f29165 cc14331	Nottinghamshire v Essex
	County Championship 1972
Venue	Elm Avenue, Newark-on-Trent on 31st May, 1st, 2nd June 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Nottinghamshire 7 (Batting 2, Bowling 5); Essex 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	HD Bird, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Nottinghamshire (1) 1/1 (White 0*, Pullan 1*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 4/0 (Edmeades 0*, East 4*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Stead	13
GJ Saville	b Sobers	2
KWR Fletcher	c Smedley b MNS Taylor	42
B Ward	lbw b Sobers	1
KD Boyce	lbw b W Taylor	25
*+B Taylor	b MNS Taylor	6
S Turner	c Harris b MNS Taylor	0
RNS Hobbs	c Smedley b W Taylor	1
RE East	c MNS Taylor b W Taylor	18
JK Lever	c Pullan b W Taylor	0
DL Acfield	not out	5
Extras	(3 lb, 3 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 46.1 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-21, 3-36, 4-88, 5-88, 6-94, 7-96, 8-96, 9-106, 10-119 (46.1 ov)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sobers	15	4	39	2	-	-
Stead	9	5	20	1	-	-
MNS Taylor	14	4	35	3	-	-
W Taylor	8.1	2	19	4	-	-

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Nottinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Harris	lbw b Boyce	0
RA White	lbw b Boyce	24
+DA Pullan	c Taylor b Lever	3
MJ Smedley	lbw b Boyce	0
*JB Bolus	c Turner b East	78
GS Sobers	lbw b Turner	32
SB Hassan	lbw b Lever	17
DW Randall	c Ward b Boyce	78
MNS Taylor	not out	17
B Stead	c Hobbs b Boyce	2
W Taylor	c Turner b Lever	6
Extras	(7 b, 9 lb, 4 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 102 overs)	277
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-3, 3-8, 4-42, 5-92, 6-126, 7-206, 8-258, 9-266, 10-277 (102 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	25	5	65	5	-	-
Lever	23	7	57	3	-	-
Turner	18	2	43	1	-	-
Edmeades	10	2	23	0	-	-
East	12	4	33	1	-	-
Hobbs	14	3	36	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Harris b Stead	89
RE East	b Sobers	10
GJ Saville	c Smedley b Stead	28
KWR Fletcher	c Smedley b W Taylor	68
B Ward	c Pullan b Stead	1
KD Boyce	lbw b Stead	14
*+B Taylor	c Hassan b Stead	2
RNS Hobbs	not out	2
S Turner	not out	4
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb, 5 nb, 2 w)	18
Total	(7 wickets, 102 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-78, 3-205, 4-205, 5-220, 6-226, 7-229

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sobers	9	2	24	1	-	-
Stead	25	8	43	5	-	-
MNS Taylor	16	3	38	0	-	-
W Taylor	19	5	49	1	-	-
White	20	6	29	0	-	-
Harris	13	3	35	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DW Randall made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DW Randall made his debut in County Championship matches
--> RA White (1) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> JB Bolus (1) passed 17000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 20
--> B Stead reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings

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