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| Venue | County Ground, Chelmsford on 20th, 21st, 22nd June 1979 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Derbyshire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Essex won by an innings and 40 runs |
| Points | Essex 20 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Derbyshire 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | HD Bird, BJ Meyer |
| Close of play day 1 | Essex (1) 8/1 (Denness 3*, East 5*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Derbyshire (2) 1/1 (Hill 1*, Steele 0*) |
| Derbyshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A Hill | lbw b Lever | 10 | |||||
| IS Anderson | b Phillip | 2 | |||||
| *DS Steele | lbw b Phillip | 4 | |||||
| PN Kirsten | b Lever | 11 | |||||
| AJ Borrington | c Smith b Phillip | 12 | |||||
| KJ Barnett | c Smith b Lever | 0 | |||||
| FW Swarbrook | c Smith b Turner | 52 | |||||
| J Walters | c Pont b Lever | 54 | |||||
| CJ Tunnicliffe | b Phillip | 57 | |||||
| RC Wincer | lbw b Lever | 3 | |||||
| +AJ McLellan | not out | 8 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 24 lb, 13 nb, 3 w) | 45 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 97.4 overs) | 258 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-14, 3-28, 4-29, 5-43, 6-53, 7-138, 8-208, 9-215, 10-258 (97.4 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lever | 30 | 5 | 72 | 5 | - | - | |
| Phillip | 26.4 | 11 | 59 | 4 | - | - | |
| Turner | 27 | 6 | 51 | 1 | - | - | |
| Pont | 11 | 2 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| East | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MH Denness | c Steele b Walters | 35 | |||||
| AW Lilley | c Barnett b Tunnicliffe | 0 | |||||
| RE East | c McLellan b Wincer | 19 | |||||
| KS McEwan | c Steele b Kirsten | 185 | |||||
| *KWR Fletcher | c Steele b Wincer | 15 | |||||
| BR Hardie | c McLellan b Kirsten | 7 | |||||
| KR Pont | c McLellan b Kirsten | 77 | |||||
| N Phillip | c Barnett b Tunnicliffe | 6 | |||||
| S Turner | b Walters | 43 | |||||
| +N Smith | not out | 16 | |||||
| JK Lever | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 15 lb, 14 nb) | 32 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 99.2 overs) | 435 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-39, 3-170, 4-232, 5-278, 6-280, 7-293, 8-375, 9-435 (99.2 ov) | |||||||
| Derbyshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wincer | 20 | 3 | 84 | 2 | - | - | |
| Tunnicliffe | 19 | 6 | 74 | 2 | - | - | |
| Walters | 33 | 6 | 120 | 2 | - | - | |
| Steele | 6 | 0 | 39 | 0 | - | - | |
| Swarbrook | 3 | 0 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kirsten | 18.2 | 3 | 58 | 3 | - | - | |
| Derbyshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A Hill | b Lever | 19 | |||||
| IS Anderson | lbw b Lever | 0 | |||||
| *DS Steele | c Hardie b Phillip | 5 | |||||
| PN Kirsten | c Denness b Turner | 3 | |||||
| AJ Borrington | lbw b East | 34 | |||||
| KJ Barnett | c Smith b Lever | 21 | |||||
| FW Swarbrook | b Phillip | 5 | |||||
| J Walters | c East b Lever | 9 | |||||
| CJ Tunnicliffe | not out | 18 | |||||
| RC Wincer | b Phillip | 3 | |||||
| +AJ McLellan | c Smith b Phillip | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 5 lb, 9 nb, 2 w) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 58 overs) | 137 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-18, 3-28, 4-36, 5-95, 6-95, 7-109, 8-126, 9-131, 10-137 (58 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lever | 18 | 4 | 45 | 4 | - | - | |
| Phillip | 10 | 0 | 28 | 4 | - | - | |
| Turner | 15 | 7 | 27 | 1 | - | - | |
| East | 15 | 7 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
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
--> Day 2 Lunch: Essex (1) ?/? (McEwan 120*, [unknown] ?*)
--> S Turner (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 42
--> JK Lever reached 900 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Derbyshire first innings
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