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| Venue | County Ground, Leyton on 9th, 10th, 11th August 1972 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Essex 2 (Batting 2); Worcestershire 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | A Jepson, R Julian |
| Close of play day 1 | Worcestershire (1) 2/0 (Headley 2*, Turner 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Worcestershire (1) 303/9 (Holder 1*, Pridgeon 1*) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BEA Edmeades | c Ormrod b Gifford | 16 | |||||
| GJ Saville | lbw b Holder | 92 | |||||
| KWR Fletcher | b Holder | 25 | |||||
| B Ward | lbw b Holder | 0 | |||||
| KD Boyce | b Wilkinson | 6 | |||||
| KR Pont | lbw b Gifford | 1 | |||||
| *+B Taylor | b Holder | 0 | |||||
| S Turner | c Gifford b Holder | 10 | |||||
| RNS Hobbs | b Gifford | 4 | |||||
| RE East | not out | 89 | |||||
| JK Lever | c and b Wilkinson | 21 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 6 lb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 112.1 overs) | 275 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-55, 2-124, 3-124, 4-135, 5-139, 6-140, 7-157, 8-158, 9-186, 10-275 (112.1 ov) | |||||||
| Worcestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Holder | 34 | 6 | 93 | 5 | - | - | |
| Pridgeon | 13 | 3 | 42 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wilkinson | 32.1 | 9 | 70 | 2 | - | - | |
| Gifford | 33 | 12 | 59 | 3 | - | - | |
| Worcestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RGA Headley | c Boyce b Turner | 18 | |||||
| GM Turner | c and b Boyce | 154 | |||||
| JM Parker | c East b Boyce | 91 | |||||
| JA Ormrod | lbw b Boyce | 0 | |||||
| PJ Stimpson | c East b Lever | 10 | |||||
| TJ Yardley | lbw b Boyce | 8 | |||||
| KW Wilkinson | lbw b Boyce | 0 | |||||
| +HG Wilcock | c and b Lever | 1 | |||||
| *N Gifford | b Lever | 4 | |||||
| VA Holder | not out | 1 | |||||
| AP Pridgeon | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 8 lb, 6 nb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 103 overs) | 303 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-44, 2-264, 3-266, 4-284, 5-292, 6-292, 7-297, 8-301, 9-301 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Boyce | 25 | 6 | 52 | 5 | - | - | |
| Lever | 21 | 4 | 63 | 3 | - | - | |
| Turner | 19 | 5 | 46 | 1 | - | - | |
| East | 20 | 5 | 57 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hobbs | 14 | 2 | 60 | 0 | - | - | |
| Edmeades | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BEA Edmeades | c Wilkinson b Holder | 18 | |||||
| GJ Saville | c Wilcock b Gifford | 50 | |||||
| KWR Fletcher | lbw b Wilkinson | 41 | |||||
| B Ward | lbw b Pridgeon | 10 | |||||
| KD Boyce | c Gifford b Wilkinson | 6 | |||||
| KR Pont | not out | 75 | |||||
| *+B Taylor | b Parker | 21 | |||||
| S Turner | not out | 2 | |||||
| RNS Hobbs | did not bat | ||||||
| RE East | did not bat | ||||||
| JK Lever | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 b, 4 lb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 70 overs) | 234 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-24, 2-110, 3-110, 4-119, 5-152, 6-217 | |||||||
| Worcestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Holder | 8 | 3 | 11 | 1 | - | - | |
| Pridgeon | 14 | 1 | 42 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wilkinson | 23 | 5 | 77 | 2 | - | - | |
| Gifford | 19 | 5 | 51 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ormrod | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Parker | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Worcestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RGA Headley | c Turner b Boyce | 2 | |||||
| GM Turner | b Boyce | 4 | |||||
| JM Parker | not out | 39 | |||||
| JA Ormrod | run out | 22 | |||||
| PJ Stimpson | not out | 9 | |||||
| TJ Yardley | did not bat | ||||||
| KW Wilkinson | did not bat | ||||||
| +HG Wilcock | did not bat | ||||||
| *N Gifford | did not bat | ||||||
| VA Holder | did not bat | ||||||
| AP Pridgeon | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 lb, 2 nb, 9 w) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 33 overs) | 93 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-12, 3-66 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Boyce | 5 | 1 | 8 | 2 | - | - | |
| Lever | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Turner | 5 | 2 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| East | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hobbs | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fletcher | 10 | 2 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ward | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> GJ Saville (1) passed his previous highest score of 77 in County Championship matches
--> GJ Saville (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 31
--> RE East (1) passed his previous highest score of 59 in First-Class matches
--> RE East (1) passed his previous highest score of 59 in County Championship matches
--> JM Parker (1) passed his previous highest score of 79 in County Championship matches
--> JM Parker (1) equalled his previous highest score of 91 in First-Class matches
--> KR Pont (2) passed his previous highest score of 35 in First-Class matches
--> KR Pont (2) passed his previous highest score of 35 in County Championship matches
--> S Turner reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
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