f27443 cc13665	Essex v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1968
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 24th, 25th, 26th August 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Worcestershire 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	AE Alderman, C Petrie
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 55/2 (Barker 35*, Fletcher 5*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 40/0 (Headley 20*, Turner 15*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGA Headley	b Hobbs	42
GM Turner	c Boyce b East	24
JA Ormrod	b Hobbs	33
CD Fearnley	b Hobbs	2
ARP Barker	lbw b Hobbs	0
TJ Yardley	c Taylor b East	1
*+R Booth	lbw b Hobbs	17
N Gifford	c Ward b Hobbs	32
BM Brain	c and b Hobbs	4
LJ Coldwell	b Boyce	11
RGM Carter	not out	6
Extras	(4 b, 2 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 87.5 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-64, 2-80, 3-93, 4-93, 5-94, 6-114, 7-127, 8-143, 9-168, 10-178 (87.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	15.5	4	28	1	-	-
Lever	5	1	9	0	-	-
Jorden	8	1	36	0	-	-
Hobbs	36	11	73	7	-	-
East	23	11	26	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	c Booth b Brain	13
BEA Edmeades	b Coldwell	2
G Barker	c Ormrod b Brain	56
KWR Fletcher	b Carter	32
BL Irvine	not out	85
KD Boyce	c Turner b Carter	16
*+B Taylor	c Gifford b Coldwell	27
AM Jorden	not out	1
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(9 lb, 4 nb)	13
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 86 overs)	245
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-35, 3-99, 4-113, 5-162, 6-231

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coldwell	18	6	52	2	-	-
Carter	17	3	44	2	-	-
Brain	27	9	63	2	-	-
Gifford	24	7	73	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGA Headley	c and b Hobbs	82
GM Turner	c and b Hobbs	40
JA Ormrod	c East b Hobbs	0
CD Fearnley	lbw b Hobbs	2
ARP Barker	c Fletcher b Hobbs	9
TJ Yardley	c Taylor b Hobbs	7
*+R Booth	c Lever b Boyce	16
N Gifford	b Boyce	17
BM Brain	c Hobbs b Jorden	21
LJ Coldwell	not out	5
RGM Carter	c Lever b Boyce	1
Extras	(1 b, 14 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 114 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-87, 2-89, 3-101, 4-113, 5-123, 6-152, 7-180, 8-181, 9-208, 10-215 (114 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	21	4	60	3	-	-
Lever	12	4	26	0	-	-
Jorden	2	0	9	1	-	-
Hobbs	41	18	60	6	-	-
East	38	20	45	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BL Irvine	c Brain b Coldwell	36
*+B Taylor	b Carter	6
G Barker	lbw b Carter	10
KWR Fletcher	c Gifford b Carter	20
KD Boyce	c Booth b Carter	3
B Ward	not out	8
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Coldwell	1
AM Jorden	c and b Gifford	7
RNS Hobbs	not out	0
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 6 nb)	11
Total	(7 wickets, 22.4 overs)	102
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-53, 3-74, 4-78, 5-82, 6-85, 7-102

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coldwell	8	2	45	2	-	-
Carter	7	0	41	4	-	-
Brain	3.4	1	4	0	-	-
Gifford	4	3	1	1	-	-

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Notes
--> CD Fearnley made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CD Fearnley made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> RGA Headley (1) passed 13500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> R Booth (2) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> RNS Hobbs reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 7th wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> RNS Hobbs reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> KD Boyce reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire second innings
--> RGM Carter reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> RGM Carter reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex second innings

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