sec1452	Essex Second XI v Middlesex Second XI
	Second Eleven Championship 1972
Venue	Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea on 3rd, 4th July 1972 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex Second XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	TJ Justice, AGT Whitehead
Close of play day 1	Middlesex Second XI (1) 231/2

Essex Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Stone	b Gomes	6
J Pym	not out	2
*KW Wallace	c Barlow b Emburey	24
VCG Brooks	c Blades b Black	49
BR Hardie	st Hopkins b Gomes	64
AC Stephenson	b Black	8
NRA Hilliard	c Benning b Pack	10
C McHale	not out	1
+RK Baker	did not bat
BR Lock	did not bat
AE Dines	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 5 lb, 7 nb)	15
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 79 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-22 (Stone), 2-42 (Wallace), 3-105 (Brooks), 4-143 (Stephenson), 5-172 (Hardie), 6-172 (Hilliard)

Middlesex Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
T Selwood	st Baker b Hilliard	183
GD Barlow	b Hilliard	105
+JD Hopkins	c McHale b Wallace	10
HA Gomes	run out	55
UA Blades	not out	10
DHE Benning	did not bat
CJR Black	did not bat
*D Bennett	did not bat
AE Holley	did not bat
JE Emburey	did not bat
DJ Pack	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb)	11
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 70 overs)	374
Fall of wickets:
1-159 (Barlow), 2-221 (Hopkins), 3-349 (Selwood), 4-374 (Gomes)

Essex Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Pym	b Benning	46
*KW Wallace	lbw b Black	17
C Stone	c Holley b Pack	16
BR Hardie	b Pack	24
VCG Brooks	c Benning b Holley	53
AC Stephenson	c Blades b Black	14
NRA Hilliard	c Hopkins b Black	12
C McHale	not out	1
+RK Baker	not out	13
BR Lock	did not bat
AE Dines	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 9 lb, 5 nb)	16
Total	(7 wickets, 103 overs)	212
Fall of wickets:
1-35 (Wallace), 2-69 (Stone), 3-100 (Hardie), 4-135 (Pym), 5-179 (Stephenson), 6-185 (Brooks), 7-195 (Hilliard)

Notes
--> J Pym retired hurt in the Essex Second XI first innings (team had lost 1 wickets) - he returned when the score was 172/6