f24740 cc12311	Essex v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1963
Venue	Gidea Park Sports Ground, Romford on 25th, 27th, 28th May 1963 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by an innings and 13 runs
Points	Essex 10; Northamptonshire 0
Umpires	R Aspinall, AED Smith
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 88/3 (Bear 33*, Bailey 21*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 31/1 (Norman 14*, Milburn 14*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	lbw b Laker	30
BL Reynolds	c and b Laker	32
C Milburn	b Preston	5
A Lightfoot	c Preston b Laker	6
RM Prideaux	c Smith b Laker	16
D Ramsamooj	lbw b Bailey	14
PD Watts	lbw b Laker	9
ME Scott	b Phelan	5
*+KV Andrew	c Preston b Laker	5
MK Kettle	not out	7
MR Dilley	c Preston b Phelan	0
Extras	(2 b, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 72 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-60, 3-72, 4-75, 5-102, 6-104, 7-114, 8-124, 9-125, 10-132 (72 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	11	4	16	0	-	-
Bailey	12	2	19	1	-	-
Laker	32	17	49	6	-	-
Phelan	11	3	33	2	-	-
Preston	6	2	12	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c Milburn b Scott	14
MJ Bear	c Andrew b Kettle	84
GJ Smith	lbw b Scott	4
BR Knight	b Scott	10
*TE Bailey	lbw b Lightfoot	96
KWR Fletcher	c Andrew b Lightfoot	94
+B Taylor	not out	12
BEA Edmeades	did not bat
PJ Phelan	did not bat
JC Laker	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb, 3 nb)	12
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 150.2 overs)	326
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-34, 3-46, 4-181, 5-281, 6-326 (150.2 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dilley	27	6	60	0	-	-
Kettle	25	4	72	1	-	-
Scott	50	28	44	3	-	-
Watts	30	6	77	0	-	-
Lightfoot	18.2	3	61	2	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	c Preston b Bailey	16
BL Reynolds	c Taylor b Bailey	3
C Milburn	lbw b Knight	14
A Lightfoot	c Taylor b Laker	34
RM Prideaux	c Smith b Phelan	39
D Ramsamooj	c Bear b Laker	16
PD Watts	c Preston b Laker	30
ME Scott	c Barker b Laker	12
*+KV Andrew	c Barker b Phelan	2
MK Kettle	c and b Phelan	3
MR Dilley	not out	6
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 88.2 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-33, 3-33, 4-101, 5-126, 6-126, 7-168, 8-169, 9-174, 10-181 (88.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	15	4	41	1	-	-
Bailey	16	5	41	2	-	-
Laker	36	16	57	4	-	-
Phelan	21.2	8	36	3	-	-

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Notes
--> MJ Bear (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> TE Bailey (1) passed 24000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> KWR Fletcher (1) passed his previous highest score of 37 in County Championship matches
--> KWR Fletcher (1) passed his previous highest score of 38 in First-Class matches
--> B Taylor (1) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 3
--> RM Prideaux (2) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 3

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