f32059 cc15352	Surrey v Essex
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 27th, 29th, 30th May 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by 8 wickets
Points	Surrey 19 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Essex 4 (Batting 2, Bowling 2)
Umpires	HD Bird, DJ Halfyard
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 43/0 (Howarth 26*, Edrich 12*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 45/1 (Gooch 12*, McEwan 32*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Roope b Thomas	5
GA Gooch	lbw b Intikhab Alam	42
KS McEwan	b Jackman	18
*KWR Fletcher	b Knight	7
BR Hardie	c Roope b Intikhab Alam	11
S Turner	c and b Pocock	38
N Phillip	run out	22
RE East	c Roope b Knight	8
+N Smith	b Jackman	41
JK Lever	not out	6
DL Acfield	c and b Pocock	10
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 97 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-35, 3-74, 4-88, 5-95, 6-125, 7-155, 8-171, 9-211, 10-222 (97 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jackman	16	5	40	2	-	-
Thomas	13	2	32	1	-	-
Payne	5	1	20	0	-	-
Knight	15	3	29	2	-	-
Intikhab Alam	24	10	35	2	-	-
Pocock	24	5	52	2	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JH Edrich	c Smith b Lever	16
GP Howarth	b Phillip	56
*RDV Knight	b Turner	34
GRJ Roope	not out	113
DM Smith	lbw b Lever	18
IR Payne	lbw b Lever	0
Intikhab Alam	c Denness b East	8
RD Jackman	not out	18
DJ Thomas	did not bat
+CJ Richards	did not bat
PI Pocock	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 11 lb, 11 nb, 1 w)	27
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 103 overs)	290
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-115, 3-118, 4-166, 5-174, 6-220

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	28	4	64	3	-	-
Phillip	24	2	80	1	-	-
East	12	2	30	1	-	-
Acfield	23	8	51	0	-	-
Turner	16	2	38	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	b Jackman	0
GA Gooch	c Thomas b Jackman	32
KS McEwan	b Intikhab Alam	73
*KWR Fletcher	b Pocock	13
BR Hardie	run out	1
S Turner	c Payne b Intikhab Alam	4
N Phillip	c Jackman b Pocock	15
RE East	lbw b Pocock	57
+N Smith	c Jackman b Intikhab Alam	2
JK Lever	run out	8
DL Acfield	not out	0
Extras	(5 lb, 4 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 78 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-67, 3-119, 4-127, 5-127, 6-147, 7-147, 8-162, 9-214, 10-214 (78 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jackman	13	3	34	2	-	-
Thomas	8	2	32	0	-	-
Knight	4	1	7	0	-	-
Intikhab Alam	29	8	75	3	-	-
Pocock	24	8	57	3	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JH Edrich	b Lever	19
GP Howarth	c Smith b Lever	1
*RDV Knight	not out	63
GRJ Roope	not out	40
DM Smith	did not bat
IR Payne	did not bat
Intikhab Alam	did not bat
RD Jackman	did not bat
DJ Thomas	did not bat
+CJ Richards	did not bat
PI Pocock	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 10 lb, 8 nb)	24
Total	(2 wickets, 38.5 overs)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-27

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	8	2	19	2	-	-
Phillip	9	1	37	0	-	-
East	9	1	33	0	-	-
Acfield	6	2	10	0	-	-
Turner	6.5	2	24	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
--> N Phillip made his debut in County Championship matches
--> N Smith (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 39
--> GP Howarth (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> GRJ Roope (1) passed 15000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 83
--> KS McEwan (2) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32
--> RD Jackman reached 750 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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