f29616 cc14490	Middlesex v Essex
	County Championship 1973
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 23rd, 24th, 25th May 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 7 wickets (single innings match)
Points	Middlesex 0; Essex 10
Umpires	HD Bird, DJ Constant
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (1) 82/1 (Smith 39*, Latchman 0*)

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Middlesex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
T Selwood	c Cooke b Edmeades	38
MJ Smith	c Pont b Hobbs	116
AH Latchman	c Fletcher b Hobbs	1
CT Radley	not out	70
+JT Murray	not out	1
NG Featherstone	did not bat
HA Gomes	did not bat
KV Jones	did not bat
*FJ Titmus	did not bat
MWW Selvey	did not bat
DA Marriott	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 8 nb)	18
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 86 overs)	244
Fall of wickets:
1-81, 2-83, 3-231

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	15	0	44	0	-	-
Lever	16	3	49	0	-	-
Turner	19	5	47	0	-	-
East	16	6	32	0	-	-
Edmeades	4	0	9	1	-	-
Hobbs	16	4	45	2	-	-

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	st Murray b Marriott	81
BC Francis	c Selvey b Jones	0
KWR Fletcher	b Selvey	113
KD Boyce	not out	34
S Turner	not out	6
RMO Cooke	did not bat
*+B Taylor	did not bat
KR Pont	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 4 nb)	13
Total	(3 wickets, 63 overs)	247
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-193, 3-226

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Selvey	21	2	76	1	-	-
Jones	12	3	36	1	-	-
Marriott	13	0	59	1	-	-
Titmus	11	1	36	0	-	-
Latchman	6	0	27	0	-	-

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Notes
--> MJ Smith (1) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 37
--> KWR Fletcher (1) passed 13000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 26
--> KWR Fletcher (1) passed 19000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 98
--> BEA Edmeades reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex innings

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