a1762	Essex v Nottinghamshire
	John Player League 1976
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 25th July 1976 (40-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 73 runs
Points	Essex 4; Nottinghamshire 0
Umpires	WE Phillipson, AGT Whitehead

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
BEA Edmeades	c Randall b Rice	76
BR Hardie	run out	19
KS McEwan	b White	9
*KWR Fletcher	b Cooper	20
GA Gooch	c Harris b Wilkinson	17
KR Pont	not out	20
S Turner	c Cooper b Wilkinson	11
RE East	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 8 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-52, 3-105, 4-143, 5-147, 6-188 (40 ov)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Stead	8	0	30	0	-	-	-	3.75
Wilkinson	8	2	25	2	-	-	24.00	3.12
White	8	1	28	1	-	-	48.00	3.50
Rice	8	0	52	1	-	-	48.00	6.50
Cooper	8	1	37	1	-	-	48.00	4.62

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Nottinghamshire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
SB Hassan	c and b Turner	7
PA Todd	c McEwan b Edmeades	24
CEB Rice	b Turner	13
DW Randall	b Edmeades	4
*MJ Smedley	b Edmeades	2
+MJ Harris	not out	40
RA White	lbw b Acfield	1
JD Birch	b Lever	7
PA Wilkinson	lbw b Lever	0
B Stead	c Gooch b East	1
KE Cooper	not out	7
Extras	(6 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	9
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs)	115
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-22, 3-44, 4-48, 5-53, 6-55, 7-74, 8-74, 9-75

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	8	1	19	2	-	-	24.00	2.38
Turner	7	1	23	2	-	-	21.00	3.29
Acfield	8	1	20	1	-	-	48.00	2.50
Edmeades	8	2	14	3	-	-	16.00	1.75
East	8	1	24	1	-	-	48.00	3.00
Fletcher	1	0	6	0	-	-	-	6.00

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