f28805 cc14217	Worcestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1971
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 17th, 19th, 20th July 1971 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Worcestershire 10 (Batting 6, Bowling 4); Essex 8 (Batting 6, Bowling 2)
Umpires	JF Crapp, A Jepson
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 47/1 (Francis 32*, Saville 4*; 13 overs)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 74/1 (Turner 29*, Ormrod 35*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGA Headley	c Francis b East	78
GM Turner	c Ward b Hobbs	101
PJ Stimpson	c Hobbs b East	19
BL D'Oliveira	c Taylor b Boyce	97
JA Ormrod	b Hobbs	0
TJ Yardley	c Fletcher b Lever	31
DNF Slade	not out	11
+HG Wilcock	lbw b Boyce	12
*N Gifford	not out	5
VA Holder	did not bat
RGM Carter	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 3 nb)	10
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 99 overs)	364
Fall of wickets:
1-162, 2-204, 3-204, 4-204, 5-325, 6-334, 7-357

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	12	1	59	2	-	-
Lever	14	1	59	1	-	-
Turner	12	4	23	0	-	-
East	35	8	105	2	-	-
Hobbs	26	1	108	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	b Holder	7
BC Francis	c Wilcock b Carter	115
GJ Saville	c Wilcock b Carter	65
KWR Fletcher	b Gifford	1
*+B Taylor	b Holder	12
B Ward	b Carter	6
KD Boyce	lbw b Carter	32
S Turner	c Gifford b Carter	4
RNS Hobbs	c Holder b Gifford	36
RE East	b Carter	5
JK Lever	not out	19
Extras	(2 b, 12 lb, 5 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 90.2 overs)	321
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-174, 3-177, 4-204, 5-216, 6-227, 7-254, 8-266, 9-293, 10-321 (90.2 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	28	8	88	2	-	-
Carter	29	2	110	6	-	-
D'Oliveira	8	3	23	0	-	-
Gifford	17.2	3	45	2	-	-
Slade	8	1	36	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	c Saville b East	37
PJ Stimpson	c Taylor b Boyce	6
JA Ormrod	c Saville b East	70
RGA Headley	c and b Turner	1
BL D'Oliveira	c Taylor b East	30
TJ Yardley	not out	44
+HG Wilcock	c Turner b Lever	11
*N Gifford	c Taylor b East	0
DNF Slade	did not bat
VA Holder	did not bat
RGM Carter	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 68 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-96, 3-97, 4-145, 5-195, 6-210, 7-214 (68 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	16	2	60	1	-	-
Lever	15	4	38	1	-	-
Turner	15	2	48	1	-	-
East	14	2	32	4	-	-
Hobbs	5	0	19	0	-	-
Edmeades	3	2	2	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Turner b D'Oliveira	23
BC Francis	c D'Oliveira b Holder	26
GJ Saville	c sub b Gifford	41
KWR Fletcher	c Headley b Gifford	44
*+B Taylor	b D'Oliveira	13
KD Boyce	c Carter b D'Oliveira	12
B Ward	not out	2
S Turner	c Turner b D'Oliveira	12
RNS Hobbs	not out	0
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(7 wickets, 64 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-56, 3-120, 4-144, 5-162, 6-166, 7-182

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	8	2	24	1	-	-
Carter	5	0	15	0	-	-
D'Oliveira	23	6	77	4	-	-
Gifford	27	10	57	2	-	-
Ormrod	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> BC Francis (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 13
--> VA Holder reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> VA Holder reached 300 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> N Gifford reached 1000 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings

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