f32697 cc15640	Worcestershire v Essex
	Schweppes County Championship 1979
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 4th, 6th, 7th August 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by an innings and 22 runs
Points	Worcestershire 20 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Essex 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4)
Umpires	BJ Meyer, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 49/0 (Denness 17*, Hardie 22*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 69/4 (Pont 3*, McEvoy 0*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	c Pont b Turner	9
JA Ormrod	st Smith b East	134
PA Neale	c Denness b Acfield	25
EJO Hemsley	b Acfield	27
Younis Ahmed	b Phillip	37
DN Patel	c Acfield b East	14
+DJ Humphries	c East b Phillip	37
JD Inchmore	not out	21
VA Holder	lbw b Phillip	16
*N Gifford	c Fletcher b East	6
J Cumbes	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb, 15 nb)	27
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	353
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-72, 3-132, 4-199, 5-248, 6-302, 7-316, 8-338, 9-353 (100 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillip	19	4	55	3	-	-
Turner	11	2	38	1	-	-
Acfield	37	10	105	2	-	-
East	33	7	128	3	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Humphries b Cumbes	39
BR Hardie	lbw b Holder	33
KS McEwan	b Holder	7
*KWR Fletcher	c Ormrod b Gifford	18
KR Pont	c Patel b Gifford	18
MSA McEvoy	lbw b Cumbes	6
N Phillip	c Humphries b Cumbes	10
S Turner	lbw b Gifford	13
RE East	b Cumbes	9
+N Smith	c sub b Cumbes	4
DL Acfield	not out	1
Extras	(6 b, 12 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	27
Total	(all out, 85 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-75, 2-88, 3-113, 4-121, 5-138, 6-151, 7-166, 8-177, 9-182, 10-185 (85 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	21	3	39	2	-	-
Inchmore	6	0	12	0	-	-
Patel	4	0	9	0	-	-
Gifford	36	14	67	3	-	-
Cumbes	18	5	31	5	-	-

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Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	lbw b Cumbes	11
BR Hardie	c Patel b Inchmore	35
KS McEwan	c Holder b Inchmore	9
*KWR Fletcher	lbw b Inchmore	4
KR Pont	c Humphries b Inchmore	4
MSA McEvoy	c Humphries b Holder	28
N Phillip	c Neale b Gifford	1
S Turner	c Humphries b Holder	4
RE East	c Hemsley b Inchmore	19
+N Smith	c and b Inchmore	10
DL Acfield	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 9 nb, 1 w)	21
Total	(all out, 57.4 overs)	146
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-54, 3-64, 4-69, 5-72, 6-73, 7-87, 8-133, 9-138, 10-146 (57.4 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	20	6	53	2	-	-
Inchmore	14.4	3	35	6	-	-
Gifford	13	5	27	1	-	-
Cumbes	10	4	10	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
--> JA Ormrod (1) passed 18000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 33

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