f27414 cc13641	Essex v Lancashire
	County Championship 1968
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 14th, 15th, 16th August 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 3 (Bowling 3); Lancashire 5 (Bowling 5)
Umpires	OW Herman, JG Langridge
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 98/5 (Bond 8, Engineer 11)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 64/8 (Taylor 15, Hobbs 11)

Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Lloyd	c Taylor b East	11
B Wood	c Taylor b Boyce	19
H Pilling	c Hobbs b East	25
D Bailey	c Turner b East	18
G Atkinson	b Turner	1
*JD Bond	not out	54
+FM Engineer	c Irvine b Turner	16
DP Hughes	lbw b East	6
K Shuttleworth	c East b Hobbs	1
K Higgs	c Taylor b Turner	5
JS Savage	not out	1
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 11 nb)	21
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 103 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-44, 3-64, 4-73, 5-79, 6-118, 7-123, 8-136, 9-161

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	22	8	34	1	-	-
Jorden	16	3	49	0	-	-
East	26	13	28	4	-	-
Hobbs	12	6	7	1	-	-
Turner	21	11	26	3	-	-
Edmeades	6	2	13	0	-	-

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	lbw b Shuttleworth	6
BEA Edmeades	hit wkt b Shuttleworth	13
G Barker	c Lloyd b Shuttleworth	3
MJ Bear	b Higgs	4
BL Irvine	c Lloyd b Shuttleworth	0
KD Boyce	c Engineer b Shuttleworth	1
*+B Taylor	c Wood b Shuttleworth	17
S Turner	b Shuttleworth	3
AM Jorden	lbw b Higgs	2
RNS Hobbs	b Higgs	22
RE East	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 29.1 overs)	77
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-21, 3-24, 4-30, 5-32, 6-36, 7-43, 8-46, 9-77, 10-77 (29.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shuttleworth	15	2	41	7	-	-
Higgs	14.1	4	30	3	-	-

Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Lloyd	not out	55
B Wood	not out	30
H Pilling	did not bat
D Bailey	did not bat
G Atkinson	did not bat
*JD Bond	did not bat
+FM Engineer	did not bat
DP Hughes	did not bat
K Shuttleworth	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
JS Savage	did not bat
Extras	(4 nb)	4
Total	(no wicket, declared, 34 overs)	89

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	6	1	14	0	-	-
Jorden	3	0	7	0	-	-
East	12	4	30	0	-	-
Turner	10	2	25	0	-	-
Edmeades	3	0	9	0	-	-

Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	not out	7
BEA Edmeades	not out	5
G Barker	did not bat
MJ Bear	did not bat
BL Irvine	did not bat
KD Boyce	did not bat
*+B Taylor	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
AM Jorden	did not bat
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 5 overs)	12

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shuttleworth	3	1	5	0	-	-
Higgs	2	0	7	0	-	-

Notes
--> MJ Bear made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> MJ Bear made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> H Pilling (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 2
--> S Turner achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Lancashire first innings (previous best was 3-39)
--> S Turner achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Lancashire first innings (previous best was 3-39)
--> K Shuttleworth achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 5-36)
--> K Shuttleworth reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 6th wicket in the Essex first innings
--> K Shuttleworth achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 5-36)