f32724 cc15663	Essex v Surrey
	Schweppes County Championship 1979
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 25th, 27th, 28th August 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 15 runs
Points	Essex 20 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Surrey 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	WE Alley, R Aspinall
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 11/0 (Butcher 3*, Clinton 6*; 7 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 44/3 (Denness 17*, Fletcher 0*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	c Richards b Jackman	5
MH Denness	c Richards b Jackman	61
KS McEwan	b Knight	22
*KWR Fletcher	c Roope b Jackman	4
BR Hardie	b Pocock	76
KR Pont	c Richards b Jackman	7
S Turner	c Butcher b Wilson	11
N Phillip	c Lynch b Pocock	66
+N Smith	b Pocock	0
RE East	not out	25
JK Lever	not out	11
Extras	(1 b, 9 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-42, 3-47, 4-130, 5-146, 6-164, 7-242, 8-246, 9-267

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jackman	30	8	88	4	-	-
Wilson	24	6	67	1	-	-
Knight	18	5	56	1	-	-
Roope	5	0	17	0	-	-
Pocock	23	4	60	3	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AR Butcher	lbw b Turner	11
GS Clinton	lbw b Phillip	6
GP Howarth	c Fletcher b Turner	103
*RDV Knight	c Smith b Turner	42
GRJ Roope	lbw b Lever	61
MA Lynch	lbw b Lever	4
RD Jackman	lbw b Turner	0
Intikhab Alam	c Pont b Phillip	14
+CJ Richards	c Pont b Phillip	2
PI Pocock	b Lever	20
PHL Wilson	not out	1
Extras	(5 b, 11 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	23
Total	(all out, 97 overs)	287
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-46, 3-159, 4-180, 5-187, 6-192, 7-228, 8-236, 9-282, 10-287 (97 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	28	5	83	3	-	-
Phillip	20	5	52	3	-	-
Turner	24	7	61	4	-	-
Pont	11	2	41	0	-	-
East	14	7	27	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	b Wilson	9
MH Denness	c Howarth b Knight	29
KS McEwan	c Richards b Wilson	11
RE East	c Roope b Jackman	3
*KWR Fletcher	c Knight b Wilson	13
BR Hardie	c Howarth b Jackman	4
KR Pont	c Howarth b Roope	11
S Turner	not out	6
N Phillip	c Richards b Roope	0
+N Smith	c Butcher b Jackman	1
JK Lever	c Richards b Jackman	3
Extras	(9 lb, 2 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 40.1 overs)	101
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-34, 3-40, 4-64, 5-69, 6-87, 7-87, 8-87, 9-93, 10-101 (40.1 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jackman	17.1	4	37	4	-	-
Wilson	14	3	38	3	-	-
Knight	6	1	10	1	-	-
Roope	3	2	5	2	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AR Butcher	c Gooch b Lever	24
GS Clinton	c Smith b Lever	11
GP Howarth	c Gooch b Lever	15
*RDV Knight	c Smith b Turner	1
GRJ Roope	lbw b Turner	0
MA Lynch	c McEwan b Phillip	0
RD Jackman	b Phillip	9
Intikhab Alam	not out	16
+CJ Richards	b Phillip	3
PI Pocock	c Fletcher b Lever	5
PHL Wilson	b Phillip	6
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 39.5 overs)	99
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-35, 3-40, 4-40, 5-44, 6-61, 7-63, 8-68, 9-78, 10-99 (39.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	20	4	54	4	-	-
Phillip	12.5	3	19	4	-	-
Turner	7	2	17	2	-	-

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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
--> N Phillip (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 50
--> GS Clinton (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 2
--> GP Howarth (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 80
--> GP Howarth (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 80
--> JK Lever reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Surrey second innings

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