a1241	Lancashire v Essex
	John Player League 1974
Venue	Trafalgar Road, Southport on 21st July 1974 (40-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Lancashire won by 8 wickets
Points	Lancashire 4; Essex 0
Umpires	CG Pepper, AEG Rhodes

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
S Turner	lbw b Ratcliffe	36
BR Hardie	lbw b Lever	22
*KWR Fletcher	run out	18
+KS McEwan	b Simmons	65
RMO Cooke	b Hughes	12
KR Pont	c Kennedy b Lee	12
GA Gooch	c Kennedy b Simmons	20
BEA Edmeades	not out	5
RNS Hobbs	not out	0
DL Acfield	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-71, 3-82, 4-126, 5-157, 6-189, 7-190

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	8	1	39	1	-	-	48.00	4.88
Lee	7	0	56	1	-	-	42.00	8.00
Ratcliffe	8	1	25	1	-	-	48.00	3.12
Wood	8	0	19	0	-	-	-	2.38
Simmons	5	0	30	2	-	-	15.00	6.00
Hughes	4	1	21	1	-	-	24.00	5.25

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Lancashire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
B Wood	c McEwan b Turner	50
*D Lloyd	c and b Pont	101
FC Hayes	not out	20
CH Lloyd	not out	5
+FM Engineer	did not bat
RM Ratcliffe	did not bat
A Kennedy	did not bat
DP Hughes	did not bat
J Simmons	did not bat
P Lever	did not bat
PG Lee	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 17 lb, 1 nb)	19
Total	(2 wickets, 38.5 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-169, 2-183

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	8	1	21	0	-	-	-	2.62
Edmeades	8	0	22	0	-	-	-	2.75
Acfield	8	0	34	0	-	-	-	4.25
Turner	7	0	45	1	-	-	42.00	6.43
Pont	5.5	0	36	1	-	-	35.00	6.17
Hobbs	2	0	18	0	-	-	-	9.00

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Notes
--> KWR Fletcher passed 3000 runs in List A matches when he reached 8
--> DP Hughes reached 100 wickets in List A matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex innings

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