f28832 cc14241	Middlesex v Essex
	County Championship 1971
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 4th, 5th, 6th August 1971 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Middlesex 3 (Bowling 3); Essex 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	JG Langridge, AGT Whitehead
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 18/1 (Russell 10*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (1) 91/5 (Radley 16*, Black 0*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	run out	11
BC Francis	lbw b Black	8
GJ Saville	c Parfitt b Edmonds	17
S Turner	c Russell b Titmus	8
B Ward	c Murray b Jones	57
KD Boyce	b Titmus	3
*+B Taylor	b Edmonds	7
RNS Hobbs	c Radley b Jones	44
RE East	c Murray b Black	1
JK Lever	not out	5
DL Acfield	c Parfitt b Titmus	4
Extras	(7 b, 6 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 105.1 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-30, 3-44, 4-52, 5-58, 6-75, 7-163, 8-170, 9-170, 10-182 (105.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	18	8	25	2	-	-
Black	17	5	35	2	-	-
Titmus	32.1	16	26	3	-	-
Edmonds	24	7	51	2	-	-
Latchman	9	3	17	0	-	-
Parfitt	3	0	7	0	-	-
Featherstone	2	0	4	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Russell	c Taylor b East	25
MJ Smith	c Taylor b Boyce	7
PH Parfitt	c Ward b Acfield	21
NG Featherstone	c Edmeades b Acfield	2
CT Radley	not out	26
+JT Murray	b Acfield	16
CJR Black	c Edmeades b Boyce	25
KV Jones	did not bat
AH Latchman	did not bat
*FJ Titmus	did not bat
PH Edmonds	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 5 nb)	6
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 43 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-57, 3-57, 4-60, 5-91, 6-128 (43 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	10	0	48	2	-	-
Lever	9	3	26	0	-	-
Acfield	12	4	30	3	-	-
East	12	7	18	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Parfitt b Edmonds	16
BC Francis	c Radley b Titmus	8
GJ Saville	b Titmus	1
S Turner	b Titmus	6
B Ward	b Titmus	24
KD Boyce	c Black b Edmonds	3
*+B Taylor	b Titmus	0
RNS Hobbs	b Edmonds	5
RE East	not out	43
JK Lever	not out	4
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 65 overs)	118
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-26, 3-27, 4-40, 5-43, 6-44, 7-57, 8-81

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	3	1	8	0	-	-
Black	2	0	3	0	-	-
Titmus	29	8	53	5	-	-
Edmonds	27	10	42	3	-	-
Latchman	4	0	4	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Russell	b Turner	17
MJ Smith	c Acfield b Lever	12
PH Parfitt	c East b Acfield	49
NG Featherstone	b Turner	15
CT Radley	b Lever	37
+JT Murray	b Turner	0
CJR Black	c Hobbs b Lever	2
KV Jones	c Hobbs b Lever	2
AH Latchman	not out	8
*FJ Titmus	b East	7
PH Edmonds	not out	1
Extras	(3 b, 10 lb, 3 nb)	16
Total	(9 wickets, 42 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-52, 3-96, 4-131, 5-141, 6-148, 7-148, 8-151, 9-157

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	7	0	34	0	-	-
Lever	10	0	38	4	-	-
Acfield	7	2	25	1	-	-
East	2	0	10	1	-	-
Turner	16	3	43	3	-	-

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Notes
--> PH Edmonds made his debut in County Championship matches
--> WE Russell (2) passed 20000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 8
--> PH Edmonds made his debut for Middlesex in First-Class matches
--> KV Jones reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings

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