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f30141 cc14684	Essex v Middlesex
	County Championship 1974
Venue	Valentine's Park, Ilford on 15th, 17th, 18th June 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Middlesex 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	A Jepson, WE Phillipson
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 67/1 (Barlow 26, Brearley 24)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 114/4 (McEwan 54, Turner 28)

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	b Jones	7
BR Hardie	not out	128
*KWR Fletcher	c Emburey b Selvey	15
KS McEwan	st Murray b Jones	23
GA Gooch	lbw b Jones	41
KD Boyce	lbw b Selvey	39
S Turner	b Selvey	61
RE East	c Brearley b Jones	11
+N Smith	c Murray b Jones	1
RNS Hobbs	not out	2
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 12 lb, 7 nb)	31
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	359
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-40, 3-82, 4-153, 5-206, 6-308, 7-353, 8-356

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Selvey	25	7	70	3	-	-
Jones	20	4	78	5	-	-
Gomes	14	2	46	0	-	-
Titmus	28	8	89	0	-	-
Emburey	13	1	45	0	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	c and b Boyce	5
GD Barlow	c Smith b Edmeades	53
*JM Brearley	c Hardie b East	79
CT Radley	c Turner b Lever	85
HA Gomes	c McEwan b East	13
NG Featherstone	not out	6
+JT Murray	not out	12
FJ Titmus	did not bat
MWW Selvey	did not bat
JE Emburey	did not bat
KV Jones	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb, 9 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	271
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-114, 3-196, 4-227, 5-256

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	6	2	11	1	-	-
Lever	23	5	54	1	-	-
Turner	21	7	47	0	-	-
Hobbs	18	6	39	0	-	-
East	15	3	62	2	-	-
Edmeades	17	4	40	1	-	-

Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Emburey b Selvey	12
BR Hardie	c Murray b Jones	0
KS McEwan	not out	119
*KWR Fletcher	c Murray b Jones	13
GA Gooch	run out	3
S Turner	c sub b Titmus	57
RE East	not out	12
KD Boyce	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	8
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 68 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-15, 3-52, 4-62, 5-185

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Selvey	28	5	74	1	-	-
Jones	19	2	45	2	-	-
Gomes	6	0	38	0	-	-
Titmus	7	2	30	1	-	-
Emburey	8	1	29	0	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GD Barlow	lbw b Hobbs	55
NG Featherstone	b Edmeades	36
*JM Brearley	c Fletcher b Hobbs	78
CT Radley	b Hobbs	20
HA Gomes	lbw b Hobbs	15
+JT Murray	b Hobbs	9
FJ Titmus	not out	24
MWW Selvey	c Fletcher b East	3
JE Emburey	not out	4
MJ Smith	did not bat
KV Jones	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 nb)	3
Total	(7 wickets, 96 overs)	247
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-112, 3-146, 4-192, 5-214, 6-231, 7-243

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	21	3	61	0	-	-
Turner	4	1	6	0	-	-
Hobbs	34	11	73	5	-	-
East	27	8	77	1	-	-
Edmeades	10	3	27	1	-	-

Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> BR Hardie (1) passed his previous highest score of 80 in County Championship matches
--> BR Hardie (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> BR Hardie (1) passed his previous highest score of 80 in First-Class matches
--> BR Hardie (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> KD Boyce (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 39
--> S Turner (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> GD Barlow (1) passed his previous highest score of 46 in First-Class matches
--> GD Barlow (1) passed his previous highest score of 46 in County Championship matches
--> KS McEwan (2) passed his previous highest score of 40 in County Championship matches
--> KS McEwan (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> KS McEwan (2) passed his previous highest score of 90 in First-Class matches
--> KS McEwan (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> KS McEwan (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 58
--> GD Barlow (2) passed his previous highest score of 53 in First-Class matches
--> GD Barlow (2) passed his previous highest score of 53 in County Championship matches