f27329 cc13566	Essex v Derbyshire
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester on 6th, 7th, 8th July 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3); Derbyshire 6 (Batting 5, Bowling 1)
Umpires	J Arnold, JG Langridge
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 280/8 (Hobbs 4*, East 3*)
Close of play day 2	Derbyshire (1) 227/3 (DHK Smith 91*, E Smith 1*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Bear	lbw b Jackson	2
B Ward	lbw b Morgan	51
*+B Taylor	c Morgan b Jackson	0
KWR Fletcher	c Page b Eyre	82
BL Irvine	c Harvey b Eyre	86
KD Boyce	c Taylor b Eyre	15
GJ Nolan	lbw b E Smith	3
S Turner	c and b Buxton	17
RNS Hobbs	not out	4
RE East	not out	3
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(9 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 126 overs)	280
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-10, 3-108, 4-188, 5-210, 6-230, 7-257, 8-272

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jackson	21	3	68	2	-	-
Rhodes	19	5	38	0	-	-
E Smith	29	14	43	1	-	-
Eyre	21	3	60	3	-	-
Buxton	12	5	17	1	-	-
Morgan	24	13	37	1	-	-

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Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DHK Smith	run out	99
PJK Gibbs	st Taylor b Hobbs	90
MH Page	st Taylor b Hobbs	22
TJP Eyre	c Bear b Hobbs	15
E Smith	st Taylor b Hobbs	18
IR Buxton	run out	16
*DC Morgan	not out	37
JF Harvey	b Boyce	10
+RW Taylor	b Lever	15
HJ Rhodes	c Boyce b Lever	1
AB Jackson	lbw b Turner	0
Extras	(4 b, 12 lb, 8 nb)	24
Total	(all out, 108 overs)	347
Fall of wickets:
1-143, 2-201, 3-225, 4-249, 5-268, 6-272, 7-293, 8-336, 9-340, 10-347 (108 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	26	4	85	1	-	-
Lever	13	2	52	2	-	-
Hobbs	39	8	98	4	-	-
East	22	3	65	0	-	-
Turner	8	2	23	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Bear	c Gibbs b E Smith	34
B Ward	c Page b Rhodes	2
*+B Taylor	c Rhodes b E Smith	2
KWR Fletcher	c Rhodes b Jackson	20
BL Irvine	lbw b E Smith	64
KD Boyce	lbw b Rhodes	5
GJ Nolan	c Taylor b Jackson	11
S Turner	c Page b Jackson	4
RNS Hobbs	c Eyre b Morgan	8
RE East	not out	1
JK Lever	not out	0
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(9 wickets, 55 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-37, 3-38, 4-67, 5-89, 6-117, 7-125, 8-151, 9-155

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jackson	13	5	45	3	-	-
Rhodes	12	5	20	2	-	-
E Smith	23	8	72	3	-	-
Morgan	7	3	14	1	-	-

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Notes
--> GJ Nolan made his debut in first-class matches
--> GJ Nolan made his debut in County Championship matches
--> TJP Eyre reached 250 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> AB Jackson reached 400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> KD Boyce reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Derbyshire first innings

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