f33526 cc15874	Middlesex v Essex
	Schweppes County Championship 1981
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 6th, 7th, 8th May 1981 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Middlesex 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3); Essex 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	DJ Constant, PJ Eele
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 55/5 (Barlow 6*, Emburey 1*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 159/5 (Pont 27*, Phillip 14*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JM Brearley	b Turner	16
+PR Downton	c Smith b Phillip	4
CT Radley	c Turner b Phillip	13
MW Gatting	lbw b Phillip	0
RO Butcher	c Lever b Phillip	9
GD Barlow	b Phillip	19
JE Emburey	c Gooch b Turner	1
PH Edmonds	c Smith b Phillip	10
MWW Selvey	c and b Lever	33
JR Thomson	c McEvoy b Lever	35
WW Daniel	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 10 lb, 2 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 67.1 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-33, 3-33, 4-44, 5-48, 6-55, 7-72, 8-82, 9-152, 10-153 (67.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	14.1	1	42	2	-	-
Phillip	25	9	40	6	-	-
Turner	21	6	45	2	-	-
East	7	1	13	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	c Downton b Thomson	15
MSA McEvoy	c Radley b Thomson	4
*KWR Fletcher	b Daniel	20
KS McEwan	c Thomson b Emburey	33
BR Hardie	b Thomson	36
KR Pont	c Radley b Edmonds	56
N Phillip	b Daniel	28
S Turner	b Thomson	19
RE East	not out	20
+N Smith	not out	7
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 6 nb)	12
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 84.5 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-31, 3-53, 4-108, 5-131, 6-174, 7-202, 8-230

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	20.5	4	53	2	-	-
Thomson	16	2	66	4	-	-
Selvey	16	5	35	0	-	-
Gatting	2	2	0	0	-	-
Emburey	20	5	39	1	-	-
Edmonds	10	1	45	1	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JM Brearley	c Hardie b Turner	23
+PR Downton	c Pont b East	41
CT Radley	c East b McEvoy	16
MW Gatting	not out	21
RO Butcher	c Turner b McEvoy	4
GD Barlow	lbw b McEvoy	3
PH Edmonds	not out	0
JE Emburey	did not bat
MWW Selvey	did not bat
JR Thomson	did not bat
WW Daniel	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(5 wickets, 73 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-87, 3-89, 4-98, 5-116

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	10	2	27	0	-	-
Phillip	6	1	7	0	-	-
Turner	8	4	7	1	-	-
East	12	6	13	1	-	-
Pont	14	6	14	0	-	-
Gooch	10	3	20	0	-	-
McEvoy	12	6	20	3	-	-
McEwan	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JR Thomson made his debut in County Championship matches
--> CT Radley (1) passed 20000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> N Phillip (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> JR Thomson made his debut for Middlesex in First-Class matches
--> N Phillip achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 6-47)
--> PH Edmonds reached 700 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> MSA McEvoy achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Middlesex second innings (previous best was 0-4)
--> MSA McEvoy achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Middlesex second innings (previous best was 0-4)

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