f35204 cc16481	Worcestershire v Essex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1984
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 30th, 31st May, 1st June 1984 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Worcestershire 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3); Essex 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	PJ Eele, DGL Evans
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 6/0 (Newport 6*, Weston 0*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 55/2 (Gooch 20*, McEwan 7*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	c Humphries b Pridgeon	7
C Gladwin	b Ellcock	7
*KWR Fletcher	c Humphries b Ellcock	1
KS McEwan	lbw b Ellcock	0
BR Hardie	b Ellcock	46
PJ Prichard	c D'Oliveira b Patel	86
N Phillip	b Inchmore	10
S Turner	run out	21
+DE East	c McEvoy b Patel	63
JK Lever	run out	4
DL Acfield	not out	0
Extras	(7 b, 10 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	21
Total	(all out, 112.2 overs)	266
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-14, 3-15, 4-22, 5-89, 6-120, 7-167, 8-208, 9-254, 10-266 (112.2 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pridgeon	29	14	33	1	-	-
Ellcock	25	6	62	4	-	-
Inchmore	21	4	65	1	-	-
Patel	23.2	6	40	2	-	-
Newport	14	4	45	0	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJ Newport	c East b Lever	6
MJ Weston	c McEwan b Phillip	24
MSA McEvoy	c McEwan b Acfield	34
*PA Neale	c and b Acfield	41
DN Patel	c Turner b Acfield	21
DB D'Oliveira	c Phillip b Acfield	0
DA Banks	lbw b Turner	1
+DJ Humphries	c McEwan b Turner	0
JD Inchmore	lbw b Acfield	11
RM Ellcock	not out	45
AP Pridgeon	c Fletcher b Acfield	28
Extras	(5 lb, 6 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 88 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-47, 3-115, 4-137, 5-137, 6-138, 7-138, 8-149, 9-151, 10-222 (88 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	23	6	78	1	-	-
Phillip	14	4	47	1	-	-
Turner	21	13	21	2	-	-
Gooch	4	1	7	0	-	-
Acfield	26	9	58	6	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	not out	20
C Gladwin	c Pridgeon b Ellcock	15
+DE East	lbw b Inchmore	9
KS McEwan	not out	7
*KWR Fletcher	did not bat
BR Hardie	did not bat
PJ Prichard	did not bat
N Phillip	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 3 nb)	4
Total	(2 wickets, 18 overs)	55
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-40

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pridgeon	9	2	12	0	-	-
Ellcock	4	0	21	1	-	-
Inchmore	5	0	18	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> Essex score at 100 overs in the first innings was 219-8
--> PJ Prichard made his debut in County Championship matches
--> PJ Prichard made his debut in first-class matches
--> RM Ellcock (1) passed his previous highest score of 36 in County Championship matches
--> RM Ellcock (1) passed his previous highest score of 36 in first-class matches
--> RM Ellcock reached 50 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex first innings

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