f27708 cc13714	Essex v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1969
Venue	Old County Ground, Brentwood on 24th, 26th, 27th May 1969 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 4 (Bowling 4); Worcestershire 7 (Batting 2, Bowling 5)
Umpires	WL Budd, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 180/8 (Gifford 6*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 153/8 (Cass 27*, Coldwell 0*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGA Headley	lbw b Boyce	5
GM Turner	lbw b Edmeades	20
JA Ormrod	b Edmeades	10
*TW Graveney	c Turner b Boyce	68
BL D'Oliveira	c East b Acfield	39
ARP Barker	c Acfield b East	4
DNF Slade	b Acfield	0
+GR Cass	c Fletcher b Hobbs	17
N Gifford	not out	19
LJ Coldwell	not out	7
RGM Carter	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 5 nb, 2 w)	12
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 84 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-33, 3-44, 4-118, 5-123, 6-124, 7-165, 8-180

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	19	2	50	2	-	-
Edmeades	10	1	27	2	-	-
Turner	10	3	26	0	-	-
Acfield	25	9	50	2	-	-
East	18	8	31	1	-	-
Hobbs	2	0	5	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	c Turner b Coldwell	3
BEA Edmeades	b Coldwell	10
G Barker	c Turner b Carter	1
KWR Fletcher	b Coldwell	5
BL Irvine	c Turner b Carter	25
KD Boyce	c and b Coldwell	19
*+B Taylor	b Carter	8
S Turner	lbw b Coldwell	5
RE East	b Coldwell	0
RNS Hobbs	b Coldwell	12
DL Acfield	not out	0
Extras	(3 lb, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 28.3 overs)	92
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-15, 3-15, 4-21, 5-53, 6-65, 7-78, 8-80, 9-81, 10-92 (28.3 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coldwell	14.3	4	42	7	-	-
Carter	14	4	46	3	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGA Headley	b Boyce	17
GM Turner	lbw b Boyce	7
JA Ormrod	b Hobbs	45
*TW Graveney	b Boyce	0
BL D'Oliveira	b Boyce	17
ARP Barker	c and b Hobbs	17
DNF Slade	b Hobbs	0
+GR Cass	not out	27
N Gifford	b Acfield	7
LJ Coldwell	not out	0
RGM Carter	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(8 wickets, 63 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-28, 3-28, 4-62, 5-98, 6-98, 7-114, 8-131

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	19	5	47	4	-	-
Edmeades	7	3	13	0	-	-
Turner	5	1	6	0	-	-
Acfield	7	6	6	1	-	-
East	13	6	32	0	-	-
Hobbs	12	4	33	3	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> TW Graveney (1) passed 45500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> BL D'Oliveira (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> GR Cass (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> LJ Coldwell reached 1050 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings

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