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Format: CricInfo Version 2 
Schweppes County Championship, 1977Essex v Lancashire
 Valentine's Park, Ilford
 28,30,31 May 1977 (3-day match)
 
Result: Match drawnPoints: Essex 5, Lancashire 5
 
Toss:Umpires: WL Budd and WE Phillipson
 
Close of Play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Essex 1st innings
BR Hardie             c Lyon             b Lee                  0
MH Denness            lbw                b Wood                61
KS McEwan             st Lyon            b Wood                25
*KWR Fletcher         c Lyon             b Lee                 47
GA Gooch              lbw                b Lee                 13
S Turner              c sub              b Simmons             29
KD Boyce              c Pilling          b Lee                  6
RE East               not out                                  50
+N Smith              c Wood             b Simmons              0
JK Lever              not out                                   8
Extras                (b 5, lb 2, w 3, nb 9)                   19
Total                 (8 wickets, 100 overs)                  258
DNB: DL Acfield.
FoW: 1-2, 2-71, 3-109, 4-152, 5-161, 6-167, 7-215, 8-230.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Croft                       28      7     82      0
Lee                         27      6     63      4
Arrowsmith                  13      5     25      0
Wood                        14      6     21      2
Simmons                     18      2     48      2
Lancashire 1st innings
B Wood                retired hurt                             28
A Kennedy                            c & b Turner              22
*D Lloyd                                 b Acfield             14
H Pilling                                b Acfield             65
FC Hayes              c Smith            b Lever               35
J Abrahams            not out                                  38
J Simmons                                b Acfield              2
+J Lyon               c East             b Acfield             16
Extras                (b 8, lb 3, nb 5)                        16
Total                 (6 wickets, 100 overs)                  236
DNB: R Arrowsmith, CEH Croft, PG Lee.
FoW: 1-67, 2-67, 3-145, 4-198, 5-200, 6-236.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lever                       17      3     47      1
Boyce                        3      1      8      0
Acfield                     38     10     85      4
East                        23      6     43      0
Turner                      19      6     37      1
Essex 2nd innings
BR Hardie             lbw                b Lee                 76
MH Denness                           c & b Simmons             73
KS McEwan                                b Simmons              5
*KWR Fletcher         c Abrahams         b Simmons             35
GA Gooch                                 b Lee                 10
S Turner              c Lee              b Simmons              8
KD Boyce                                 b Arrowsmith           5
RE East               not out                                   1
+N Smith              st Lyon            b Simmons              1
Extras                (b 2, lb 10, nb 9)                       21
Total                 (8 wickets declared, 84 overs)          235
DNB: JK Lever, DL Acfield.
FoW: 1-160, 2-170, 3-172, 4-210, 5-226, 6-233, 7-233, 8-235.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Croft                       21      7     46      0
Lee                         28      5     80      2
Arrowsmith                  12      5     23      1
Simmons                     23      5     65      5
Lancashire 2nd innings (target: 258 runs)
B Wood                                   b Acfield             33
A Kennedy                                b East                29
*D Lloyd              not out                                  69
H Pilling             c Denness          b Acfield              3
FC Hayes                                 b Acfield             41
J Abrahams            c Fletcher         b Acfield              8
J Simmons             st Smith           b East                 6
+J Lyon               not out                                   8
Extras                (b 4, lb 14, nb 5)                       23
Total                 (6 wickets, 72 overs)                   220
DNB: R Arrowsmith, CEH Croft, PG Lee.
FoW: 1-56, 2-70, 3-76, 4-84, 5-167, 6-180.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lever                        5      1     16      0
Boyce                        6      1     29      0
Acfield                     28     10     71      4
East                        30      7     64      2
Turner                       2      1      8      0
Fletcher                     1      0      9      0
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