f29781 cc14619	Essex v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1973
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 25th, 27th, 28th August 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 232 runs
Points	Essex 3 (Bowling 3); Worcestershire 17 (Batting 2, Bowling 5)
Umpires	LH Gray, H Yarnold
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 20/1 (Hardie 10*, Edmeades 9*; 19 overs)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 192/2 (Turner 106*, Ormrod 1*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	c Smith b Hobbs	76
JM Parker	c Cooke b Edmeades	13
JA Ormrod	st Smith b East	27
RGA Headley	c and b East	5
TJ Yardley	lbw b East	6
BL D'Oliveira	b East	20
Imran Khan	b Lever	40
+GR Cass	run out	15
*N Gifford	not out	17
JD Inchmore	b Lever	3
BM Brain	c Edmeades b Lever	10
Extras	(3 lb, 6 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 104.2 overs)	241
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-119, 3-123, 4-129, 5-136, 6-159, 7-187, 8-215, 9-223, 10-241 (104.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	17.2	4	36	3	-	-
Turner	14	5	33	0	-	-
Edmeades	14	2	38	1	-	-
Acfield	26	8	50	0	-	-
East	26	10	40	4	-	-
Hobbs	7	0	35	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Francis	lbw b Brain	0
BR Hardie	c Gifford b Brain	11
BEA Edmeades	c Cass b Inchmore	9
KR Pont	b D'Oliveira	20
RMO Cooke	c Cass b D'Oliveira	16
S Turner	c Inchmore b D'Oliveira	1
RE East	lbw b Inchmore	26
+N Smith	b D'Oliveira	0
*RNS Hobbs	c Parker b Brain	30
DL Acfield	b Inchmore	1
JK Lever	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 13 nb)	22
Total	(all out, 52.2 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-23, 3-23, 4-65, 5-67, 6-85, 7-85, 8-124, 9-135, 10-136 (52.2 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Inchmore	13	4	29	3	-	-
Brain	22.2	8	51	3	-	-
D'Oliveira	11	2	30	4	-	-
Imran Khan	4	3	2	0	-	-
Gifford	2	1	2	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	not out	106
RGA Headley	run out	14
JM Parker	b Lever	63
JA Ormrod	not out	1
TJ Yardley	did not bat
BL D'Oliveira	did not bat
Imran Khan	did not bat
+GR Cass	did not bat
*N Gifford	did not bat
JD Inchmore	did not bat
BM Brain	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 4 nb)	8
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 63 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-181

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	12	2	26	1	-	-
Turner	14	3	29	0	-	-
Edmeades	14	3	38	0	-	-
Acfield	6	0	35	0	-	-
East	12	3	32	0	-	-
Hobbs	5	0	24	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Francis	c Ormrod b Brain	2
BR Hardie	lbw b Brain	9
BEA Edmeades	c Turner b Imran Khan	23
KR Pont	b Inchmore	1
RMO Cooke	lbw b D'Oliveira	2
S Turner	c Yardley b Imran Khan	8
RE East	c Gifford b Imran Khan	3
+N Smith	c Turner b D'Oliveira	5
*RNS Hobbs	b D'Oliveira	0
DL Acfield	not out	0
JK Lever	lbw b Imran Khan	7
Extras	(1 lb, 4 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 46.5 overs)	65
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-18, 3-21, 4-29, 5-48, 6-52, 7-53, 8-53, 9-58, 10-65 (46.5 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Inchmore	9	1	14	1	-	-
Brain	10	4	9	2	-	-
D'Oliveira	14	10	8	3	-	-
Imran Khan	13.5	4	29	4	-	-

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Notes
--> Imran Khan (1) passed his previous highest score of 38 in County Championship matches
--> KR Pont (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> GM Turner (2) passed 15000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 47
--> JK Lever reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> Imran Khan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 4-63)

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