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| Venue | County Ground, Chelmsford on 25th, 26th, 27th August 1971 (3-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | Worcestershire won by 4 wickets | 
| Points | Essex 8 (Batting 5, Bowling 3); Worcestershire 16 (Batting 3, Bowling 3) | 
| Umpires | JF Crapp, WE Phillipson | 
| Close of play day 1 | Worcestershire (1) 27/0 (Headley 18*, Stimpson 6*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (2) 42/0 (Edmeades 29*, Francis 12*) | 
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BEA Edmeades | c Wilcock b D'Oliveira | 36 | |||||
| BC Francis | c Ormrod b Carter | 2 | |||||
| GJ Saville | c Ormrod b Wilkinson | 77 | |||||
| KWR Fletcher | c Ormrod b D'Oliveira | 0 | |||||
| B Ward | not out | 101 | |||||
| KD Boyce | c Holder b Griffith | 24 | |||||
| *+B Taylor | c Cass b Wilkinson | 35 | |||||
| RNS Hobbs | b Holder | 5 | |||||
| RE East | not out | 6 | |||||
| JK Lever | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Acfield | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 7 lb, 8 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 92 overs) | 304 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6, 2-71, 3-71, 4-176, 5-201, 6-264, 7-290 | |||||||
| Worcestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Holder | 19 | 5 | 41 | 1 | - | - | |
| Carter | 20 | 3 | 68 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wilkinson | 23 | 1 | 70 | 2 | - | - | |
| D'Oliveira | 19 | 3 | 47 | 2 | - | - | |
| Griffith | 11 | 1 | 60 | 1 | - | - | |
| Worcestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *RGA Headley | c and b Lever | 27 | |||||
| PJ Stimpson | c Ward b Boyce | 22 | |||||
| JA Ormrod | c Taylor b Boyce | 5 | |||||
| TJ Yardley | lbw b Acfield | 47 | |||||
| BL D'Oliveira | b Acfield | 28 | |||||
| GR Cass | c Francis b East | 30 | |||||
| KW Wilkinson | run out | 31 | |||||
| K Griffith | not out | 34 | |||||
| +HG Wilcock | not out | 31 | |||||
| VA Holder | did not bat | ||||||
| RGM Carter | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 7 lb, 8 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 100 overs) | 273 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-38, 2-50, 3-76, 4-119, 5-142, 6-205, 7-205 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Boyce | 21 | 5 | 52 | 2 | - | - | |
| Lever | 19 | 0 | 55 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hobbs | 17 | 4 | 58 | 0 | - | - | |
| Acfield | 21 | 8 | 52 | 2 | - | - | |
| East | 21 | 7 | 36 | 1 | - | - | |
| Edmeades | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BEA Edmeades | c Yardley b Holder | 79 | |||||
| BC Francis | b D'Oliveira | 87 | |||||
| GJ Saville | c Ormrod b Carter | 10 | |||||
| KWR Fletcher | c Holder b Carter | 6 | |||||
| B Ward | c Wilcock b Holder | 0 | |||||
| KD Boyce | not out | 18 | |||||
| *+B Taylor | b Carter | 13 | |||||
| RNS Hobbs | not out | 2 | |||||
| RE East | did not bat | ||||||
| JK Lever | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Acfield | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 3 lb, 3 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 57 overs) | 222 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-163, 2-175, 3-188, 4-188, 5-192, 6-209 | |||||||
| Worcestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Holder | 21 | 3 | 74 | 2 | - | - | |
| Carter | 10 | 0 | 50 | 3 | - | - | |
| Wilkinson | 7 | 1 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| D'Oliveira | 8 | 2 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| Griffith | 11 | 1 | 47 | 0 | - | - | |
| Worcestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *RGA Headley | c Lever b Acfield | 25 | |||||
| PJ Stimpson | c and b Hobbs | 53 | |||||
| JA Ormrod | b Lever | 69 | |||||
| TJ Yardley | b Lever | 41 | |||||
| BL D'Oliveira | not out | 27 | |||||
| GR Cass | b Lever | 6 | |||||
| +HG Wilcock | lbw b Lever | 2 | |||||
| VA Holder | not out | 13 | |||||
| KW Wilkinson | did not bat | ||||||
| K Griffith | did not bat | ||||||
| RGM Carter | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 b, 8 lb, 5 nb) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 65 overs) | 256 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-56, 2-102, 3-190, 4-203, 5-213, 6-220 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Boyce | 18 | 1 | 69 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lever | 11 | 0 | 49 | 4 | - | - | |
| Hobbs | 11 | 2 | 47 | 1 | - | - | |
| Acfield | 16 | 4 | 41 | 1 | - | - | |
| East | 9 | 2 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> GJ Saville (1) passed his previous highest score of 75 in County Championship matches
--> B Ward (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 64
--> TJ Yardley (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> BC Francis (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 42
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