f31638 cc15229	Warwickshire v Essex
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 2nd, 4th, 5th July 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 8 runs
Points	Warwickshire 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Essex 18 (Batting 4, Bowling 2)
Umpires	HD Bird, DJ Constant
Close of play day 1	Warwickshire (1) 145/2 (Whitehouse 27*, Smith 13*; 48 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 248/2 (Gooch 74*, Fletcher 16*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	lbw b Brown	29
MH Denness	c Humpage b Brown	95
KS McEwan	c Perryman b Willis	102
*KWR Fletcher	b Hemmings	1
GA Gooch	c Humpage b Perryman	37
KR Pont	c Humpage b Rouse	30
S Turner	c Humpage b Brown	9
RE East	b Rouse	36
+N Smith	c Brown b Willis	21
JK Lever	not out	1
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 4 nb)	10
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 98 overs)	371
Fall of wickets:
1-69, 2-219, 3-224, 4-234, 5-281, 6-300, 7-328, 8-361, 9-371 (98 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	22	5	49	2	-	-
Rouse	20	5	70	2	-	-
Perryman	17	3	68	1	-	-
Brown	19	1	90	3	-	-
Hemmings	20	7	84	1	-	-

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DL Amiss	c Gooch b Acfield	35
RN Abberley	lbw b Lever	66
J Whitehouse	not out	117
KD Smith	lbw b Acfield	19
AI Kallicharran	b East	12
+GW Humpage	c Acfield b East	3
EE Hemmings	c Smith b Acfield	47
SJ Rouse	not out	14
*DJ Brown	did not bat
RGD Willis	did not bat
SP Perryman	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 100 overs)	323
Fall of wickets:
1-81, 2-109, 3-167, 4-198, 5-202, 6-286

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	20	4	54	1	-	-
Turner	7	1	41	0	-	-
Acfield	37	8	96	3	-	-
East	36	5	122	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	c Humpage b Perryman	25
KS McEwan	b Brown	116
GA Gooch	not out	105
*KWR Fletcher	not out	40
MH Denness	did not bat
KR Pont	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 10 lb, 3 nb)	22
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 88 overs)	308
Fall of wickets:
1-96, 2-207

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	11	3	25	0	-	-
Rouse	7	0	36	0	-	-
Perryman	20	6	60	1	-	-
Brown	11	2	42	1	-	-
Hemmings	34	7	105	0	-	-
Whitehouse	5	1	18	0	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DL Amiss	c Hardie b Turner	100
KD Smith	c McEwan b East	34
J Whitehouse	c and b East	2
AI Kallicharran	st Smith b Acfield	4
+GW Humpage	c Lever b Turner	20
RN Abberley	c Smith b Turner	11
EE Hemmings	lbw b Turner	85
SJ Rouse	b Acfield	31
*DJ Brown	b Lever	24
RGD Willis	b Lever	6
SP Perryman	not out	9
Extras	(8 lb, 14 nb)	22
Total	(all out, 92.5 overs)	348
Fall of wickets:
1-73, 2-75, 3-86, 4-118, 5-132, 6-267, 7-270, 8-324, 9-334, 10-348 (92.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	18.5	2	78	2	-	-
Turner	19	4	69	4	-	-
Acfield	34	5	84	2	-	-
East	16	5	50	2	-	-
Fletcher	5	0	45	0	-	-

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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
--> MH Denness (1) passed 22500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 34
--> KS McEwan (1) passed 7000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 28
--> KS McEwan (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 59
--> GA Gooch (2) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 94
--> GA Gooch (2) passed 3500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 33
--> EE Hemmings (2) passed his previous highest score of 80 in first-class matches
--> EE Hemmings (2) passed his previous highest score of 80 in County Championship matches
--> S Turner reached 500 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Warwickshire second innings
--> RE East reached 650 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Warwickshire second innings

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