f30150 cc14691	Essex v Surrey
	County Championship 1974
Venue	Valentine's Park, Ilford on 19th, 20th, 21st June 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Surrey 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	A Jepson, WE Phillipson
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 42/0 (Edmeades 19*, Hardie 19*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (2) 110/6 (Jackman 10*, Butcher 4*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Edwards	c Turner b Pont	52
GP Howarth	b Lever	30
GRJ Roope	c Smith b Turner	42
Younis Ahmed	lbw b Lever	11
DR Owen-Thomas	c Smith b Lever	0
SJ Storey	c Pont b East	111
RD Jackman	lbw b Turner	0
AR Butcher	lbw b Hobbs	9
*+A Long	c Hardie b East	9
PI Pocock	c Pont b East	0
RP Baker	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 10 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(all out, 95.3 overs)	282
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-107, 3-128, 4-128, 5-159, 6-159, 7-205, 8-281, 9-282, 10-282 (95.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	23	2	69	3	-	-
Turner	23	4	69	2	-	-
Edmeades	13	1	43	0	-	-
Pont	25	6	50	1	-	-
East	5.3	3	11	3	-	-
Hobbs	6	2	22	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Jackman b Baker	19
BR Hardie	b Baker	23
KS McEwan	c Long b Jackman	1
RMO Cooke	c Long b Baker	54
GA Gooch	c Storey b Butcher	36
KR Pont	b Pocock	6
S Turner	c Storey b Baker	23
RE East	c Edwards b Baker	3
+N Smith	c Howarth b Baker	14
*RNS Hobbs	c Younis Ahmed b Pocock	6
JK Lever	not out	0
Extras	(7 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 77.1 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-46, 3-50, 4-108, 5-119, 6-168, 7-172, 8-173, 9-191, 10-194 (77.1 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jackman	23	4	67	1	-	-
Butcher	13	2	29	1	-	-
Baker	16.1	6	29	6	-	-
Roope	7	3	26	0	-	-
Pocock	18	6	34	2	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Edwards	c Cooke b Lever	4
GP Howarth	lbw b Turner	2
GRJ Roope	c Cooke b Hobbs	41
Younis Ahmed	c Gooch b Turner	11
DR Owen-Thomas	c Smith b Pont	0
SJ Storey	c Smith b Pont	33
RD Jackman	not out	50
AR Butcher	c Lever b East	27
*+A Long	not out	3
PI Pocock	did not bat
RP Baker	did not bat
Extras	(11 lb)	11
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 75 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-6, 3-28, 4-29, 5-82, 6-100, 7-171

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	11	2	32	1	-	-
Turner	25	9	44	2	-	-
Edmeades	6	1	11	0	-	-
Pont	11	6	28	2	-	-
East	7	3	23	1	-	-
Hobbs	15	3	33	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	hit wkt b Baker	5
BR Hardie	c Pocock b Storey	30
KS McEwan	c Roope b Butcher	44
RMO Cooke	c Howarth b Butcher	46
S Turner	c and b Jackman	34
GA Gooch	c Long b Jackman	0
KR Pont	lbw b Pocock	40
RE East	not out	23
+N Smith	run out	0
*RNS Hobbs	c and b Butcher	9
JK Lever	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 2 w)	11
Total	(9 wickets, 91 overs)	242
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-55, 3-132, 4-134, 5-187, 6-188, 7-211, 8-215, 9-242

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jackman	22	7	53	2	-	-
Butcher	14	4	31	3	-	-
Baker	6	1	13	1	-	-
Pocock	35	9	92	1	-	-
Storey	14	4	42	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
--> SJ Storey (1) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 32
--> SJ Storey (1) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 74
--> BR Hardie (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> AR Butcher (2) passed his previous highest score of 20 in County Championship matches
--> AR Butcher (2) passed his previous highest score of 21 in First-Class matches
--> RP Baker achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 4-35)
--> RP Baker achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings
--> RP Baker achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 4-35)
--> RP Baker achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings

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