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f32544 cc15521	Middlesex v Essex
	Schweppes County Championship 1979
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 9th, 10th, 11th May 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Middlesex 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Essex 4 (Batting 2, Bowling 2)
Umpires	CT Spencer, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 45/2 (McEwan 11, East 5; 14 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 224/7 (Hardie 40, Smith 0; 79 overs)

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	st Smith b East	33
*JM Brearley	c Gooch b Lever	73
CT Radley	lbw b East	5
GD Barlow	lbw b Lever	45
MW Gatting	c Hardie b Phillip	17
+IJ Gould	run out	0
PH Edmonds	not out	40
JE Emburey	not out	33
MWW Selvey	did not bat
WW Daniel	did not bat
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 8 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	19
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 99.1 overs)	265
Fall of wickets:
1-76, 2-84, 3-141, 4-176, 5-176, 6-220

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	22	4	51	2	-	-
Phillip	17	5	42	1	-	-
Turner	17	6	25	0	-	-
East	29	7	99	2	-	-
Acfield	14.1	4	29	0	-	-

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	lbw b Selvey	19
GA Gooch	lbw b Daniel	8
KS McEwan	b Selvey	66
RE East	c Edmonds b Jones	30
*KWR Fletcher	c Brearley b Emburey	32
BR Hardie	not out	40
S Turner	c Gatting b Daniel	2
N Phillip	b Emburey	13
+N Smith	not out	0
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(7 wickets, 80 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-38, 3-88, 4-159, 5-186, 6-195, 7-212

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Selvey	23	8	61	2	-	-
Daniel	18	0	61	2	-	-
Emburey	18	4	32	2	-	-
Jones	14	1	37	1	-	-
Edmonds	7	0	19	0	-	-

Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> KS McEwan (1) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> WW Daniel reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings