f30247 cc14769	Northamptonshire v Essex
	County Championship 1974
Venue	Wellingborough School Ground, Wellingborough on 10th, 12th, 13th August 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 2 (Batting 2); Essex 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	C Cook, H Yarnold
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 43/0 (Virgin 14*, Tait 28*; 19.4 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 49/2 (McEwan 7*, East 17*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	b Turner	16
A Tait	c Cooke b East	64
G Cook	c Smith b Turner	1
P Willey	b Acfield	42
*PJ Watts	c Cooke b East	10
W Larkins	c Hardie b Acfield	4
+G Sharp	not out	17
A Hodgson	c Boyce b East	4
BS Bedi	not out	18
RMH Cottam	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 6 lb, 9 nb)	25
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 93.2 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-56, 3-134, 4-147, 5-157, 6-157, 7-164

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	6	1	23	0	-	-
Lever	8	1	15	0	-	-
Acfield	36	15	51	2	-	-
Turner	19.2	6	32	2	-	-
East	24	5	55	3	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	b Hodgson	5
BR Hardie	c Virgin b Bedi	19
KS McEwan	not out	7
RE East	not out	17
RMO Cooke	did not bat
KD Boyce	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
*RNS Hobbs	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(2 wickets, 29 overs)	49
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-31

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	11	6	16	0	-	-
Hodgson	8	4	11	1	-	-
Bedi	10	3	21	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> RE East reached 450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings

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