f29296 cc14439	Essex v Yorkshire
	County Championship 1972
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 19th, 21st, 22nd August 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 6 wickets
Points	Essex 17 (Batting 5, Bowling 2); Yorkshire 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3)
Umpires	F Jakeman, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 9/0 (Edmeades 2*, Saville 3*)
Close of play day 2	Yorkshire (2) 63/0 (Boycott 33*, Lumb 26*)

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Boycott	b Turner	121
RG Lumb	c Taylor b Turner	34
B Leadbeater	st Taylor b Hobbs	35
JH Hampshire	c Taylor b Turner	22
PJ Squires	c Fletcher b Turner	2
RA Hutton	not out	28
CM Old	run out	22
+DL Bairstow	not out	0
AG Nicholson	did not bat
MK Bore	did not bat
CC Clifford	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 16 nb, 1 w)	21
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 94 overs)	285
Fall of wickets:
1-84, 2-176, 3-224, 4-227, 5-235, 6-272

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	17	3	60	0	-	-
Lever	15	1	33	0	-	-
Turner	21	4	49	4	-	-
East	28	3	76	0	-	-
Hobbs	13	1	46	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Bore	37
GJ Saville	c Old b Nicholson	7
KWR Fletcher	c Bairstow b Old	35
B Ward	c Bairstow b Old	1
KD Boyce	c Hutton b Nicholson	86
KR Pont	c Hutton b Nicholson	52
*+B Taylor	not out	22
S Turner	c Boycott b Clifford	29
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	13
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 84.4 overs)	282
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-83, 3-92, 4-101, 5-222, 6-231, 7-282 (84.4 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Old	20	3	50	2	-	-
Nicholson	26	7	96	3	-	-
Bore	26	15	52	1	-	-
Clifford	7.4	1	34	1	-	-
Hutton	5	0	37	0	-	-

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Yorkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Boycott	c Taylor b Lever	86
RG Lumb	b Hobbs	28
B Leadbeater	c Saville b Turner	6
JH Hampshire	c Pont b East	43
PJ Squires	c East b Hobbs	17
RA Hutton	not out	14
CM Old	not out	35
+DL Bairstow	did not bat
AG Nicholson	did not bat
MK Bore	did not bat
CC Clifford	did not bat
Extras	(8 nb, 2 w)	10
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 78 overs)	239
Fall of wickets:
1-68, 2-92, 3-151, 4-186, 5-193

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	3	0	14	0	-	-
Lever	13	0	38	1	-	-
Turner	17	7	27	1	-	-
East	19	4	71	1	-	-
Hobbs	26	7	79	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	b Old	5
GJ Saville	lbw b Nicholson	10
KWR Fletcher	not out	139
B Ward	c Boycott b Bore	2
KD Boyce	c sub b Nicholson	46
KR Pont	not out	38
*+B Taylor	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(4 wickets, 50 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-22, 3-37, 4-151

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Old	10	2	50	1	-	-
Nicholson	12	2	59	2	-	-
Bore	16	4	59	1	-	-
Clifford	2	0	17	0	-	-
Hutton	10	1	55	0	-	-

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Notes
--> G Boycott (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 82
--> JH Hampshire (1) passed 10000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 9
--> G Boycott (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 35
--> CM Old (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30

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