f27873 cc13838	Essex v Surrey
	County Championship 1969
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 9th, 11th, 12th August 1969 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by 6 wickets
Points	Essex 3 (Batting 1, Bowling 2); Surrey 16 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	OW Herman, H Mellows
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 26/0 (Edwards 13*, Knight 9*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (1) 272 all out

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	b Pocock	67
BEA Edmeades	b Gibson	0
G Barker	c Knight b Gibson	10
BL Irvine	b Intikhab Alam	27
HR Sherman	lbw b Pocock	18
KD Boyce	c Storey b Pocock	0
*+B Taylor	c Storey b Knight	87
RNS Hobbs	c Roope b Intikhab Alam	1
RE East	lbw b Arnold	11
JK Lever	c Long b Arnold	0
DL Acfield	not out	5
Extras	(6 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 96.2 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-16, 3-92, 4-124, 5-124, 6-129, 7-138, 8-180, 9-184, 10-236 (96.2 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnold	22	8	56	2	-	-
Gibson	15	3	30	2	-	-
Knight	8.2	0	28	1	-	-
Intikhab Alam	32	8	78	2	-	-
Pocock	19	6	34	3	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Edwards	c Irvine b Acfield	31
RDV Knight	c Boyce b Hobbs	40
*MJ Stewart	c Ward b Acfield	66
Younis Ahmed	b Acfield	14
GRJ Roope	c Taylor b Boyce	42
SJ Storey	c Barker b East	1
Intikhab Alam	c Taylor b Boyce	13
+A Long	lbw b Lever	7
D Gibson	c Irvine b East	24
GG Arnold	c Lever b Hobbs	21
PI Pocock	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 6 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 118.5 overs)	272
Fall of wickets:
1-69, 2-87, 3-120, 4-200, 5-205, 6-206, 7-225, 8-226, 9-272, 10-272 (118.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	20	4	35	2	-	-
Lever	18	4	55	1	-	-
Acfield	37	11	102	3	-	-
Hobbs	24.5	10	33	2	-	-
East	19	7	34	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	c Edwards b Gibson	4
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Arnold	49
G Barker	b Pocock	8
BL Irvine	c Storey b Pocock	0
HR Sherman	c Younis Ahmed b Pocock	0
KD Boyce	c Intikhab Alam b Pocock	35
*+B Taylor	b Arnold	11
RNS Hobbs	b Arnold	7
RE East	not out	7
JK Lever	c Roope b Arnold	2
DL Acfield	b Arnold	0
Extras	(4 b, 3 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 45.5 overs)	130
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-29, 3-29, 4-29, 5-89, 6-112, 7-113, 8-120, 9-130, 10-130 (45.5 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnold	10.5	1	21	5	-	-
Gibson	5	1	10	1	-	-
Intikhab Alam	17	4	50	0	-	-
Pocock	13	4	42	4	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Edwards	not out	37
RDV Knight	b Boyce	1
*MJ Stewart	c East b Boyce	3
Younis Ahmed	c Ward b Boyce	38
GRJ Roope	c Ward b East	12
SJ Storey	not out	0
Intikhab Alam	did not bat
+A Long	did not bat
D Gibson	did not bat
GG Arnold	did not bat
PI Pocock	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(4 wickets, 31.1 overs)	98
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-9, 3-61, 4-87

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	13	4	37	3	-	-
Lever	6	0	25	0	-	-
Hobbs	3	2	3	0	-	-
East	9.1	1	26	1	-	-

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Notes
--> HR Sherman made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> HR Sherman made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> D Gibson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> D Gibson made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> GRJ Roope (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 31
--> BEA Edmeades (2) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 44
--> D Gibson reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> Intikhab Alam reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> Intikhab Alam reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> DL Acfield reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> DL Acfield reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> DL Acfield reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> PI Pocock reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
--> KD Boyce reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey second innings
--> KD Boyce reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Surrey second innings

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