f31596	Cambridge University v Essex
	University Match 1977
Venue	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 8th, 9th, 10th June 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	DJ Halfyard, TW Spencer
Scorers	H Coyle (Essex), KB Woollard (Cambridge University)
Close of play day 1	Cambridge University (1) 156/4 (Hignell 83*, Greig 30*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 222/8 (Hardie 25*; 63.3 overs)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	not out	118
SG Plumb	c sub b Greig	20
KS McEwan	c Roebuck b Greig	150
GA Gooch	c Coverdale b Popplewell	21
KR Pont	not out	45
R Herbert	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
PA Hector	did not bat
*RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 82 overs)	366
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-250, 3-283

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Howat	11	1	59	0	-	-
Greig	16	1	69	2	-	-
Hayes	23	2	61	0	-	-
Popplewell	20	3	83	1	-	-
Allbrook	12	0	82	0	-	-

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Cambridge University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+SP Coverdale	c Smith b Lever	0
MK Fosh	c Smith b Hector	15
PM Roebuck	run out	4
*AJ Hignell	c Herbert b Lever	95
ARH Daniel	c Smith b Lever	10
IA Greig	lbw b Hector	44
DJ Beaumont	b Lever	0
PJ Hayes	c Herbert b Hector	4
NFM Popplewell	lbw b Lever	2
MG Howat	not out	0
ME Allbrook	c Smith b Lever	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 7 nb, 5 w)	17
Total	(all out, 47 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-24, 3-33, 4-75, 5-185, 6-185, 7-185, 8-190, 9-191, 10-191 (47 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	17	5	63	6	-	-
Hector	16	0	61	3	-	-
Gooch	7	0	45	0	-	-
Pont	2	1	1	0	-	-
Acfield	5	2	4	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	lbw b Hayes	85
SG Plumb	b Howat	11
R Herbert	c Beaumont b Hayes	12
+N Smith	b Hayes	15
PA Hector	b Roebuck	40
KR Pont	b Howat	10
*RE East	c Fosh b Howat	0
BR Hardie	not out	25
JK Lever	c Hignell b Roebuck	8
KS McEwan	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 4 nb)	16
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 63.3 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-53, 3-121, 4-130, 5-145, 6-145, 7-210, 8-222 (63.3 ov)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Howat	13	3	39	3	-	-
Greig	4	1	11	0	-	-
Hayes	21	3	47	3	-	-
Popplewell	14	3	56	0	-	-
Allbrook	6	0	30	0	-	-
Roebuck	5.3	0	23	2	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> PA Hector made his debut in First-Class matches
--> ARH Daniel made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> BR Hardie (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 50
--> KS McEwan (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 70
--> R Herbert (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in First-Class matches
--> JK Lever reached 650 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Cambridge University first innings
--> MG Howat achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 1-42)

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