f27327 cc13565	Worcestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1968
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 29th June, 1st, 2nd July 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Worcestershire 7 (Batting 2, Bowling 5); Essex 3 (Batting 1, Bowling 2)
Umpires	JS Buller, WE Phillipson
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 14/2 (Ward 5*, Fletcher 9*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 84/6 (Gifford 0*, Holder 4*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGA Headley	b Boyce	3
CD Fearnley	c Turner b Hobbs	60
JA Ormrod	c Fletcher b East	48
*TW Graveney	c Fletcher b East	72
BL D'Oliveira	c Taylor b Turner	9
EJO Hemsley	b East	2
GM Turner	b Turner	2
+R Booth	b Boyce	33
N Gifford	run out	12
VA Holder	not out	11
RGM Carter	b Boyce	0
Extras	(5 b, 12 lb, 4 nb)	21
Total	(all out, 112.2 overs)	273
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-111, 3-150, 4-190, 5-206, 6-211, 7-217, 8-257, 9-273, 10-273 (112.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	20.2	4	60	3	-	-
Lever	17	5	29	0	-	-
Turner	18	4	45	2	-	-
East	36	15	57	3	-	-
Hobbs	21	4	61	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	b Carter	11
MJ Bear	c D'Oliveira b Carter	0
KW Wallace	c Turner b Carter	0
KWR Fletcher	c Booth b Gifford	28
BL Irvine	b Hemsley	67
KD Boyce	c Headley b Gifford	24
*+B Taylor	run out	32
S Turner	c Holder b Hemsley	3
RNS Hobbs	b Gifford	1
RE East	not out	0
JK Lever	b Hemsley	0
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 76.3 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-27, 4-60, 5-100, 6-165, 7-175, 8-176, 9-176, 10-176 (76.3 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	19	5	39	0	-	-
Carter	21	7	62	3	-	-
Gifford	26	11	42	3	-	-
Hemsley	10.3	1	23	3	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGA Headley	c Taylor b Boyce	19
CD Fearnley	c Taylor b Boyce	6
GM Turner	st Taylor b Hobbs	16
*TW Graveney	c Hobbs b Lever	1
JA Ormrod	c Boyce b East	21
EJO Hemsley	b East	12
N Gifford	not out	52
VA Holder	c Wallace b Hobbs	23
+R Booth	c Fletcher b Boyce	7
RGM Carter	not out	5
BL D'Oliveira	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 84 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-29, 3-30, 4-60, 5-80, 6-80, 7-125, 8-137

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	19	4	45	3	-	-
Lever	8	4	13	1	-	-
Turner	8	2	11	0	-	-
East	31	12	53	2	-	-
Hobbs	18	8	40	2	-	-

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Notes
--> BL Irvine (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 48
--> GM Turner (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> N Gifford (2) passed his previous highest score of 46 in County Championship matches
--> VA Holder (2) passed his previous highest score of 20 in First-Class matches
--> VA Holder (2) passed his previous highest score of 20 in County Championship matches
--> EJO Hemsley achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 0-5)
--> N Gifford reached 650 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> EJO Hemsley achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 0-5)

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