f29750 cc14588	Essex v Lancashire
	County Championship 1973
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 8th, 9th, 10th August 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 4 wickets
Points	Essex 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3); Lancashire 17 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	DGL Evans, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 15/0 (Wood 0*, Lloyd 13*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 53/0 (Francis 33*, Hardie 18*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Francis	c Engineer b Lever	2
BR Hardie	c Lloyd b Lee	21
RMO Cooke	c Kennedy b Lever	0
KR Pont	lbw b Sullivan	2
S Turner	c Lloyd b Sullivan	6
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Lee	110
RE East	c Engineer b Sullivan	1
+N Smith	c Lloyd b Wood	17
*RNS Hobbs	c Engineer b Lee	0
DL Acfield	c Engineer b Lee	26
JK Lever	not out	8
Extras	(9 b, 2 lb, 6 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 95.3 overs)	210
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-19, 3-31, 4-31, 5-42, 6-48, 7-99, 8-100, 9-195, 10-210 (95.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	24	5	63	2	-	-
Lee	28.3	4	67	4	-	-
Sullivan	22	11	26	3	-	-
Wood	5	3	4	1	-	-
Simmons	11	4	17	0	-	-
Hughes	5	1	16	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	lbw b Hobbs	58
*D Lloyd	b Edmeades	55
H Pilling	b Hobbs	27
KL Snellgrove	c Francis b Hobbs	15
+FM Engineer	b Hobbs	1
J Sullivan	run out	4
A Kennedy	c Turner b Acfield	31
DP Hughes	lbw b Hobbs	6
J Simmons	b Turner	15
P Lever	b Turner	2
PG Lee	not out	5
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 9 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 98.3 overs)	232
Fall of wickets:
1-76, 2-150, 3-151, 4-157, 5-162, 6-182, 7-197, 8-211, 9-217, 10-232 (98.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	21	7	50	0	-	-
Turner	15.3	3	41	2	-	-
Edmeades	4	0	17	1	-	-
Hobbs	31	12	75	5	-	-
Acfield	14	7	12	1	-	-
East	13	2	24	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Francis	c Engineer b Lever	45
BR Hardie	c and b Lloyd	80
RMO Cooke	run out	26
KR Pont	c Lever b Lloyd	21
BEA Edmeades	c Kennedy b Hughes	38
S Turner	b Hughes	11
RE East	c and b Hughes	12
+N Smith	not out	4
*RNS Hobbs	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb)	8
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 86.3 overs)	245
Fall of wickets:
1-72, 2-131, 3-179, 4-190, 5-210, 6-234, 7-245 (86.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	10	3	29	1	-	-
Lee	12	4	30	0	-	-
Sullivan	3	2	4	0	-	-
Simmons	8	2	22	0	-	-
Hughes	31.3	7	82	3	-	-
Lloyd	22	4	70	2	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	b Lever	62
*D Lloyd	c Smith b Turner	31
H Pilling	c Turner b Lever	0
KL Snellgrove	c Cooke b Turner	1
+FM Engineer	b Lever	56
J Sullivan	c Hobbs b Lever	30
A Kennedy	not out	27
DP Hughes	not out	4
J Simmons	did not bat
P Lever	did not bat
PG Lee	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 4 nb)	13
Total	(6 wickets, 47.3 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-98, 2-98, 3-99, 4-101, 5-180, 6-193

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	20.3	3	71	4	-	-
Turner	15	1	72	2	-	-
Hobbs	4	0	33	0	-	-
Acfield	5	0	24	0	-	-
East	3	0	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JK Lever (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> D Lloyd (1) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 46
--> A Kennedy (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in First-Class matches
--> BR Hardie (2) passed his previous highest score of 34 in County Championship matches
--> BR Hardie (2) passed his previous highest score of 49 in First-Class matches
--> P Lever reached 600 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> RNS Hobbs reached 600 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Lancashire first innings

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