a2459	Lancashire v Essex
	Gillette Cup 1979 (1st Round)
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 27th June 1979 (60-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 70 runs
Umpires	WE Phillipson, CT Spencer
Player of the Match	J Simmons

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Lancashire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
B Wood	retired hurt	12
D Lloyd	c Fletcher b Pont	36
*FC Hayes	c Hardie b Pont	23
CH Lloyd	run out	76
J Abrahams	c and b East	3
BW Reidy	b Turner	8
J Simmons	not out	54
DP Hughes	not out	17
+J Lyon	did not bat
W Hogg	did not bat
PG Lee	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 12 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 60 overs)	247
Fall of wickets:
1-73, 2-82, 3-89, 4-120, 5-209

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	12	1	51	0	-	-	-	4.25
Phillip	12	1	70	0	-	-	-	5.83
Turner	12	0	44	1	-	-	72.00	3.67
Pont	12	3	25	2	-	-	36.00	2.08
East	12	1	39	1	-	-	72.00	3.25

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
MH Denness	st Lyon b Hughes	27
GA Gooch	c and b Hughes	33
KS McEwan	c and b Simmons	12
*KWR Fletcher	run out	31
BR Hardie	b Hughes	2
RE East	b D Lloyd	1
KR Pont	lbw b Hogg	27
N Phillip	b Lee	4
S Turner	b Lee	18
+N Smith	b Hogg	6
JK Lever	not out	2
Extras	(2 b, 9 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 53.4 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-71, 3-73, 4-80, 5-87, 6-132, 7-143, 8-150, 9-173, 10-177 (53.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Hogg	10	2	40	2	-	-	30.00	4.00
Lee	7.4	0	33	2	-	-	23.00	4.30
Hughes	12	3	22	3	-	-	24.00	1.83
Simmons	12	3	27	1	-	-	72.00	2.25
D Lloyd	12	1	41	1	-	-	72.00	3.42

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Notes
--> DP Hughes passed 2000 runs in List A matches when he reached 13
--> B Wood retired hurt in the Lancashire innings having scored 12 (team had lost 0 wickets)

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