f31593	Essex v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1977
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 11th, 12th, 13th June 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	R Julian, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 147/5 (Walters 28*, Marsh 46*)
Close of play day 2	Australians (2) 21/2 (Serjeant 10*, Hughes 7*)

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB McCosker	c Smith b Turner	25
+RD Robinson	b Boyce	0
CS Serjeant	b Boyce	0
DW Hookes	c Smith b Turner	20
KJ Hughes	lbw b Boyce	11
KD Walters	c Smith b Gooch	38
*RW Marsh	c Turner b Gooch	124
RJ Bright	b Boyce	3
KJ O'Keeffe	not out	15
MHN Walker	c and b Gooch	7
JR Thomson	b Gooch	8
Extras	(4 b, 10 lb, 9 nb)	23
Total	(all out, 76 overs)	274
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-12, 3-41, 4-58, 5-70, 6-193, 7-203, 8-253, 9-262, 10-274 (76 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	27	3	90	4	-	-
Turner	26	8	73	2	-	-
Gooch	19	6	60	4	-	-
Acfield	4	1	28	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	lbw b Thomson	34
BR Hardie	lbw b Walker	10
KS McEwan	not out	100
*KWR Fletcher	not out	6
GA Gooch	did not bat
KR Pont	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
KD Boyce	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 13 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 34 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-122

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	11	1	26	1	-	-
Walker	12	1	48	1	-	-
O'Keeffe	9	0	75	0	-	-
Bright	2	1	1	0	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB McCosker	b Boyce	6
+RD Robinson	b Turner	15
CS Serjeant	b Acfield	59
KJ Hughes	b Acfield	20
DW Hookes	not out	69
KD Walters	not out	29
*RW Marsh	did not bat
RJ Bright	did not bat
KJ O'Keeffe	did not bat
MHN Walker	did not bat
JR Thomson	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 4 nb)	8
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 51 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-24, 3-67, 4-113

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	5	0	19	1	-	-
Turner	11	3	25	1	-	-
Gooch	1	0	10	0	-	-
Acfield	17	1	66	2	-	-
East	17	2	78	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	b O'Keeffe	9
BR Hardie	c McCosker b O'Keeffe	27
GA Gooch	c and b O'Keeffe	8
KR Pont	b Bright	3
+N Smith	not out	0
*KWR Fletcher	not out	3
KS McEwan	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
KD Boyce	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 4 nb)	9
Total	(4 wickets, 31 overs)	59
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-44, 3-56, 4-56

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	4	1	8	0	-	-
Walker	10	2	28	0	-	-
O'Keeffe	12	8	14	3	-	-
Bright	5	5	0	1	-	-

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Notes
--> KD Boyce made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> KD Boyce reached 850 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Australians first innings
--> DL Acfield reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Australians second innings
--> KJ O'Keeffe reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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