f31149 cc15051	Surrey v Essex
	County Championship 1976
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 3rd, 5th, 6th July 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 155 runs
Points	Surrey 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Essex 18 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	WE Alley, A Jepson
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 67/0 (Howarth 26*, Edrich 32*; 22 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 186/5 (McEwan 103*, East 14*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	b Mack	12
BR Hardie	lbw b Intikhab Alam	33
KS McEwan	c Howarth b Intikhab Alam	53
*KWR Fletcher	b Pocock	78
GA Gooch	c Edrich b Pocock	99
KR Pont	st Skinner b Intikhab Alam	9
S Turner	c Skinner b Intikhab Alam	0
RE East	c and b Pocock	6
+N Smith	b Intikhab Alam	6
JK Lever	not out	13
DL Acfield	c Pocock b Arnold	12
Extras	(4 b, 12 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	21
Total	(all out, 97.3 overs)	342
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-108, 3-121, 4-276, 5-297, 6-305, 7-305, 8-313, 9-317, 10-342 (97.3 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnold	14.3	1	38	1	-	-
Mack	10	2	38	1	-	-
Roope	8	1	28	0	-	-
Smith	12	4	31	0	-	-
Pocock	26	2	104	3	-	-
Intikhab Alam	27	4	82	5	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GP Howarth	b Acfield	46
*JH Edrich	lbw b Turner	47
CJ Aworth	c and b Lever	33
Younis Ahmed	lbw b East	20
GRJ Roope	c Smith b Turner	78
+LE Skinner	c Hardie b Acfield	0
DM Smith	lbw b Lever	23
Intikhab Alam	run out	36
GG Arnold	b Acfield	7
PI Pocock	not out	0
AJ Mack	lbw b Acfield	2
Extras	(10 b, 14 lb, 5 nb)	29
Total	(all out, 99.5 overs)	321
Fall of wickets:
1-99, 2-111, 3-161, 4-163, 5-164, 6-251, 7-307, 8-318, 9-319, 10-321 (99.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	19	2	59	2	-	-
Turner	17	2	56	2	-	-
Acfield	36.5	7	96	4	-	-
East	27	6	81	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	b Pocock	38
BR Hardie	c Skinner b Mack	0
KS McEwan	b Pocock	117
GA Gooch	c Roope b Pocock	7
*KWR Fletcher	c Edrich b Pocock	1
KR Pont	c Skinner b Arnold	11
RE East	c Roope b Pocock	45
S Turner	lbw b Pocock	41
+N Smith	c Roope b Arnold	6
JK Lever	not out	2
DL Acfield	c Skinner b Arnold	0
Extras	(10 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 62 overs)	283
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-105, 3-131, 4-149, 5-168, 6-210, 7-255, 8-274, 9-282, 10-283 (62 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnold	16	4	48	3	-	-
Mack	3	0	19	1	-	-
Smith	2	0	12	0	-	-
Pocock	27	5	118	6	-	-
Intikhab Alam	14	1	71	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GP Howarth	c Smith b Acfield	25
CJ Aworth	c Turner b Acfield	17
*JH Edrich	c and b East	0
GRJ Roope	c Smith b Acfield	19
Younis Ahmed	st Smith b Acfield	6
+LE Skinner	lbw b Acfield	0
DM Smith	c Hardie b Acfield	0
Intikhab Alam	c Gooch b East	25
GG Arnold	c Gooch b Acfield	29
PI Pocock	not out	18
AJ Mack	b East	1
Extras	(5 lb, 4 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 50.1 overs)	149
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-38, 3-60, 4-66, 5-66, 6-68, 7-71, 8-123, 9-139, 10-149 (50.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	4	0	13	0	-	-
Turner	2	1	10	0	-	-
Acfield	23	10	57	7	-	-
East	21.1	4	60	3	-	-

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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
--> AJ Mack made his debut in County Championship matches
--> KWR Fletcher (1) passed 15000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 49
--> CJ Aworth (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> GRJ Roope (1) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 64
--> GP Howarth (2) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> Intikhab Alam reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> DL Acfield reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Surrey second innings

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