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| Venue | Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea on 18th, 20th, 21st July 1981 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Essex 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Lancashire 4 (Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | R Palmer, CT Spencer |
| Close of play day 1 | Essex (1) 169/4 (Hardie 85*, RE East 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Lancashire (2) 11/0 (Kennedy 10*, Fowler 1*) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BR Hardie | b Abrahams | 129 | |||||
| C Gladwin | c Hughes b Simmons | 53 | |||||
| AW Lilley | lbw b Radford | 0 | |||||
| KS McEwan | c Fowler b Radford | 4 | |||||
| DR Pringle | lbw b Radford | 15 | |||||
| *RE East | c Allott b O'Shaughnessy | 4 | |||||
| N Phillip | lbw b O'Shaughnessy | 0 | |||||
| S Turner | not out | 73 | |||||
| +DE East | lbw b Allott | 4 | |||||
| JK Lever | run out | 7 | |||||
| DL Acfield | b Radford | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b, 9 lb, 2 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 99.2 overs) | 308 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-129, 2-130, 3-134, 4-168, 5-177, 6-177, 7-249, 8-279, 9-301, 10-308 (99.2 ov) | |||||||
| Lancashire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Allott | 23 | 8 | 58 | 1 | - | - | |
| Speak | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Radford | 24.2 | 3 | 71 | 4 | - | - | |
| O'Shaughnessy | 13 | 2 | 49 | 2 | - | - | |
| Simmons | 17 | 4 | 36 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hughes | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| D Lloyd | 9 | 1 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Abrahams | 6 | 1 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lancashire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A Kennedy | c Turner b Lever | 18 | |||||
| +G Fowler | c DE East b Phillip | 4 | |||||
| D Lloyd | c DE East b Lever | 5 | |||||
| *CH Lloyd | lbw b Phillip | 0 | |||||
| DP Hughes | c Hardie b Acfield | 26 | |||||
| J Abrahams | b Phillip | 33 | |||||
| J Simmons | c DE East b Turner | 1 | |||||
| SJ O'Shaughnessy | lbw b Turner | 5 | |||||
| NV Radford | lbw b Lever | 10 | |||||
| PJW Allott | b Phillip | 0 | |||||
| GJ Speak | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 6 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 59.4 overs) | 111 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16, 2-23, 3-26, 4-44, 5-62, 6-63, 7-91, 8-108, 9-110, 10-111 (59.4 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lever | 14 | 6 | 23 | 3 | - | - | |
| Phillip | 11.4 | 2 | 33 | 4 | - | - | |
| Turner | 18 | 7 | 27 | 2 | - | - | |
| Acfield | 16 | 10 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lancashire second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A Kennedy | c Phillip b Lever | 32 | |||||
| +G Fowler | c Hardie b Pringle | 30 | |||||
| D Lloyd | c Lilley b Lever | 6 | |||||
| *CH Lloyd | c Hardie b Acfield | 65 | |||||
| DP Hughes | c Hardie b Phillip | 1 | |||||
| J Abrahams | lbw b Acfield | 18 | |||||
| J Simmons | not out | 36 | |||||
| SJ O'Shaughnessy | c DE East b Pringle | 31 | |||||
| NV Radford | not out | 0 | |||||
| PJW Allott | did not bat | ||||||
| GJ Speak | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 14 lb, 7 nb, 1 w) | 26 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 103 overs) | 245 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-61, 2-69, 3-100, 4-111, 5-171, 6-179, 7-243 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lever | 18 | 5 | 47 | 2 | - | - | |
| Phillip | 15 | 1 | 56 | 1 | - | - | |
| Turner | 13 | 3 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Acfield | 22 | 7 | 37 | 2 | - | - | |
| Pringle | 15 | 5 | 20 | 2 | - | - | |
| RE East | 20 | 9 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> C Gladwin made his debut in First-Class matches
--> C Gladwin made his debut in County Championship matches
--> GJ Speak made his debut in County Championship matches
--> G Fowler (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 30
--> NV Radford achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 2-74)
--> JK Lever reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> N Phillip reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> JK Lever reached 850 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> DL Acfield reached 550 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> DL Acfield reached 700 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire second innings
--> JK Lever reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire second innings
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