f32245 cc15505	Nottinghamshire v Essex
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	Trent Bridge, Nottingham on 6th, 7th, 8th September 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Nottinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 9 wickets
Points	Nottinghamshire 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3); Essex 15 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	DO Oslear, KE Palmer
Close of play day 1	Nottinghamshire (1) 92/1 (Todd 30*, Randall 51*; 35 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 55/3 (East 4*, Fletcher 0*; 21 overs)

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Nottinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RE Dexter	lbw b Lever	1
PA Todd	c Hardie b East	59
DW Randall	c Gooch b East	86
CEB Rice	c Hardie b Acfield	13
*MJ Smedley	c Fletcher b East	1
+BN French	c and b Acfield	1
KS Mackintosh	not out	23
PJ Hacker	c Gooch b East	0
KE Cooper	c Fletcher b Acfield	1
ME Allbrook	not out	1
DR Doshi	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 82.4 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-140, 3-167, 4-172, 5-173, 6-177, 7-178, 8-179

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	20	4	50	1	-	-
Turner	22	5	52	0	-	-
East	24	7	51	4	-	-
Acfield	16.4	6	33	3	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	c Todd b Cooper	0
AW Lilley	c Rice b Doshi	22
KS McEwan	c Cooper b Doshi	28
RE East	c and b Cooper	13
*KWR Fletcher	not out	11
BR Hardie	c Smedley b Doshi	6
KR Pont	c Rice b Doshi	0
S Turner	c Smedley b Cooper	3
+N Smith	not out	32
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 33 overs)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-50, 3-54, 4-65, 5-72, 6-72, 7-75

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cooper	10	2	55	3	-	-
Doshi	15	6	28	4	-	-
Allbrook	7	1	18	0	-	-
Hacker	1	0	14	0	-	-

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Nottinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RE Dexter	c Fletcher b East	9
PA Todd	b Acfield	33
DW Randall	b East	0
CEB Rice	c McEwan b Acfield	3
*MJ Smedley	not out	48
+BN French	c and b East	30
KS Mackintosh	not out	13
PJ Hacker	did not bat
KE Cooper	did not bat
ME Allbrook	did not bat
DR Doshi	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 50.2 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-41, 3-43, 4-60, 5-118

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	7	1	19	0	-	-
Turner	6	1	11	0	-	-
East	18.2	3	63	3	-	-
Acfield	19	3	43	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	c French b Mackintosh	97
AW Lilley	not out	100
KS McEwan	not out	18
RE East	did not bat
*KWR Fletcher	did not bat
BR Hardie	did not bat
KR Pont	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(1 wicket, 34.5 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-159 (Gooch)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cooper	6	1	22	0	-	-
Doshi	12	1	67	0	-	-
Allbrook	5	1	42	0	-	-
Hacker	5	0	37	0	-	-
Mackintosh	6.5	0	47	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
--> AW Lilley made his debut in County Championship matches
--> AW Lilley made his debut in First-Class matches
--> KS Mackintosh (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in First-Class matches
--> KS Mackintosh (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in County Championship matches
--> BR Hardie (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 6
--> BN French (2) passed his previous highest score of 26 in County Championship matches
--> AW Lilley (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> AW Lilley (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> KE Cooper reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings

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