f29686 cc14542	Warwickshire v Essex
	County Championship 1973
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 30th June, 2nd, 3rd July 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Warwickshire 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3); Essex 9 (Batting 6, Bowling 3)
Umpires	AGT Whitehead, PB Wight
Scorers	JWW Bartlam (Essex), P Pike (Warwickshire)
Close of play day 1	Warwickshire (1) 45/1 (Amiss 19*, McVicker 1*; 18 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 24/2 (Fletcher 7*, Taylor 0*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Amiss b Brown	0
BC Francis	b Lewington	94
KWR Fletcher	lbw b Brown	4
RMO Cooke	lbw b McVicker	4
KR Pont	b Lewington	48
S Turner	c +Jameson b Brown	52
RE East	lbw b Hemmings	0
*+B Taylor	b Hemmings	22
RNS Hobbs	b McVicker	43
JK Lever	b Brown	0
DL Acfield	not out	1
Extras	(4 b, 10 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(all out, 97.1 overs)	286
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-5, 3-10, 4-160, 5-161, 6-162, 7-202, 8-271, 9-278, 10-286 (97.1 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	20	5	60	4	-	-
McVicker	16.1	2	65	2	-	-
Hemmings	31	10	58	2	-	-
AC Smith	9	2	31	0	-	-
Lewington	21	4	54	2	-	-

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Jameson	c Taylor b Lever	25
DL Amiss	c Fletcher b Acfield	52
NM McVicker	b East	10
RN Abberley	lbw b East	8
MJK Smith	c Taylor b Acfield	22
J Whitehouse	c Hobbs b East	7
EE Hemmings	c Taylor b Turner	41
*AC Smith	b Acfield	73
DJ Brown	b Hobbs	0
PJ Lewington	st Taylor b Hobbs	34
+BJ Flick	not out	9
Extras	(3 lb, 3 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 129.1 overs)	287
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-64, 3-94, 4-102, 5-125, 6-125, 7-230, 8-231, 9-255, 10-287 (129.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	22	4	57	1	-	-
Turner	21	6	47	1	-	-
East	34	12	63	3	-	-
Acfield	35	9	70	3	-	-
Hobbs	17.1	6	44	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	lbw b McVicker	15
BC Francis	c Abberley b Brown	0
KWR Fletcher	c and b McVicker	11
*+B Taylor	lbw b Brown	9
RMO Cooke	c and b Hemmings	32
KR Pont	c Hemmings b McVicker	113
S Turner	not out	42
RE East	not out	7
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 76 overs)	239
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-22, 3-29, 4-36, 5-115, 6-220

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	18	6	40	2	-	-
McVicker	21	5	70	3	-	-
Hemmings	20	5	67	1	-	-
AC Smith	7	2	17	0	-	-
Lewington	10	4	35	0	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Jameson	c Turner b East	54
DL Amiss	b Acfield	60
RN Abberley	c Taylor b Turner	32
MJK Smith	c Taylor b Turner	18
J Whitehouse	b Lever	4
EE Hemmings	not out	35
NM McVicker	run out	15
*AC Smith	c Pont b Lever	7
PJ Lewington	b Lever	0
DJ Brown	c Lever b Hobbs	0
+BJ Flick	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 3 nb)	9
Total	(9 wickets, 50 overs)	234
Fall of wickets:
1-109, 2-117, 3-163, 4-171, 5-173, 6-215, 7-227, 8-230, 9-231

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	12	1	47	3	-	-
Turner	6	0	38	2	-	-
East	13	3	47	1	-	-
Acfield	13	1	54	1	-	-
Hobbs	6	1	39	1	-	-

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Notes
--> B Taylor (1) passed 19000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> PJ Lewington (1) passed his previous highest score of 21 in First-Class matches
--> PJ Lewington (1) passed his previous highest score of 21 in County Championship matches
--> KR Pont (2) passed his previous highest score of 75 in First-Class matches
--> KR Pont (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> KR Pont (2) passed his previous highest score of 75 in County Championship matches
--> KR Pont (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> JA Jameson (2) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> PJ Lewington reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> EE Hemmings reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
--> NM McVicker reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
--> JK Lever reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Warwickshire second innings

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