Format: CricInfo Version 2

John Player's League, 1976
Essex v Northamptonshire
County Ground, Chelmsford
23 May 1976 (40-overs match)

Result: Northamptonshire won by 9 runs

Toss: Essex
Umpires: BJ Meyer and DO Oslear

Northamptonshire innings
G Cook                c Turner           b Gooch               44
P Willey              run out                                  15
*Mushtaq Mohammad                    c & b Boyce                2
RG Williams                              b East                 8
W Larkins                                b Gooch                2
DS Steele             c East             b Gooch               13
+G Sharp                                 b Turner              29
Sarfraz Nawaz         c East             b Lever                1
A Hodgson             c Fosh             b Turner               7
RMH Cottam            not out                                  10
JCJ Dye                                  b Turner              12
Extras                (b 4, lb 7, nb 5)                        16
Total                 (all out, 40 overs)                     159

FoW: 1-23, 2-37, 3-57, 4-60, 5-92,
     6-104, 7-110, 8-126, 9-143, 10-159.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Boyce                        8      0     20      1
Lever                        8      1     29      1
East                         8      1     18      1
Gooch                        8      1     22      3
Turner                       8      1     54      3

Essex innings
KD Boyce              lbw                b Dye                  1
BR Hardie                                b Sarfraz Nawaz        7
KS McEwan                            c & b Cottam              42
*KWR Fletcher         c Cook             b Hodgson             55
GA Gooch                                 b Willey               9
S Turner              run out                                   4
KR Pont                                  b Hodgson              4
MK Fosh               c Mushtaq Mohammad b Hodgson             11
+N Smith              run out                                   8
RE East                                  b Sarfraz Nawaz        0
JK Lever              not out                                   0
Extras                (b 1, lb 6, w 1, nb 1)                    9
Total                 (all out, 39.2 overs)                   150

FoW: 1-4, 2-18, 3-64, 4-87, 5-103,
     6-112, 7-112, 8-133, 9-146, 10-150.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Sarfraz Nawaz                8      0     31      2
Dye                          8      1     26      1
Cottam                       8      0     33      1
Willey                       8      0     24      1
Hodgson                      7.2    0     27      3

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