f35232 cc16506	Essex v Northamptonshire
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1984
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 16th, 18th, 19th June 1984 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Northamptonshire 4 (Batting 2, Bowling 2)
Umpires	DO Oslear, AGT Whitehead
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 141/2 (DE East 10*, Fletcher 24*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 90/1 (Cook 28*, Mallender 0*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Cook	c DE East b Lever	28
W Larkins	lbw b Phillip	24
DJ Wild	c DE East b Gooch	24
RG Williams	b Foster	8
RJ Bailey	c Fletcher b Lever	75
DJ Capel	lbw b Gooch	12
DS Steele	c Fletcher b Gooch	0	1		-	-
+G Sharp	lbw b Lever	21
NA Mallender	c Gladwin b Lever	6
A Walker	c DE East b Lever	0
BJ Griffiths	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 65.2 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-71, 3-86, 4-86, 5-124, 6-124, 7-177, 8-183, 9-203, 10-204 (65.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	23.2	5	72	5	-	-
Foster	14	2	42	1	-	-
Phillip	5	0	38	1	-	-
Gooch	16	6	35	3	-	-
RE East	7	2	11	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	c Cook b Walker	22
C Gladwin	c Bailey b Williams	72
*KWR Fletcher	c Williams b Steele	131
+DE East	b Griffiths	10
KS McEwan	c Capel b Steele	51
BR Hardie	c Larkins b Steele	17
N Phillip	b Mallender	29
PJ Prichard	lbw b Walker	14
NA Foster	c Sharp b Walker	7
RE East	b Walker	22
JK Lever	not out	16
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 19 nb, 3 w)	26
Total	(all out, 127.2 overs)	417
Fall of wickets:
1-69, 2-123, 3-147, 4-228, 5-285, 6-336, 7-367, 8-371, 9-379, 10-417 (127.2 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Griffiths	32	14	70	1	-	-
Mallender	21	6	67	1	-	-
Williams	16	3	52	1	-	-
Walker	23.2	6	85	4	-	-
Capel	5	1	13	0	-	-
Steele	26	7	81	3	-	-
Wild	4	0	23	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Cook	c DE East b Phillip	84		281
W Larkins	lbw b Gooch	55
NA Mallender	c Gooch b Foster	9
DJ Wild	c DE East b Gooch	23
RG Williams	lbw b Gooch	65
RJ Bailey	lbw b Lever	17
DJ Capel	not out	25
DS Steele	not out	15
+G Sharp	did not bat
A Walker	did not bat
BJ Griffiths	did not bat
Extras	(12 lb, 5 nb, 5 w)	22
Total	(6 wickets, 126 overs)	315
Fall of wickets:
1-88, 2-111, 3-179, 4-197, 5-249, 6-278

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	31	5	92	1	-	-
Foster	20	5	73	1	-	-
Phillip	10	1	22	1	-	-
Gooch	30	8	50	3	-	-
RE East	35	14	56	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Essex score at 100 overs in the first innings was 300-5
--> RJ Bailey (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> KWR Fletcher (1) passed 24000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 67
--> NA Mallender reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> JK Lever reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings
--> N Phillip reached 650 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings

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