f29153 cc14321	Essex v Warwickshire
	County Championship 1972
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 27th, 29th, 30th May 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Warwickshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 5 (Batting 3, Bowling 2); Warwickshire 10 (Batting 6, Bowling 4)
Umpires	CS Elliott, AGT Whitehead
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 2/0 (Edmeades 0*, Taylor 2*)

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Whitehouse	b Boyce	7
JA Jameson	c Hobbs b Boyce	9
RB Kanhai	c Taylor b Boyce	98
MJK Smith	st Taylor b Acfield	102
AI Kallicharran	b Boyce	36
DL Amiss	not out	13
NM McVicker	not out	21
*+AC Smith	did not bat
DJ Brown	did not bat
PJ Lewington	did not bat
LR Gibbs	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 8 nb)	17
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 83.5 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-22, 3-215, 4-231, 5-270

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	21	4	56	4	-	-
Lever	13.5	0	46	0	-	-
Turner	13	2	49	0	-	-
Acfield	25	3	82	1	-	-
Hobbs	11	0	53	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c AC Smith b McVicker	78
GJ Saville	lbw b Brown	1
*+B Taylor	b McVicker	12
KWR Fletcher	c Whitehouse b Lewington	70
B Ward	c Gibbs b Lewington	31
KD Boyce	c AC Smith b McVicker	12
KR Pont	lbw b AC Smith	0
S Turner	c Kallicharran b Lewington	0
RNS Hobbs	st +Jameson b Lewington	4
DL Acfield	not out	33
JK Lever	not out	38
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 102 overs)	289
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-29, 3-143, 4-179, 5-191, 6-207, 7-208, 8-214, 9-223

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	12	0	46	1	-	-
McVicker	20	8	46	3	-	-
Gibbs	22	5	39	0	-	-
Lewington	19	5	62	4	-	-
AC Smith	13	2	24	1	-	-
Whitehouse	5	0	25	0	-	-
Kallicharran	8	0	30	0	-	-
Kanhai	3	0	7	0	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Whitehouse	b Pont	2
DL Amiss	not out	12
AI Kallicharran	not out	14
JA Jameson	did not bat
RB Kanhai	did not bat
MJK Smith	did not bat
NM McVicker	did not bat
*+AC Smith	did not bat
DJ Brown	did not bat
PJ Lewington	did not bat
LR Gibbs	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 8 overs)	28
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Whitehouse)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fletcher	4	0	13	0	-	-
Pont	4	0	15	1	-	-

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Notes
--> J Whitehouse (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> RB Kanhai (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 98
--> DL Amiss (2) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> NM McVicker reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings

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