f30260 cc14780	Worcestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1974
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 17th, 19th, 20th August 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 10 wickets
Points	Worcestershire 18 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Essex 3 (Batting 3)
Umpires	HD Bird, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 65/2 (Turner 30*, Inchmore 4*; 28 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 56/0 (Edmeades 23*, Hardie 19*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Headley b Holder	18
BR Hardie	b Brain	11
KS McEwan	b Inchmore	46
*KWR Fletcher	c Inchmore b Holder	0
RMO Cooke	c Wilcock b Brain	12
KD Boyce	c Brain b Inchmore	9
S Turner	c Wilcock b Inchmore	27
RE East	st Wilcock b D'Oliveira	54
+N Smith	c Yardley b D'Oliveira	42
JK Lever	b Gifford	8
DL Acfield	not out	3
Extras	(12 b, 16 lb, 6 nb)	34
Total	(all out, 81.5 overs)	264
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-45, 3-49, 4-65, 5-78, 6-121, 7-138, 8-224, 9-258, 10-264 (81.5 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	18	2	46	2	-	-
Brain	20	0	71	2	-	-
Inchmore	15	3	52	3	-	-
D'Oliveira	12	0	31	2	-	-
Gifford	16.5	7	30	1	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	retired hurt	30
RGA Headley	c Smith b Lever	9
JA Ormrod	st Smith b East	15
JD Inchmore	run out	113
JM Parker	c sub b Boyce	140
BL D'Oliveira	c McEwan b Turner	11
TJ Yardley	c sub b Turner	5
*N Gifford	c Hardie b Turner	3
+HG Wilcock	not out	18
VA Holder	b Turner	23
BM Brain	not out	6
Extras	(6 b, 12 lb, 13 nb)	31
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 118 overs)	404
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-59, 3-331, 4-334, 5-351, 6-351, 7-356, 8-391

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	38	5	123	1	-	-
Lever	6	0	21	1	-	-
East	28	10	74	1	-	-
Acfield	17	4	68	0	-	-
Turner	23	3	65	4	-	-
Edmeades	6	0	22	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Wilcock b Holder	25
BR Hardie	c Wilcock b D'Oliveira	64
KS McEwan	c Gifford b Holder	1
*KWR Fletcher	b Brain	10
RMO Cooke	run out	16
KD Boyce	lbw b Brain	1
S Turner	c Ormrod b Gifford	6
RE East	b D'Oliveira	6
+N Smith	c Brain b Gifford	13
DL Acfield	b Gifford	5
JK Lever	not out	5
Extras	(18 b, 6 lb, 3 nb)	27
Total	(all out, 82 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-89, 2-89, 3-113, 4-121, 5-122, 6-142, 7-143, 8-160, 9-166, 10-179 (82 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	15	2	43	2	-	-
Brain	14	8	32	2	-	-
Inchmore	3	1	6	0	-	-
D'Oliveira	22	9	35	2	-	-
Gifford	28	12	36	3	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	not out	19
RGA Headley	not out	19
JA Ormrod	did not bat
JD Inchmore	did not bat
JM Parker	did not bat
BL D'Oliveira	did not bat
TJ Yardley	did not bat
*N Gifford	did not bat
+HG Wilcock	did not bat
VA Holder	did not bat
BM Brain	did not bat
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(no wicket, 17.5 overs)	40

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	6	1	15	0	-	-
Turner	3	0	6	0	-	-
East	6	3	8	0	-	-
Acfield	2.5	1	9	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
--> Day 2 Lunch: Worcestershire (1) ?/? (Parker 105*, [unknown] ?*)
--> GM Turner (1) passed 17000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> JD Inchmore (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in First-Class matches
--> JD Inchmore (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> JD Inchmore (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in County Championship matches
--> JD Inchmore (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> JM Parker (1) passed his previous highest score of 118 in County Championship matches
--> BM Brain reached 400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> N Gifford reached 1050 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
--> GM Turner retired hurt in the Worcestershire first innings having scored 30 (team score 65/2)

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