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| Venue | County Ground, Northampton on 18th, 20th, 21st August 1979 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Essex won by 7 wickets |
| Points | Northamptonshire 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Essex 17 (Batting 1, Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | KE Palmer, PB Wight |
| Close of play day 1 | Essex (1) 82/1 (Denness 22*, McEwan 43*; 33 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Northamptonshire (2) 174/8 (Watts 4*, TM Lamb 0*) |
| Northamptonshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Cook | lbw b Turner | 32 | |||||
| W Larkins | lbw b Lever | 0 | |||||
| RG Williams | b Phillip | 1 | |||||
| AJ Lamb | c Hardie b Phillip | 2 | |||||
| P Willey | lbw b Turner | 131 | |||||
| TJ Yardley | b Turner | 1 | |||||
| +G Sharp | lbw b Lever | 9 | |||||
| *PJ Watts | c Fletcher b Turner | 12 | |||||
| Sarfraz Nawaz | b Turner | 5 | |||||
| TM Lamb | not out | 3 | |||||
| BJ Griffiths | c Smith b Phillip | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 12 lb, 7 nb, 2 w) | 25 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 69.4 overs) | 224 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-7, 3-9, 4-71, 5-83, 6-149, 7-205, 8-212, 9-219, 10-224 (69.4 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lever | 22 | 4 | 77 | 2 | - | - | |
| Phillip | 17.4 | 6 | 35 | 3 | - | - | |
| Turner | 17 | 2 | 70 | 5 | - | - | |
| Acfield | 13 | 4 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BR Hardie | lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz | 11 | |||||
| MH Denness | c Yardley b Sarfraz Nawaz | 31 | |||||
| KS McEwan | lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz | 70 | |||||
| *KWR Fletcher | not out | 52 | |||||
| KR Pont | c Yardley b Griffiths | 6 | |||||
| S Turner | lbw b Griffiths | 6 | |||||
| N Phillip | b Sarfraz Nawaz | 2 | |||||
| +N Smith | b Sarfraz Nawaz | 0 | |||||
| RE East | c Yardley b Sarfraz Nawaz | 3 | |||||
| JK Lever | run out | 1 | |||||
| DL Acfield | c Sharp b Griffiths | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 6 lb, 8 nb, 2 w) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 79.4 overs) | 199 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22, 2-118, 3-121, 4-143, 5-157, 6-165, 7-169, 8-183, 9-187, 10-199 (79.4 ov) | |||||||
| Northamptonshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Sarfraz Nawaz | 27 | 7 | 60 | 6 | - | - | |
| Griffiths | 23.4 | 6 | 65 | 3 | - | - | |
| TM Lamb | 19 | 6 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Willey | 10 | 4 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Northamptonshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Cook | b Turner | 38 | |||||
| W Larkins | lbw b Lever | 17 | |||||
| RG Williams | lbw b Lever | 1 | |||||
| AJ Lamb | lbw b Phillip | 66 | |||||
| P Willey | lbw b Turner | 2 | |||||
| TJ Yardley | c Denness b Phillip | 24 | |||||
| +G Sharp | lbw b Turner | 2 | |||||
| *PJ Watts | not out | 25 | |||||
| Sarfraz Nawaz | lbw b Turner | 0 | |||||
| TM Lamb | b Turner | 2 | |||||
| BJ Griffiths | lbw b Lever | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 13 lb, 8 nb, 1 w) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 64.3 overs) | 203 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-35, 2-41, 3-104, 4-106, 5-161, 6-166, 7-174, 8-174, 9-195, 10-203 (64.3 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lever | 22.3 | 4 | 71 | 3 | - | - | |
| Phillip | 15 | 2 | 52 | 2 | - | - | |
| Turner | 25 | 2 | 56 | 5 | - | - | |
| East | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BR Hardie | not out | 103 | |||||
| MH Denness | b Williams | 51 | |||||
| KS McEwan | lbw b Willey | 11 | |||||
| *KWR Fletcher | c Yardley b Larkins | 39 | |||||
| KR Pont | not out | 8 | |||||
| S Turner | did not bat | ||||||
| N Phillip | did not bat | ||||||
| +N Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| RE East | did not bat | ||||||
| JK Lever | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Acfield | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 16 lb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 95.3 overs) | 229 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-113, 2-132, 3-210 | |||||||
| Northamptonshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Sarfraz Nawaz | 7 | 2 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Griffiths | 21 | 5 | 55 | 0 | - | - | |
| TM Lamb | 12 | 4 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Willey | 28 | 7 | 42 | 1 | - | - | |
| Williams | 15 | 5 | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| Larkins | 7 | 3 | 15 | 1 | - | - | |
| Watts | 5 | 1 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Yardley | 0.3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
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
--> KS McEwan (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 69
--> KS McEwan (1) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> TJ Yardley (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> N Phillip reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> Sarfraz Nawaz reached 800 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Essex first innings
--> Sarfraz Nawaz reached 400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
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