f26804 cc13315	Essex v Middlesex
	County Championship 1967
Venue	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester on 24th, 25th, 26th June 1967 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 2; Middlesex 6
Umpires	OW Herman, CG Pepper
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 204/4 (Russell 109*, Smith 12*)
Close of play day 2	No play

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Russell	c Fletcher b East	125
MJ Harris	b Edmeades	1
PH Parfitt	c Taylor b Edmeades	9
CT Radley	c Taylor b Boyce	13
*FJ Titmus	st Taylor b East	52
MJ Smith	not out	43
RW Hooker	c Bailey b East	8
DJ Ling	c Wright b Presland	6
AH Latchman	did not bat
+MOC Sturt	did not bat
RS Herman	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 4 nb)	12
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 103.5 overs)	269
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-18, 3-57, 4-173, 5-229, 6-251, 7-269 (103.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	16	5	31	1	-	-
Edmeades	21	4	57	2	-	-
Bailey	21	3	44	0	-	-
Presland	21.5	5	56	1	-	-
East	24	4	69	3	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Bear	c Smith b Hooker	28
GR Cass	c Sturt b Herman	0
BEA Edmeades	b Titmus	5
KWR Fletcher	c sub b Titmus	62
G Barker	c and b Titmus	0
TE Bailey	not out	11
JV Wright	c Russell b Herman	0
*+B Taylor	c Ling b Titmus	8
KD Boyce	c Sturt b Herman	4
ER Presland	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 2 nb)	10
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 50.5 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-26, 3-70, 4-83, 5-109, 6-109, 7-120, 8-128 (50.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Herman	21.5	8	63	3	-	-
Hooker	7	2	10	1	-	-
Titmus	22	7	45	4	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Russell	b Boyce	2
MJ Harris	c Taylor b Boyce	5
PH Parfitt	b Boyce	7
CT Radley	not out	8
*FJ Titmus	did not bat
MJ Smith	did not bat
RW Hooker	did not bat
DJ Ling	did not bat
AH Latchman	did not bat
+MOC Sturt	did not bat
RS Herman	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 nb, 2 w)	7
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 11 overs)	29
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-14, 3-29 (11 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	6	1	14	3	-	-
Edmeades	5	0	8	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*+B Taylor	b Herman	4
GR Cass	not out	25
BEA Edmeades	not out	4
MJ Bear	did not bat
KWR Fletcher	did not bat
G Barker	did not bat
TE Bailey	did not bat
JV Wright	did not bat
KD Boyce	did not bat
ER Presland	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 9 overs)	33
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Taylor)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Herman	5	1	18	1	-	-
Ling	4	1	15	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JV Wright made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> WE Russell (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 110
--> FJ Titmus reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> RS Herman reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings

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