Format: CricInfo Version 2

John Player's League, 1978
Essex v Northamptonshire
Valentine's Park, Ilford
4 June 1978 (40-overs match)

Result: Essex won by 12 runs
Points: Essex 4, Northamptonshire 0

Toss: Essex
Umpires: DO Oslear and J van Geloven

Essex innings
MH Denness            c Carter           b Larkins             70
GA Gooch              c Williams         b Hodgson              6
KS McEwan             c Carter           b Hodgson             29
*KWR Fletcher         c Watts            b Larkins             27
KR Pont                                  b Larkins             24
BR Hardie             c Cook             b Watts                6
N Phillip             c Williams         b Larkins              3
S Turner              not out                                   8
RE East                                  b Larkins              5
+N Smith              not out                                   2
Extras                (b 1, lb 6, w 1)                          8
Total                 (8 wickets, 36 overs)                   188

DNB: JK Lever.

FoW: 1-12, 2-65, 3-135, 4-137, 5-168, 6-172, 7-174, 8-186.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Griffiths                    8      0     41      0
Hodgson                      8      0     30      2
Lamb                         8      0     41      0
Watts                        7      0     36      1
Larkins                      5      0     32      5

Northamptonshire innings
G Cook                c Phillip          b Turner              45
DS Steele             c Smith            b Turner              13
TJ Yardley            c East             b Turner              12
W Larkins             c Smith            b Pont                13
RG Williams           c Denness          b Pont                12
*PJ Watts                                b Phillip             21
+G Sharp              not out                                  33
RM Carter                                b Lever                0
TM Lamb               not out                                  13
Extras                (lb 9, w 3, nb 2)                        14
Total                 (7 wickets, 36 overs)                   176

DNB: A Hodgson, BJ Griffiths.

FoW: 1-41, 2-68, 3-81, 4-104, 5-112, 6-160, 7-161.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lever                        8      1     36      1
Phillip                      8      1     40      1
Turner                       8      2     16      3
East                         4      0     29      0
Pont                         8      1     41      2

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