f30581 cc14834	Worcestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1975
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 24th, 26th, 27th May 1975 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 29 runs
Points	Worcestershire 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Essex 16 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	JF Crapp, CG Pepper
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 127/3 (Ormrod 59*, Parker 3*; 38 overs)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 14/1 (Ormrod 7*, Wilcock 6*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KS McEwan	b Brain	55
BR Hardie	b Brain	5
*KWR Fletcher	c and b Gifford	15
GA Gooch	b Brain	5
BEA Edmeades	c Parker b Inchmore	3
KD Boyce	c Gifford b Hemsley	21
S Turner	c D'Oliveira b Inchmore	19
RE East	run out	23
+N Smith	b Johnson	0
RNS Hobbs	run out	41
JK Lever	not out	19
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 9 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(all out, 77.3 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-64, 3-84, 4-89, 5-101, 6-116, 7-153, 8-154, 9-159, 10-222 (77.3 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brain	19	3	52	3	-	-
Inchmore	22	2	67	2	-	-
Hemsley	13	1	39	1	-	-
Gifford	16.3	3	32	1	-	-
Johnson	7	0	16	1	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Ormrod	c Turner b Lever	63
GM Turner	lbw b Lever	50
EJO Hemsley	b East	7
JD Inchmore	b East	2
JM Parker	lbw b Lever	3
BL D'Oliveira	c Smith b East	59
TJ Yardley	c Hobbs b East	30
IN Johnson	b Hobbs	0
+HG Wilcock	c Smith b Hobbs	1
*N Gifford	c Smith b Lever	6
BM Brain	not out	1
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb, 6 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 86.1 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-105, 2-122, 3-124, 4-127, 5-144, 6-214, 7-215, 8-224, 9-227, 10-236 (86.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	13	1	34	0	-	-
Lever	24.1	3	63	4	-	-
Turner	10	0	61	0	-	-
East	18	6	35	4	-	-
Hobbs	21	7	29	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Brain	10
KS McEwan	run out	6
*KWR Fletcher	c Ormrod b Brain	0
GA Gooch	b Gifford	19
BR Hardie	c D'Oliveira b Brain	32
S Turner	c Wilcock b Brain	10
RE East	c Ormrod b Brain	0
KD Boyce	c Inchmore b Brain	14
+N Smith	b Brain	38
RNS Hobbs	lbw b Brain	0
JK Lever	not out	1
Extras	(19 b, 7 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	34
Total	(all out, 54.4 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-26, 3-35, 4-76, 5-105, 6-105, 7-112, 8-153, 9-155, 10-164 (54.4 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brain	21.4	5	55	8	-	-
Inchmore	16	3	38	0	-	-
Hemsley	9	4	16	0	-	-
Gifford	8	2	21	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Ormrod	c Smith b Edmeades	18
GM Turner	lbw b Lever	0
+HG Wilcock	b Hobbs	33
EJO Hemsley	c Turner b East	10
JM Parker	b Lever	13
BL D'Oliveira	c Turner b East	3
TJ Yardley	c Fletcher b Hobbs	7
IN Johnson	c Smith b Hobbs	6
JD Inchmore	b Hobbs	16
*N Gifford	not out	6
BM Brain	b Lever	4
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 52.5 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-53, 3-53, 4-74, 5-81, 6-84, 7-90, 8-101, 9-110, 10-121 (52.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	11.5	2	34	3	-	-
Turner	5	0	23	0	-	-
East	14	3	33	2	-	-
Hobbs	18	9	21	4	-	-
Edmeades	4	1	5	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
--> IN Johnson made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> EJO Hemsley reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> RNS Hobbs reached 650 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> BM Brain achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 7-40)
--> BM Brain achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 7-40)
--> RNS Hobbs reached 1000 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Worcestershire second innings

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