a1779	Essex v Surrey
	John Player League 1976
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 8th August 1976 (40-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by 6 wickets
Points	Essex 0; Surrey 4
Umpires	JF Crapp, DGL Evans

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
BR Hardie	b Arnold	20
*KWR Fletcher	c Skinner b Baker	25
KS McEwan	b Pocock	3
GA Gooch	c Baker b Pocock	28
KR Pont	c Intikhab Alam b Roope	24
S Turner	b Jackman	30
KD Boyce	c Younis Ahmed b Jackman	12
RE East	c Edrich b Roope	4
+N Smith	run out	9
JK Lever	not out	4
DL Acfield	not out	0
Extras	(14 lb)	14
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-53, 3-54, 4-99, 5-116, 6-136, 7-144, 8-160, 9-171

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Arnold	8	1	15	1	-	-	48.00	1.88
Baker	8	0	32	1	-	-	48.00	4.00
Jackman	8	0	39	2	-	-	24.00	4.88
Pocock	8	2	24	2	-	-	24.00	3.00
Roope	8	0	49	2	-	-	24.00	6.12

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Surrey innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
AR Butcher	c Turner b Boyce	0
GP Howarth	c and b Turner	27
Younis Ahmed	c Fletcher b Acfield	36
GRJ Roope	b East	14
*JH Edrich	not out	39
+LE Skinner	not out	47
Intikhab Alam	did not bat
RD Jackman	did not bat
GG Arnold	did not bat
RP Baker	did not bat
PI Pocock	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 9 lb, 4 nb)	14
Total	(4 wickets, 39.2 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-57, 3-79, 4-95

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Boyce	8	1	47	1	-	-	48.00	5.88
Lever	7.2	1	27	0	-	-	-	3.68
Turner	8	1	35	1	-	-	48.00	4.38
Acfield	8	0	37	1	-	-	48.00	4.62
East	8	2	17	1	-	-	48.00	2.12

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