f31222 cc15111	Nottinghamshire v Essex
	County Championship 1976
Venue	Trent Bridge, Nottingham on 14th, 16th, 17th August 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Nottinghamshire 5 (Batting 4, Bowling 1); Essex 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3)
Umpires	CG Pepper, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Nottinghamshire (1) 10/0 (Todd 5*, Nanan 5*; 4 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 77/1 (McEwan 39*, Fletcher 31*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KR Pont	c Harris b Hacker	12
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Rice	2
KS McEwan	c Smedley b Wilkinson	156
*KWR Fletcher	b Rice	111
GA Gooch	not out	77
S Turner	not out	6
KD Boyce	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 11 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(4 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	380
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-66, 3-230, 4-362

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	27	7	65	1	-	-
Rice	15	3	57	2	-	-
Cooper	17.5	2	70	0	-	-
Hacker	23	1	101	1	-	-
Hassan	0.1	0	4	0	-	-
White	17	2	67	0	-	-

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Nottinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA Todd	lbw b Lever	18
N Nanan	c McEwan b Boyce	5
DW Randall	c Pont b Boyce	64
CEB Rice	c Smith b Boyce	1
*MJ Smedley	c East b Turner	130
+MJ Harris	c Smith b Turner	27
RA White	c Pont b Lever	8
PA Wilkinson	not out	53
PJ Hacker	b Turner	0
KE Cooper	not out	1
SB Hassan	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 6 lb, 17 nb)	30
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	337
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-40, 3-41, 4-150, 5-204, 6-231, 7-320, 8-320

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	21	2	71	3	-	-
Lever	16	1	54	2	-	-
Turner	17	3	68	3	-	-
East	20	5	35	0	-	-
Acfield	26	4	79	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KR Pont	c Harris b Wilkinson	3
BEA Edmeades	retired hurt	2
KS McEwan	c Smedley b Hacker	76
*KWR Fletcher	not out	102
GA Gooch	c Smedley b Hacker	21
S Turner	c Todd b White	22
KD Boyce	lbw b Cooper	1
RE East	not out	23
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	17
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 72 overs)	267
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-147, 3-189, 4-239, 5-240

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	14	1	45	1	-	-
Rice	5	1	19	0	-	-
Cooper	16	4	37	1	-	-
Hacker	18	3	68	2	-	-
White	19	1	81	1	-	-

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Nottinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA Todd	c Smith b Lever	13
N Nanan	c East b Acfield	32
DW Randall	c Boyce b Fletcher	25
CEB Rice	c Gooch b Fletcher	68
*MJ Smedley	not out	72
+MJ Harris	not out	21
RA White	did not bat
PA Wilkinson	did not bat
PJ Hacker	did not bat
KE Cooper	did not bat
SB Hassan	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(4 wickets, 60 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-73, 3-73, 4-152

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	6	1	24	0	-	-
Lever	6	1	23	1	-	-
Turner	3	0	10	0	-	-
East	3	1	2	0	-	-
Acfield	10	1	35	1	-	-
Fletcher	12	4	64	2	-	-
McEwan	9	1	46	0	-	-
Pont	2	0	6	0	-	-
Gooch	9	3	21	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
--> Day 1 Lunch: Essex (1) ?/? (McEwan 104*, [unknown] ?*)
--> KS McEwan (1) passed his previous highest score of 145 in County Championship matches
--> KS McEwan (1) passed his previous highest score of 145 in First-Class matches
--> KWR Fletcher (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 27
--> GA Gooch (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 71
--> MJ Harris (1) passed 15500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> CEB Rice hit 4 consecutive sixes in the Nottinghamshire second innings (off KWR Fletcher)
--> JK Lever reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Nottinghamshire first innings

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