f32127 cc15405	Essex v Yorkshire
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 1st, 3rd, 4th July 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Yorkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Yorkshire 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	DO Oslear, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Yorkshire (1) 100/3 (Hampshire 25*, Cope 0*; 42.2 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 241/3 (Fletcher 62*, Pont 0*; 63 overs)

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Boycott	b East	49
RG Lumb	lbw b Lever	10
CWJ Athey	c Hardie b Turner	4
JH Hampshire	c McEwan b Lever	42
GA Cope	c East b Lever	1
K Sharp	c Lever b East	40
+DL Bairstow	not out	56
A Sidebottom	c McEwan b East	0
P Carrick	c McEwan b East	25
HP Cooper	c McEwan b Phillip	9
S Oldham	not out	1
Extras	(2 b, 13 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	23
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	260
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-41, 3-99, 4-109, 5-128, 6-177, 7-177, 8-219, 9-255

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	22	7	39	3	-	-
Phillip	21	2	68	1	-	-
Turner	19	6	38	1	-	-
East	24	4	63	4	-	-
Acfield	14	1	29	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MSA McEvoy	run out	10
S Turner	b Oldham	10
KS McEwan	lbw b Oldham	149
*KWR Fletcher	c Bairstow b Oldham	75
KR Pont	c Cope b Cooper	60
N Phillip	c and b Oldham	2
RE East	c Cooper b Sidebottom	8
+N Smith	b Cooper	44
JK Lever	not out	4
DL Acfield	not out	7
BR Hardie	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 6 nb)	13
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	382
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-30, 3-236, 4-264, 5-266, 6-282, 7-370, 8-370

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Oldham	32	7	90	4	-	-
Cooper	37	11	110	2	-	-
Carrick	12	2	71	0	-	-
Sidebottom	14	2	66	1	-	-
Cope	5	2	32	0	-	-

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Yorkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Boycott	c Phillip b Acfield	59
RG Lumb	c Fletcher b Turner	13
CWJ Athey	c McEvoy b East	56
JH Hampshire	not out	26
K Sharp	not out	19
GA Cope	did not bat
+DL Bairstow	did not bat
A Sidebottom	did not bat
P Carrick	did not bat
HP Cooper	did not bat
S Oldham	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 9 nb)	13
Total	(3 wickets, 65 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-113, 3-156

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	8	1	14	0	-	-
Phillip	6	1	25	0	-	-
Turner	9	1	16	1	-	-
East	20	4	48	1	-	-
Acfield	16	2	58	1	-	-
Pont	6	1	12	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
--> P Carrick (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 19
--> KS McEwan (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 146
--> RE East (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> JK Lever reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Yorkshire first innings
--> S Oldham reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings

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