f31687 cc15272	Worcestershire v Essex
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 30th July, 1st, 2nd August 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by an innings and 26 runs
Points	Worcestershire 2 (Bowling 2); Essex 20 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	JF Crapp, J van Geloven
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 52/3 (Hemsley 16*, Henderson 9*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 156/9 (Wilcock 41*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Jones b Holder	62
MK Fosh	b Holder	2
KS McEwan	b Hemsley	123
*KWR Fletcher	c Humphries b Hemsley	19
GA Gooch	not out	74
KR Pont	c D'Oliveira b Holder	10
S Turner	not out	0
RE East	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 8 nb)	20
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	310
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-195, 3-206, 4-268, 5-308

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	31	8	49	3	-	-
Cumbes	18	4	76	0	-	-
Boyns	20	3	67	0	-	-
Hemsley	24	3	65	2	-	-
Gifford	7	0	33	0	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	lbw b Turner	19
+DJ Humphries	c Fletcher b Lever	0
BJR Jones	c Fletcher b Lever	3
EJO Hemsley	c Turner b Lever	26
SP Henderson	c Smith b Lever	10
BL D'Oliveira	c Turner b Lever	13
CN Boyns	lbw b Lever	0
HG Wilcock	c Smith b Pont	20
VA Holder	not out	20
*N Gifford	c Gooch b Turner	3
J Cumbes	lbw b Turner	0
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 61.2 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-15, 3-27, 4-53, 5-73, 6-73, 7-81, 8-104, 9-123, 10-123 (61.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	23	7	34	6	-	-
Turner	20.2	4	50	3	-	-
Pont	12	2	25	1	-	-
East	4	1	3	0	-	-
Gooch	2	1	2	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	c Fletcher b Pont	25
+DJ Humphries	c Smith b Turner	16
BJR Jones	c Fletcher b Lever	4
EJO Hemsley	c Fletcher b Turner	13
BL D'Oliveira	b Pont	17
SP Henderson	c Fletcher b Lever	10
CN Boyns	c Smith b Pont	1
HG Wilcock	b Turner	45
VA Holder	run out	6
*N Gifford	lbw b Acfield	6
J Cumbes	not out	1
Extras	(7 lb, 10 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 74.2 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-50, 3-50, 4-84, 5-84, 6-86, 7-125, 8-133, 9-156, 10-161 (74.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	20	5	44	2	-	-
Turner	19.2	7	47	3	-	-
Pont	22	2	40	3	-	-
East	4	2	4	0	-	-
Gooch	3	0	5	0	-	-
Acfield	6	4	4	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> KS McEwan (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 77
--> GM Turner (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 2
--> HG Wilcock (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12

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