f30161 cc14699	Lancashire v Essex
	County Championship 1974
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 22nd, 24th, 25th June 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Lancashire 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Essex 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3)
Umpires	CS Elliott, H Horton
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 22/0 (9 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 53/2 (McEwan 31*, East 7*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	c Lyon b Wood	34
GJ Saville	b Lever	1
KS McEwan	c Lyon b Lever	0
RMO Cooke	c and b Wood	40
GA Gooch	c Shuttleworth b Lever	94
KR Pont	c Hayes b Lee	35
S Turner	lbw b Lever	20
RE East	not out	50
+N Smith	c and b Shuttleworth	33
*RNS Hobbs	lbw b Lee	2
JK Lever	not out	1
Extras	(14 lb, 6 nb, 2 w)	22
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	332
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-4, 3-74, 4-101, 5-181, 6-230, 7-253, 8-301, 9-318

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	15	2	40	4	-	-
Shuttleworth	28	7	73	1	-	-
Lee	23	1	84	2	-	-
Wood	19	6	58	2	-	-
Simmons	10	4	38	0	-	-
Hughes	5	2	17	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	c and b Lever	68
KL Snellgrove	c East b Pont	42
H Pilling	lbw b Pont	0
FC Hayes	st Smith b East	92
A Kennedy	c Saville b Hobbs	11
DP Hughes	c Hobbs b Pont	62
J Simmons	c East b Lever	10
+J Lyon	run out	0
*P Lever	not out	9
K Shuttleworth	not out	3
PG Lee	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 98 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-82, 2-82, 3-146, 4-172, 5-246, 6-282, 7-284, 8-296

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	23	1	72	2	-	-
Turner	19	2	56	0	-	-
Hobbs	17	5	51	1	-	-
Pont	20	4	50	3	-	-
East	19	2	68	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	lbw b Shuttleworth	3
KS McEwan	b Simmons	74
RMO Cooke	c Hughes b Lever	10
KR Pont	c and b Hughes	24
RE East	c Lyon b Lee	32
GA Gooch	c and b Hughes	9
S Turner	c Lyon b Hughes	13
GJ Saville	not out	41
+N Smith	not out	18
*RNS Hobbs	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 3 nb)	10
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 84 overs)	234
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-35, 3-115, 4-139, 5-158, 6-159, 7-192

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	13	3	35	1	-	-
Shuttleworth	11	0	27	1	-	-
Lee	12	1	34	1	-	-
Simmons	28	5	78	1	-	-
Hughes	20	7	50	3	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	b Hobbs	16
KL Snellgrove	c Saville b Hobbs	29
H Pilling	c Lever b East	19
FC Hayes	b East	86
A Kennedy	c and b East	24
DP Hughes	c Gooch b Hobbs	26
J Simmons	run out	28
+J Lyon	lbw b Hobbs	0
*P Lever	not out	15
K Shuttleworth	did not bat
PG Lee	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb)	11
Total	(8 wickets, 58.3 overs)	254
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-51, 3-123, 4-179, 5-202, 6-220, 7-220, 8-254 (58.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	6	1	21	0	-	-
Turner	5	0	12	0	-	-
Hobbs	23.3	3	101	4	-	-
Pont	1	0	5	0	-	-
East	16	2	65	3	-	-
Cooke	7	0	39	0	-	-

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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
--> GA Gooch (1) passed his previous highest score of 44 in first-class matches
--> GA Gooch (1) passed his previous highest score of 44 in County Championship matches
--> RE East (1) passed 3000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 15
--> FC Hayes (1) passed 4000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 41
--> KR Pont achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Lancashire first innings (previous best was 2-28)
--> KR Pont achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Lancashire first innings (previous best was 2-28)
--> KR Pont retired hurt in the Essex second innings having scored 0 (team had lost 2 wickets) and later returned

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