f30668 cc14903	Surrey v Essex
	County Championship 1975
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 23rd, 24th, 25th July 1975 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by 185 runs
Points	Surrey 18 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Essex 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4)
Umpires	CG Pepper, WE Phillipson
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 27/3 (Gooch 2*, McEwan 0*; 8 overs)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (2) 203/7 (Butcher 13*, Jackman 7*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JH Edrich	b Lever	18
AR Butcher	c Smith b Turner	72
GP Howarth	lbw b Lever	6
Younis Ahmed	c Smith b Lever	51
GRJ Roope	c and b East	26
CJ Aworth	c Turner b Hobbs	43
+LE Skinner	b Hobbs	4
Intikhab Alam	c Pont b Hobbs	16
RD Jackman	b Lever	12
GG Arnold	c and b Hobbs	18
PI Pocock	not out	15
Extras	(4 b, 10 lb, 5 nb, 2 w)	21
Total	(all out, 94.4 overs)	302
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-35, 3-151, 4-161, 5-223, 6-231, 7-246, 8-252, 9-271, 10-302 (94.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	24	4	68	4	-	-
Turner	26	5	68	1	-	-
Edmeades	11	0	41	0	-	-
Pont	2	0	9	0	-	-
East	14	2	43	1	-	-
Hobbs	17.4	2	52	4	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	lbw b Arnold	10
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Jackman	6
RE East	c Younis Ahmed b Jackman	8
GA Gooch	c Skinner b Arnold	28
KS McEwan	c Younis Ahmed b Arnold	15
*KWR Fletcher	c Roope b Arnold	57
KR Pont	run out	12
S Turner	c Roope b Intikhab Alam	0
+N Smith	c Edrich b Arnold	44
RNS Hobbs	not out	10
JK Lever	b Arnold	1
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 60 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-25, 3-25, 4-57, 5-68, 6-97, 7-105, 8-179, 9-186, 10-192 (60 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnold	20	3	53	6	-	-
Jackman	9	0	48	2	-	-
Pocock	11	3	22	0	-	-
Intikhab Alam	14	4	50	1	-	-
Butcher	6	0	18	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JH Edrich	c Smith b Edmeades	43
CJ Aworth	c Smith b Lever	3
GP Howarth	c Smith b Turner	4
Younis Ahmed	c Lever b Hobbs	49
Intikhab Alam	run out	44
GRJ Roope	lbw b Hobbs	0
+LE Skinner	run out	15
AR Butcher	not out	29
RD Jackman	c and b Lever	7
GG Arnold	lbw b Turner	0
PI Pocock	b Lever	5
Extras	(7 b, 12 lb, 4 nb, 6 w)	29
Total	(all out, 73.5 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-23, 3-100, 4-108, 5-128, 6-170, 7-185, 8-205, 9-206, 10-228 (73.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	16.5	3	39	3	-	-
Turner	20	3	46	2	-	-
Edmeades	9	3	27	1	-	-
East	10	1	38	0	-	-
Hobbs	18	2	49	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	c Skinner b Roope	29
BEA Edmeades	b Arnold	21
GA Gooch	b Roope	5
*KWR Fletcher	lbw b Arnold	19
KS McEwan	b Intikhab Alam	24
KR Pont	c Jackman b Arnold	0
S Turner	c Edrich b Pocock	27
RE East	lbw b Pocock	13
+N Smith	c Pocock b Intikhab Alam	1
RNS Hobbs	c Howarth b Intikhab Alam	0
JK Lever	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 54.3 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-65, 3-66, 4-109, 5-109, 6-110, 7-146, 8-149, 9-153, 10-153 (54.3 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnold	16	5	57	3	-	-
Jackman	10	3	38	0	-	-
Pocock	4	1	9	2	-	-
Intikhab Alam	17.3	8	14	3	-	-
Roope	6	1	20	2	-	-
Aworth	1	0	1	0	-	-

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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
--> AR Butcher (1) passed his previous highest score of 57 in First-Class matches
--> AR Butcher (1) passed his previous highest score of 57 in County Championship matches
--> AR Butcher (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> GA Gooch (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> N Smith (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> KWR Fletcher (2) passed 14000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 3
--> RE East reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> JK Lever reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Surrey second innings
--> JK Lever reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Surrey second innings

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