f32012	Cambridge University v Essex
	University Match 1978
Venue	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 19th, 20th, 21st April 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cambridge University won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	JG Langridge, B Satyaji Rao
Scorers	JWW Bartlam (Essex), PJ Batten (Cambridge University)
Close of play day 1	Cambridge University (1) 11/0 (Fosh 3*, Peck 6*)
Close of play day 2	Cambridge University (1) 61/2 (Parker 23*, Hignell 16*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	lbw b Greig	18
GA Gooch	st Littlewood b Gardiner	40
KS McEwan	retired hurt	109
*KWR Fletcher	c Parker b Gardiner	89
KR Pont	c Littlewood b Howat	3
DR Pringle	not out	50
BR Hardie	not out	37
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
SJ Malone	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 nb)	5
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 90 overs)	351
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-70, 3-221, 4-284

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Howat	17	2	64	1	-	-
Greig	21	4	75	1	-	-
Gardiner	21	2	75	2	-	-
Allbrook	19	5	79	0	-	-
Popplewell	12	2	53	0	-	-

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Cambridge University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MK Fosh	c and b Pont	12
IG Peck	c McEwan b Pringle	7
PWG Parker	b Gooch	60
*AJ Hignell	c Acfield b Lever	39
NC Crawford	c Acfield b Gooch	30
IA Greig	b Malone	0
NFM Popplewell	lbw b Lever	27
SJ Gardiner	b Acfield	6
+DJ Littlewood	lbw b Acfield	1
MG Howat	not out	0
ME Allbrook	c Pringle b Lever	3
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 99.3 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-31, 3-107, 4-152, 5-152, 6-159, 7-186, 8-186, 9-187, 10-190 (99.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	17.3	7	22	3	-	-
Malone	15	6	28	1	-	-
Pringle	16	6	31	1	-	-
Acfield	18	7	36	2	-	-
Pont	19	10	35	1	-	-
Gooch	14	3	33	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Parker b Gardiner	5
GA Gooch	st Littlewood b Parker	24
KR Pont	c sub b Greig	0
+N Smith	not out	59
DR Pringle	lbw b Parker	0
BR Hardie	not out	7
KS McEwan	did not bat
*KWR Fletcher	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
SJ Malone	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 nb)	4
Total	(4 wickets, 36 overs)	99
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-20, 3-41, 4-41

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Greig	8	2	23	1	-	-
Gardiner	10	4	32	1	-	-
Popplewell	8	4	14	0	-	-
Parker	8	2	23	2	-	-
Hignell	2	0	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DR Pringle made his debut in First-Class matches
--> IG Peck made his debut in First-Class matches
--> NC Crawford made his debut in First-Class matches
--> NFM Popplewell (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in First-Class matches
--> SJ Gardiner (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> SJ Gardiner made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> KS McEwan retired hurt in the Essex first innings having scored 109 (team had lost 2 wickets)

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