f31057 cc14985	Essex v Yorkshire
	County Championship 1976
Venue	Valentine's Park, Ilford on 5th, 6th, 7th May 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Yorkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 9 wickets
Points	Essex 17 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Yorkshire 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	BJ Meyer, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 150/2 (McEwan 55*, Fletcher 37*)
Close of play day 2	Yorkshire (2) 138/6 (Lumb 90*, Cope 1*)

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Boycott	c Fletcher b Lever	9
RG Lumb	lbw b Boyce	27
C Johnson	b Turner	2
JH Hampshire	c Smith b Turner	23
B Leadbeater	b Boyce	0
+DL Bairstow	c and b Boyce	6
P Carrick	c Turner b Lever	4
GA Cope	c Smith b Lever	0
HP Cooper	b Turner	24
S Oldham	b Turner	0
AL Robinson	not out	5
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 47.5 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-42, 3-58, 4-58, 5-80, 6-80, 7-84, 8-85, 9-86, 10-113 (47.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	15	8	25	3	-	-
Lever	18	4	50	3	-	-
Turner	14.5	5	25	4	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	b Oldham	26
BR Hardie	c Bairstow b Oldham	30
KS McEwan	c Bairstow b Oldham	70
*KWR Fletcher	c Bairstow b Cooper	61
GA Gooch	c Lumb b Cooper	8
S Turner	c Leadbeater b Cooper	49
KD Boyce	lbw b Oldham	23
+N Smith	c Carrick b Cope	23
RE East	c and b Robinson	12
DL Acfield	not out	0
JK Lever	b Carrick	12
Extras	(3 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 118.5 overs)	324
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-80, 3-179, 4-199, 5-206, 6-236, 7-271, 8-293, 9-318, 10-324 (118.5 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Robinson	16	1	59	1	-	-
Cooper	31	6	92	3	-	-
Oldham	30	4	84	4	-	-
Cope	27	10	51	1	-	-
Carrick	14.5	8	28	1	-	-

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Yorkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Boycott	c Smith b Lever	2
RG Lumb	c Fletcher b Boyce	118
C Johnson	b Lever	4
JH Hampshire	c McEwan b Turner	13
B Leadbeater	b East	16
+DL Bairstow	c Hardie b Acfield	3
P Carrick	c Hardie b Acfield	4
GA Cope	c and b Turner	8
HP Cooper	b Acfield	31
S Oldham	b Lever	15
AL Robinson	not out	7
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 93.5 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-8, 3-30, 4-79, 5-88, 6-104, 7-166, 8-185, 9-216, 10-228 (93.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	14	0	39	1	-	-
Lever	18	4	41	3	-	-
Turner	20	9	31	2	-	-
East	18	4	67	1	-	-
Edmeades	3	1	5	0	-	-
Acfield	20.5	9	38	3	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	not out	6
BR Hardie	c Leadbeater b Carrick	0
+N Smith	not out	12
KS McEwan	did not bat
*KWR Fletcher	did not bat
GA Gooch	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
KD Boyce	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 5.2 overs)	18
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Hardie)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cope	3	1	3	0	-	-
Carrick	2.2	1	15	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> JH Hampshire (1) passed 17500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> S Turner reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Yorkshire first innings
--> S Oldham achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 3-7)
--> GA Cope reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> AL Robinson reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> S Oldham achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 3-7)
--> JK Lever reached 450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Yorkshire second innings

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