f33642 cc15961	Essex v Lancashire
	Schweppes County Championship 1981
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*)

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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	-	-

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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	-	-

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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	-	-

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Notes
--> C Gladwin made his debut in County Championship matches
--> C Gladwin made his debut in First-Class 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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