f33229 cc15863	Essex v Northamptonshire
	Schweppes County Championship 1980
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 3rd, 4th, 5th September 1980 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Northamptonshire 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	C Cook, KE Palmer
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 139/5 (Hardie 63*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 73/1 (Cook 35*, Williams 7*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Cook	c Smith b Turner	30
W Larkins	c Gooch b Turner	7
RG Williams	c Smith b Gooch	19
AJ Lamb	lbw b Phillip	18
P Willey	c East b Gooch	3
TJ Yardley	lbw b Phillip	11
RM Tindall	c Smith b Phillip	7
+G Sharp	not out	19
TM Lamb	b Phillip	2
NA Mallender	b Phillip	0
BJ Griffiths	lbw b Phillip	0
Extras	(4 lb, 6 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 51 overs)	126
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-58, 3-67, 4-81, 5-81, 6-93, 7-104, 8-116, 9-124, 10-126 (51 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillip	19	7	47	6	-	-
Turner	18	4	40	2	-	-
Gooch	14	4	29	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	b Griffiths	1
MSA McEvoy	lbw b Griffiths	2
KS McEwan	b TM Lamb	6
*KWR Fletcher	lbw b Griffiths	45
BR Hardie	c Sharp b TM Lamb	95
KR Pont	lbw b Mallender	13
S Turner	c Sharp b TM Lamb	60
N Phillip	lbw b Larkins	47
RE East	c Williams b Willey	43
+N Smith	not out	8
DL Acfield	c Yardley b Willey	1
Extras	(8 b, 12 lb, 11 nb, 3 w)	34
Total	(all out, 135.5 overs)	355
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-9, 3-9, 4-106, 5-139, 6-229, 7-248, 8-342, 9-348, 10-355 (135.5 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Griffiths	37	16	63	3	-	-
TM Lamb	40	10	90	3	-	-
Mallender	22	4	92	1	-	-
Willey	27.5	10	49	2	-	-
Larkins	9	2	27	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Cook	lbw b Gooch	70
W Larkins	lbw b Gooch	18
RG Williams	c Hardie b Turner	28
AJ Lamb	c Acfield b Turner	28
P Willey	b Gooch	3
TJ Yardley	c Pont b Turner	56
RM Tindall	c Smith b Phillip	1
+G Sharp	c Gooch b Turner	23
TM Lamb	lbw b Turner	5
NA Mallender	not out	2
BJ Griffiths	b Turner	4
Extras	(4 b, 16 lb, 13 nb)	33
Total	(all out, 84.3 overs)	271
Fall of wickets:
1-65, 2-117, 3-149, 4-168, 5-171, 6-172, 7-228, 8-262, 9-267, 10-271 (84.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillip	14	2	64	1	-	-
Turner	36.3	9	69	6	-	-
Gooch	18	2	57	3	-	-
East	5	1	14	0	-	-
Acfield	11	3	34	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	c Sharp b TM Lamb	11
KS McEwan	c Cook b Griffiths	1
S Turner	c Griffiths b TM Lamb	2
N Phillip	c Larkins b Griffiths	5
KR Pont	not out	1
+N Smith	not out	1
MSA McEvoy	did not bat
*KWR Fletcher	did not bat
BR Hardie	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(4 wickets, 4.5 overs)	25
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-16, 3-18, 4-23

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Griffiths	2.5	0	9	2	-	-
TM Lamb	2	0	12	2	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> Essex score at 100 overs in the first innings was 253-7
--> BR Hardie (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 11
--> BR Hardie (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 94
--> RE East (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 39
--> N Phillip achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 5-23)
--> TM Lamb reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> GA Gooch achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire second innings (previous best was 2-14)
--> BJ Griffiths reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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