croft	0
KS McEwan	c Abrahams b Reidy	128
*KWR Fletcher	c Lyon b Arrowsmith	68
BR Hardie	lbw b Simmons	39
N Phillip	c CH Lloyd b Arrowsmith	20
S Turner	c Simmons b Croft	24
RE East	c Arrowsmith b Simmons	40
+N Smith	c Simmons b Arrowsmith	1
JK Lever	c D Lloyd b Simmons	3
DL Acfield	not out	12
Extras	(20 b, 7 lb, 4 nb, 3 w)	34
Total	(all out, 99.5 overs)	379
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-21, 3-192, 4-244, 5-267, 6-308, 7-308, 8-316, 9-342, 10-379 (99.5 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Croft	22	3	61	2	-	-
Sutcliffe	12	3	37	1	-	-
Reidy	13	1	63	1	-	-
Arrowsmith	30	5	103	3	-	-
Simmons	22.5	3	81	3	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Kennedy	b Phillip	4
D Lloyd	c Denness b Lever	2
J Abrahams	c Fletcher b Phillip	0
CH Lloyd	c McEwan b Phillip	0
H Pilling	lbw b Lever	4
BW Reidy	b Lever	16
*J Simmons	b Lever	2
+J Lyon	c Smith b Lever	4
R Arrowsmith	b Phillip	1
CEH Croft	lbw b East	19
RJ Sutcliffe	not out	10
Extras	(5 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 30 overs)	70
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-7, 3-7, 4-8, 5-28, 6-33, 7-38, 8-39, 9-41, 10-70 (30 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	14	5	23	5	-	-
Phillip	14	5	37	4	-	-
East	2	0	2	1	-	-

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Lancashire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Kennedy	c Lever b Phillip	9
D Lloyd	c Turner b Lever	17
J Abrahams	c Smith b Lever	22
H Pilling	b Turner	22
CH Lloyd	c Hardie b East	4
BW Reidy	c Phillip b East	40
*J Simmons	c Denness b East	43
+J Lyon	lbw b East	8
R Arrowsmith	c East b Acfield	0
CEH Croft	b Acfield	4
RJ Sutcliffe	not out	0
Extras	(8 b, 11 lb, 6 nb)	25
Total	(all out, 81.1 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-31, 3-70, 4-77, 5-81, 6-157, 7-174, 8-175, 9-185, 10-194 (81.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	11	0	30	2	-	-
Phillip	9	3	16	1	-	-
East	35	10	86	4	-	-
Acfield	19.1	11	25	2	-	-
Turner	7	2	12	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> Day 1 Lunch: Essex (1) ?/? (McEwan 112*, [unknown] ?*)
--> RJ Sutcliffe made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RJ Sutcliffe made his debut in County Championship matches
--> RJ Sutcliffe made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RJ Sutcliffe made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> KS McEwan (1) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 46
--> S Turner (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> N Phillip reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> N Phillip reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Lancashire first innings

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