f27362 cc13595	Essex v Hampshire
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea on 20th, 21st, 22nd July 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Hampshire won by an innings and 14 runs
Points	Essex 2 (Bowling 2); Hampshire 21 (Batting 6, Bowling 5)
Umpires	AE Fagg, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Hampshire (1) 95/2 (Richards 59*, Marshall 27*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 33/1 (Bear 19*, Lever 0*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	b White	30
MJ Bear	c Lewis b Shackleton	3
B Ward	c Timms b Shackleton	0
KWR Fletcher	c Timms b Cottam	20
BL Irvine	c Turner b Cottam	9
KD Boyce	c Timms b Cottam	0
BEA Edmeades	c Jesty b Shackleton	15
*+B Taylor	c Richards b Shackleton	5
RNS Hobbs	b White	10
RE East	lbw b Shackleton	0
JK Lever	not out	0
Extras	(2 nb, 1 w)	3
Total	(all out, 45.2 overs)	95
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-10, 3-35, 4-55, 5-55, 6-79, 7-83, 8-89, 9-95, 10-95 (45.2 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shackleton	20	13	17	5	-	-
White	13.2	1	35	2	-	-
Cottam	7	1	34	3	-	-
Jesty	5	1	6	0	-	-

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Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BA Richards	b East	176
BL Reed	lbw b Boyce	0
RV Lewis	c Irvine b Lever	7
*RE Marshall	c Hobbs b Edmeades	60
PJ Sainsbury	not out	46
DR Turner	not out	6
TE Jesty	did not bat
+BSV Timms	did not bat
D Shackleton	did not bat
DW White	did not bat
RMH Cottam	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 84 overs)	301
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-21, 3-144, 4-288

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	21	1	100	1	-	-
Lever	26	2	77	1	-	-
Edmeades	11	3	19	1	-	-
East	19	4	51	1	-	-
Hobbs	7	0	48	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	run out	11
MJ Bear	c Lewis b Shackleton	19
JK Lever	lbw b White	0
B Ward	b White	19
KWR Fletcher	c Timms b Shackleton	51
BL Irvine	c Richards b White	53
KD Boyce	b White	10
BEA Edmeades	c Timms b Cottam	3
RNS Hobbs	hit wkt b Cottam	6
*+B Taylor	c Turner b Cottam	4
RE East	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 8 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 91.4 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-33, 3-33, 4-106, 5-110, 6-155, 7-162, 8-174, 9-192, 10-192 (91.4 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shackleton	22	13	44	2	-	-
White	27.4	10	61	4	-	-
Cottam	18	8	29	3	-	-
Jesty	5	1	16	0	-	-
Sainsbury	13	8	17	0	-	-
Richards	6	4	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> BA Richards (1) passed his previous highest score of 133 in County Championship matches
--> BA Richards (1) passed his previous highest score of 146 in First-Class matches
--> BA Richards (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 13
--> BA Richards (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 13
--> BA Richards (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> MJ Bear (2) passed 12500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> B Ward (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 19
--> D Shackleton reached 2500 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex first innings

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