f31672 cc15258	Middlesex v Essex
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 23rd, 25th, 26th July 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 6 wickets
Points	Middlesex 19 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Essex 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3)
Umpires	WE Alley, D Sang Hue
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 68/0 (Smith 51*, Ross 13*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (1) 226/5 (Featherstone 26*, Edmonds 16*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Edmonds b Emburey	27
MK Fosh	b Edmonds	60
KS McEwan	st Gould b Edmonds	14
*KWR Fletcher	lbw b Emburey	36
GA Gooch	c Gould b Daniel	9
KR Pont	c Daniel b Emburey	2
S Turner	c Edmonds b Emburey	1
RE East	b Emburey	22
+N Smith	c Featherstone b Edmonds	11
JK Lever	b Emburey	2
DL Acfield	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 2 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 94.4 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-94, 2-94, 3-121, 4-146, 5-158, 6-160, 7-163, 8-194, 9-198, 10-198 (94.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	12	3	30	1	-	-
Gatting	9	2	25	0	-	-
Ross	7	1	13	0	-	-
Emburey	31.4	9	61	6	-	-
Edmonds	35	13	55	3	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MJ Smith	c Fletcher b Turner	55
NPD Ross	c Acfield b East	53
GD Barlow	run out	29
CT Radley	b Turner	14
MW Gatting	c Denness b East	14
NG Featherstone	b Turner	63
PH Edmonds	c Lever b Turner	21
+IJ Gould	c and b Lever	1
WN Slack	c Smith b Lever	14
JE Emburey	not out	0
WW Daniel	b Turner	0
Extras	(11 lb, 13 nb)	24
Total	(all out, 103 overs)	288
Fall of wickets:
1-75, 2-146, 3-154, 4-165, 5-200, 6-249, 7-250, 8-288, 9-288, 10-288 (103 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	24	4	72	2	-	-
Turner	36	11	94	5	-	-
East	33	10	74	2	-	-
Acfield	10	2	24	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Barlow b Emburey	24
MK Fosh	c Smith b Emburey	20
KS McEwan	c Edmonds b Emburey	2
*KWR Fletcher	b Edmonds	7
GA Gooch	c Edmonds b Emburey	36
KR Pont	b Emburey	7
S Turner	b Featherstone	27
RE East	c Featherstone b Emburey	26
+N Smith	c Featherstone b Edmonds	1
JK Lever	c Barlow b Edmonds	0
DL Acfield	not out	0
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 78.2 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-33, 3-47, 4-63, 5-88, 6-115, 7-141, 8-158, 9-158, 10-164 (78.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	8	1	16	0	-	-
Gatting	2	0	4	0	-	-
Emburey	29.2	5	53	6	-	-
Edmonds	32	13	57	3	-	-
Featherstone	7	2	20	1	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MJ Smith	c Turner b Lever	6
NPD Ross	run out	8
GD Barlow	not out	28
CT Radley	b Lever	13
MW Gatting	c Smith b Lever	15
NG Featherstone	not out	2
PH Edmonds	did not bat
+IJ Gould	did not bat
WN Slack	did not bat
JE Emburey	did not bat
WW Daniel	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb)	6
Total	(4 wickets, 14.3 overs)	78
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-16, 3-47, 4-68

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	7.3	0	37	3	-	-
Turner	7	0	35	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
--> KWR Fletcher (1) passed 26000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 20
--> NPD Ross (1) passed his previous highest score of 50 in County Championship matches
--> NPD Ross (1) passed his previous highest score of 50 in first-class matches
--> WN Slack made his debut in County Championship matches
--> JE Emburey reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex first innings
--> PH Edmonds reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex second innings

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