f28740 cc14172	Lancashire v Essex
	County Championship 1971
Venue	Aigburth, Liverpool on 19th, 21st, 22nd June 1971 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Lancashire 6 (Batting 1, Bowling 5); Essex 5 (Bowling 5)
Umpires	R Aspinall, WE Phillipson
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 15/0 (D Lloyd 4*, Wood 9*; 9 overs)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (1) 92/4 (Wood 43*, Sullivan 1*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	c Snellgrove b Cumbes	6
BC Francis	c Simmons b Hughes	64
GJ Saville	c Cumbes b CH Lloyd	3
KWR Fletcher	c Sullivan b Hughes	12
*+B Taylor	c Engineer b Hughes	4
KD Boyce	c Engineer b Wood	0
S Turner	c Bond b Hughes	23
RNS Hobbs	c Snellgrove b Cumbes	16
RE East	c Bond b Hughes	0
JK Lever	lbw b Hughes	0
DL Acfield	not out	1
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 44.2 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-16, 3-70, 4-89, 5-89, 6-89, 7-119, 8-119, 9-119, 10-129 (44.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cumbes	14.2	3	66	2	-	-
CH Lloyd	7	3	11	1	-	-
Hughes	15	6	25	6	-	-
Wood	8	3	27	1	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Lloyd	c Fletcher b Boyce	15
B Wood	c East b Turner	71
H Pilling	b Turner	2
CH Lloyd	b Lever	14
KL Snellgrove	c Fletcher b Turner	4
J Sullivan	c Saville b Boyce	6
+FM Engineer	c Fletcher b Boyce	16
*JD Bond	c Fletcher b Boyce	9
J Simmons	b Lever	5
DP Hughes	not out	13
J Cumbes	c Hobbs b Turner	5
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 13 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 70.4 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-54, 3-77, 4-89, 5-89, 6-134, 7-148, 8-157, 9-161, 10-179 (70.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	30	7	76	4	-	-
Lever	18	5	39	2	-	-
East	5	3	5	0	-	-
Acfield	2	0	7	0	-	-
Turner	15.4	2	33	4	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	c Engineer b CH Lloyd	0
BC Francis	b Simmons	46
GJ Saville	c Wood b Hughes	18
KWR Fletcher	not out	12
*+B Taylor	not out	4
KD Boyce	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(3 wickets, 43 overs)	87
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-41, 3-87

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cumbes	5	2	13	0	-	-
CH Lloyd	7	4	9	1	-	-
Hughes	15	9	12	1	-	-
Simmons	12	5	36	1	-	-
D Lloyd	4	1	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DP Hughes achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 6-61)
--> S Turner reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> KD Boyce reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Lancashire first innings

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