f28874 cc14279	Essex v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1971
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 25th, 26th, 27th August 1971 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 4 wickets
Points	Essex 8 (Batting 5, Bowling 3); Worcestershire 16 (Batting 3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	JF Crapp, WE Phillipson
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 27/0 (Headley 18*, Stimpson 6*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 42/0 (Edmeades 29*, Francis 12*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Wilcock b D'Oliveira	36
BC Francis	c Ormrod b Carter	2
GJ Saville	c Ormrod b Wilkinson	77
KWR Fletcher	c Ormrod b D'Oliveira	0
B Ward	not out	101
KD Boyce	c Holder b Griffith	24
*+B Taylor	c Cass b Wilkinson	35
RNS Hobbs	b Holder	5
RE East	not out	6
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb, 8 nb)	18
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 92 overs)	304
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-71, 3-71, 4-176, 5-201, 6-264, 7-290

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	19	5	41	1	-	-
Carter	20	3	68	1	-	-
Wilkinson	23	1	70	2	-	-
D'Oliveira	19	3	47	2	-	-
Griffith	11	1	60	1	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RGA Headley	c and b Lever	27
PJ Stimpson	c Ward b Boyce	22
JA Ormrod	c Taylor b Boyce	5
TJ Yardley	lbw b Acfield	47
BL D'Oliveira	b Acfield	28
GR Cass	c Francis b East	30
KW Wilkinson	run out	31
K Griffith	not out	34
+HG Wilcock	not out	31
VA Holder	did not bat
RGM Carter	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb, 8 nb)	18
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 100 overs)	273
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-50, 3-76, 4-119, 5-142, 6-205, 7-205

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	21	5	52	2	-	-
Lever	19	0	55	1	-	-
Hobbs	17	4	58	0	-	-
Acfield	21	8	52	2	-	-
East	21	7	36	1	-	-
Edmeades	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Yardley b Holder	79
BC Francis	b D'Oliveira	87
GJ Saville	c Ormrod b Carter	10
KWR Fletcher	c Holder b Carter	6
B Ward	c Wilcock b Holder	0
KD Boyce	not out	18
*+B Taylor	b Carter	13
RNS Hobbs	not out	2
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 3 nb)	7
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 57 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-163, 2-175, 3-188, 4-188, 5-192, 6-209

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	21	3	74	2	-	-
Carter	10	0	50	3	-	-
Wilkinson	7	1	26	0	-	-
D'Oliveira	8	2	18	1	-	-
Griffith	11	1	47	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RGA Headley	c Lever b Acfield	25
PJ Stimpson	c and b Hobbs	53
JA Ormrod	b Lever	69
TJ Yardley	b Lever	41
BL D'Oliveira	not out	27
GR Cass	b Lever	6
+HG Wilcock	lbw b Lever	2
VA Holder	not out	13
KW Wilkinson	did not bat
K Griffith	did not bat
RGM Carter	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 8 lb, 5 nb)	20
Total	(6 wickets, 65 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-102, 3-190, 4-203, 5-213, 6-220

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	18	1	69	0	-	-
Lever	11	0	49	4	-	-
Hobbs	11	2	47	1	-	-
Acfield	16	4	41	1	-	-
East	9	2	30	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GJ Saville (1) passed his previous highest score of 75 in County Championship matches
--> B Ward (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 64
--> TJ Yardley (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> BC Francis (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 42

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