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Nottinghamshire v Essex
Britannic Assurance County Championship 1997
VenueTown Ground, Worksop on 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd August 1997 (4-day match)
Balls per over6
TossEssex won the toss and decided to bat
ResultMatch drawn
PointsNottinghamshire 9 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Essex 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 1)
UmpiresDJ Constant, JW Holder
Close of play day 1Essex (1) 319/4 (Grayson 35*, DR Law 13*)
Close of play day 2Essex (1) 440/7 (Napier 35*, Cowan 6*)
Close of play day 3Essex (2) 10/1 (Prichard 6*, Ilott 1*)
Essex first inningsRunsBallsMins4s6s
*PJ Prichardc Noon b Oram461311467- 
DDJ Robinsonc Astle b Evans40951317- 
TP Hodgsonlbw b Astle441001228- 
SG Lawc Noon b Afzaal115131181182 
AP Graysonc Metcalfe b Evans441271347- 
DR Lawc Oram b Tolley591401689- 
+RJ Rollinsc Johnson b Tolley1943663- 
GR Napiernot out35446361 
AP Cowannot out614221- 
MC Ilottdid not bat      
PM Suchdid not bat      
Extras(14 b, 8 lb, 6 nb, 4 w)32
Total(7 wickets, declared, 137 overs)440
Fall of wickets:
1-94 (Robinson), 2-101 (Prichard), 3-194 (Hodgson), 4-288 (Law), 5-329 (Grayson), 6-380 (Rollins), 7-421 (Law)
Nottinghamshire bowlingOversMdnsRunsWktsWidesNo-Balls
Oram22   8711--
Evans23   8482--
Tolley30   71022--
Bowen26   6840--
Astle15   4291--
Afzaal17   4641--
Dowman4   0200--
Nottinghamshire first inningsRunsBallsMins4s6s
MP Dowmanlbw b Napier27991104- 
RT Robinsonnot out14330734519- 
NJ Astlec DR Law b Cowan100157169161 
*P Johnsonc Grayson b Such41406461 
AA Metcalfedid not bat      
U Afzaaldid not bat      
CM Tolleydid not bat      
+WM Noondid not bat      
KP Evansdid not bat      
MN Bowendid not bat      
AR Oramdid not bat      
Extras(4 b, 12 lb, 10 nb, 14 w)40
Total(3 wickets, declared, 99.3 overs)351
Fall of wickets:
1-61 (Dowman), 2-254 (Astle), 3-351 (Johnson, 99.3 ov)
Essex bowlingOversMdnsRunsWktsWidesNo-Balls
Ilott16   6490--
Cowan13   3591--
Such26.34781--
SG Law10   3280--
Grayson24   5710--
Napier8   3401--
DR Law2   0100--
Essex second inningsRunsBallsMins4s6s
*PJ Prichardc Metcalfe b Astle461031099- 
DDJ Robinsonc Johnson b Oram01113-- 
MC Ilottc Oram b Afzaal3383836- 
TP Hodgsonc Oram b Tolley2180664- 
DR Lawc Evans b Afzaal064-- 
+RJ Rollinsc and b Tolley4211710452 
AP Cowanb Afzaal15614511 
GR Napiernot out417211- 
SG Lawnot out4812-- 
AP Graysondid not bat      
PM Suchdid not bat      
Extras(4 b, 8 lb, 6 w)18
Total(7 wickets, declared, 81 overs)183
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Robinson), 2-79 (Ilott), 3-89 (Prichard), 4-90 (Law), 5-120 (Hodgson), 6-171 (Cowan), 7-173 (Rollins)
Nottinghamshire bowlingOversMdnsRunsWktsWidesNo-Balls
Bowen11   4230--
Oram4   321--
Johnson13   5320--
Afzaal30   10833--
Astle7   3101--
Tolley16   5212--
Notes
--> Essex score at 120 overs in the first innings was 373-5
--> GR Napier made his debut in County Championship matches
--> PJ Prichard (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 8
--> TP Hodgson (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in First-Class matches
--> TP Hodgson (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in County Championship matches
--> SG Law (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 4
--> SG Law (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 4
--> DR Law (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 32
--> NJ Astle (1) equalled his previous highest score of 100 in County Championship matches
--> NJ Astle (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4