f37006 cc17084	Worcestershire v Essex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1987
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 30th May, 1st, 2nd June 1987 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Worcestershire 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Essex 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	JW Holder, DR Shepherd
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 106/2 (Hick 18*, D'Oliveira 17*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 127/3 (Curtis 45*, Illingworth 7*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TS Curtis	c East b Foster	19
MJ Weston	lbw b Pringle	44
GA Hick	c East b Foster	29	72	88	5	-
DB D'Oliveira	c Fletcher b Foster	17
*PA Neale	c East b Foster	11
IT Botham	c Gooch b Lever	22
+SJ Rhodes	c Hardie b Topley	31
PJ Newport	c Gooch b Foster	0
NV Radford	lbw b Pringle	17
RK Illingworth	not out	0
AP Pridgeon	c Pringle b Topley	0
Extras	(8 lb, 5 w)	13
Total	(all out, 66.2 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-77, 3-115, 4-122, 5-147, 6-151, 7-153, 8-203, 9-203, 10-203 (66.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	20	6	64	1	-	-
Foster	26	8	74	5	-	-
Topley	9.2	2	20	2	-	-
Pringle	10	3	29	2	-	-
Childs	1	0	8	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GA Gooch	lbw b Botham	29
I Redpath	c Hick b Botham	9
BR Hardie	lbw b Radford	0
KWR Fletcher	lbw b Radford	8
DR Pringle	lbw b Botham	4
+DE East	c Curtis b Radford	5
NA Foster	c Rhodes b Radford	17
C Gladwin	c Pridgeon b Radford	19
TD Topley	lbw b Radford	4
JK Lever	c Rhodes b Radford	4
JH Childs	not out	7
Extras	(5 b, 9 lb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 38.2 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-21, 3-44, 4-54, 5-60, 6-73, 7-89, 8-96, 9-108, 10-121 (38.2 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Radford	19.2	5	51	7	-	-
Pridgeon	3	1	5	0	-	-
Botham	16	3	51	3	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TS Curtis	not out	45
MJ Weston	c Lever b Topley	42
GA Hick	c Gooch b Foster	1	3	4	-	-
DB D'Oliveira	c East b Gooch	26
RK Illingworth	not out	7
*PA Neale	did not bat
IT Botham	did not bat
+SJ Rhodes	did not bat
PJ Newport	did not bat
NV Radford	did not bat
AP Pridgeon	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(3 wickets, 38 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-66, 2-67, 3-120

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	5	0	21	0	-	-
Foster	11	3	27	1	-	-
Topley	14	1	56	1	-	-
Pringle	4	1	15	0	-	-
Gooch	4	1	3	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> MJ Weston (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> GA Hick (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 4
--> DR Pringle (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> TS Curtis (2) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 44
--> DB D'Oliveira (2) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2

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