Format: CricInfo Version 2

John Player's League, 1974
Essex v Northamptonshire
Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea
14 July 1974 (40-overs match)

Result: Northamptonshire won by 6 runs

Toss: Essex
Umpires: WL Budd and GH Pope

Northamptonshire innings
RT Virgin                                b Acfield             23
A Tait                run out                                   7
P Willey                                 b Pont                81
G Cook                c Cooke            b Pont                11
*PJ Watts             c McEwan           b Turner               0
DS Steele             c Hardie           b Boyce               17
C Milburn             c Hobbs            b Boyce               12
+G Sharp              c Cooke            b Boyce                1
A Hodgson             not out                                  11
RMH Cottam            not out                                   1
Extras                (lb 15, w 5, nb 2)                       22
Total                 (8 wickets, 40 overs)                   186

DNB: JCJ Dye.

FoW: 1-17, 2-73, 3-114, 4-116, 5-144, 6-164, 7-173, 8-173.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Boyce                        8      2     25      3
Lever                        8      0     23      0
Turner                       8      1     39      1
Acfield                      8      2     30      1
Edmeades                     1      0     12      0
Pont                         7      0     35      2

Essex innings
S Turner              c Steele           b Cottam               4
BR Hardie             lbw                b Dye                  2
+KS McEwan                               b Cottam               1
RMO Cooke                                b Cottam              83
KD Boyce              c Sharp            b Hodgson             20
GA Gooch                                 b Hodgson              1
BEA Edmeades          lbw                b Dye                 19
KR Pont               c Virgin           b Watts               25
*RNS Hobbs            not out                                  12
DL Acfield                               b Cottam               3
JK Lever              not out                                   2
Extras                (b 1, lb 7)                               8
Total                 (9 wickets, 40 overs)                   180

FoW: 1-4, 2-6, 3-9, 4-40, 5-42, 6-100, 7-153, 8-168, 9-178.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Cottam                       8      2     21      4
Dye                          8      1     31      2
Hodgson                      8      1     32      2
Watts                        8      0     35      1
Steele                       3      0     16      0
Milburn                      5      0     37      0

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