f28384 cc14078	Essex v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1970
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 26th, 27th, 28th August 1970 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 8 (Batting 5, Bowling 3); Worcestershire 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	JG Langridge, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 290 all out
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 26/0 (Headley 14*, Turner 6*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGA Headley	c Fletcher b Hobbs	84
GM Turner	b Boyce	9
JA Ormrod	run out	5
BL D'Oliveira	c Edmeades b Acfield	27
*TW Graveney	c Turner b East	40
TJ Yardley	c Saville b East	44
DNF Slade	b Acfield	12
+GR Cass	c and b Hobbs	16
N Gifford	c Ward b Hobbs	12
VA Holder	c Barker b Hobbs	10
BM Brain	not out	5
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb, 15 nb)	26
Total	(all out, 116 overs)	290
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-40, 3-81, 4-158, 5-198, 6-221, 7-252, 8-262, 9-281, 10-290 (116 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	17	3	57	1	-	-
Turner	12	7	11	0	-	-
Acfield	34	12	85	2	-	-
East	28	11	43	2	-	-
Hobbs	25	7	68	4	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Turner b Brain	10
B Ward	b Slade	50
GJ Saville	retired hurt	10
KWR Fletcher	b Slade	49
G Barker	b Gifford	20
KD Boyce	c Turner b Gifford	3
*+B Taylor	b Brain	86
S Turner	b Brain	20
RNS Hobbs	b Holder	44
RE East	b Holder	0
DL Acfield	not out	5
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 9 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 89.3 overs)	311
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-115, 3-149, 4-149, 5-166, 6-200, 7-285, 8-286, 9-311 (89.3 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	19.3	2	78	2	-	-
Brain	16	2	56	3	-	-
D'Oliveira	8	1	23	0	-	-
Gifford	26	6	79	2	-	-
Slade	20	6	61	2	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGA Headley	c Taylor b Turner	22
GM Turner	c East b Boyce	18
JA Ormrod	c and b East	31
BL D'Oliveira	lbw b Hobbs	2
*TW Graveney	c Acfield b Hobbs	62
TJ Yardley	st Taylor b Hobbs	15
DNF Slade	c Boyce b Hobbs	1
+GR Cass	not out	18
N Gifford	b Boyce	9
VA Holder	c East b Hobbs	0
BM Brain	not out	1
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb, 16 nb)	28
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 96 overs)	207
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-65, 3-70, 4-132, 5-162, 6-163, 7-180, 8-200, 9-202

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	20	4	27	2	-	-
Turner	10	2	24	1	-	-
Acfield	6	2	11	0	-	-
East	26	15	38	1	-	-
Hobbs	34	14	79	5	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*+B Taylor	c Gifford b Brain	23
B Ward	b Holder	0
G Barker	not out	43
KWR Fletcher	run out	28
BEA Edmeades	c Graveney b Brain	12
KD Boyce	c Graveney b Brain	0
S Turner	not out	3
GJ Saville	did not bat
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 4 nb)	7
Total	(5 wickets, 28 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-34, 3-94, 4-107, 5-107

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	6	0	21	1	-	-
Brain	12	0	49	3	-	-
Gifford	5	1	18	0	-	-
Slade	5	1	21	0	-	-

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Notes
--> B Ward (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30
--> G Barker (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 1
--> B Taylor (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 61
--> B Taylor (1) passed 17500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 56
--> RGA Headley (2) passed 16500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> TW Graveney (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 6
--> RE East reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> RE East reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> BM Brain reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> GJ Saville retired hurt in the Essex first innings having scored 10 (team had lost 1 wickets)

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