Format: CricInfo Version 2

John Player's League, 1979
Northamptonshire v Essex
Wardown Park, Luton
15 July 1979 (40-overs match)

Result: Northamptonshire won by 5 wickets
Points: Northamptonshire 4, Essex 0

Toss: Essex
Umpires: C Cook and JG Langridge

Essex innings
MH Denness            lbw                b TM Lamb             44
AW Lilley             c Willey           b Griffiths           19
KS McEwan             c AJ Lamb          b TM Lamb             29
*KWR Fletcher         c Williams         b Willey               6
BR Hardie             c Sharp            b Willey              14
KR Pont               c AJ Lamb          b Willey              19
N Phillip             c Sharp            b TM Lamb              0
S Turner              lbw                b Sarfraz Nawaz       20
+N Smith              not out                                   3
RE East                                  b Sarfraz Nawaz        0
JK Lever                                 b Griffiths            0
Extras                (b 1, w 3, nb 6)                         10
Total                 (all out, 35.4 overs)                   164

FoW: 1-36, 2-95, 3-104, 4-113, 5-123,
     6-124, 7-158, 8-163, 9-163, 10-164.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Sarfraz Nawaz                6      0     20      2
Griffiths                    5.4    0     36      2
Hodgson                      8      0     43      0
Willey                       8      1     23      3
TM Lamb                      8      0     32      3

Northamptonshire innings
G Cook                c Turner           b Lever                6
P Willey              c Hardie           b East                12
AJ Lamb               not out                                  51
RG Williams           c McEwan           b East                16
TJ Yardley                           c & b Lever               42
*PJ Watts                                b Lever                2
+G Sharp              not out                                  15
Extras                (b 5, lb 10, w 3, nb 3)                  21
Total                 (5 wickets, 38.4 overs)                 165

DNB: Sarfraz Nawaz, A Hodgson, BJ Griffiths, TM Lamb.

FoW: 1-13, 2-28, 3-62, 4-141, 5-143.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lever                        7.4    0     31      3
Phillip                      7      0     22      0
Turner                       8      0     22      0
East                         8      1     26      2
Pont                         8      1     43      0

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