f29254 cc14400	Worcestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1972
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 22nd, 24th, 25th July 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 90 runs
Points	Worcestershire 3 (Batting 1, Bowling 2); Essex 15 (Batting 1, Bowling 4)
Umpires	KE Palmer, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 182/4 (Ward 27*, Taylor 11*; 81 overs)
Close of play day 2

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Stewart b Gifford	70
GJ Saville	c Wilcock b Pridgeon	20
KWR Fletcher	b Holder	18
B Ward	b Gifford	72
KD Boyce	lbw b D'Oliveira	22
*+B Taylor	c Ormrod b Gifford	15
S Turner	c Wilcock b Gifford	66
RNS Hobbs	b Gifford	1
RE East	lbw b Gifford	10
JK Lever	c Yardley b Gifford	0
DL Acfield	not out	1
Extras	(12 b, 7 lb, 2 w)	21
Total	(all out, 124 overs)	316
Fall of wickets:
1-65, 2-100, 3-118, 4-143, 5-186, 6-276, 7-282, 8-310, 9-313, 10-316 (124 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	31	8	69	1	-	-
Pridgeon	19	3	68	1	-	-
D'Oliveira	25	5	52	1	-	-
Gifford	41	14	66	7	-	-
Ormrod	1	0	5	0	-	-
Johnson	7	0	35	0	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGA Headley	c Ward b Lever	41
GM Turner	retired hurt	0
DER Stewart	c Taylor b Turner	25
JA Ormrod	b Boyce	57
BL D'Oliveira	c Taylor b Turner	22
TJ Yardley	c Fletcher b Acfield	8
IN Johnson	retired hurt	0
+HG Wilcock	c Taylor b Boyce	7
*N Gifford	b Acfield	3
VA Holder	not out	1
AP Pridgeon	c Turner b Boyce	0
Extras	(5 lb, 3 nb, 4 w)	12
Total	(all out, 79.3 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-95, 3-128, 4-145, 5-172, 6-175, 7-175, 8-176 (79.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	12.3	2	33	3	-	-
Lever	7	2	24	1	-	-
Acfield	24	11	35	2	-	-
East	25	10	44	0	-	-
Turner	11	3	28	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	b Holder	11
GJ Saville	st Wilcock b Johnson	26
KWR Fletcher	lbw b Gifford	1
B Ward	st Wilcock b Gifford	15
KD Boyce	c Headley b Johnson	0
*+B Taylor	c Holder b Johnson	4
S Turner	c Yardley b Gifford	3
RE East	b Gifford	0
JK Lever	c and b Gifford	16
DL Acfield	not out	0
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb)	11
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 40 overs)	87
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-19, 3-59, 4-64, 5-67, 6-68, 7-68, 8-80, 9-87 (40 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	8	2	8	1	-	-
Pridgeon	2	1	10	0	-	-
D'Oliveira	3	1	6	0	-	-
Gifford	18	8	20	5	-	-
Johnson	9	0	32	3	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGA Headley	c Boyce b Acfield	15
GM Turner	c Lever b Acfield	16
DER Stewart	c Saville b Acfield	7
JA Ormrod	c Taylor b Boyce	7
BL D'Oliveira	c Boyce b East	1
TJ Yardley	lbw b Boyce	23
IN Johnson	c East b Acfield	27
+HG Wilcock	lbw b Acfield	5
*N Gifford	lbw b East	17
VA Holder	c Fletcher b East	4
AP Pridgeon	not out	4
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 65.1 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-36, 3-41, 4-48, 5-56, 6-94, 7-105, 8-126, 9-133, 10-137 (65.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	10	4	23	2	-	-
Lever	4	1	5	0	-	-
Acfield	23	8	42	5	-	-
East	24.1	13	44	3	-	-
Hobbs	4	1	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RGA Headley (1) passed 19000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 31
--> IN Johnson (2) passed his previous highest score of 22 in County Championship matches
--> IN Johnson (2) passed his previous highest score of 22 in First-Class matches
--> KD Boyce reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> JK Lever reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> IN Johnson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 2-38)
--> VA Holder reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
--> IN Johnson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 2-38)
--> GM Turner retired hurt in the Worcestershire first innings having scored 0 (team had lost 0 wickets)

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