f31603 cc15201	Hampshire v Essex
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	United Services Ground, Portsmouth on 15th, 16th, 17th June 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Hampshire won by an innings and 29 runs
Points	Hampshire 18 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Essex 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	WE Alley, R Aspinall
Scorers	JWW Bartlam (Essex), VH Isaacs (Hampshire)
Close of play day 1	Hampshire (1) 138/5 (Cowley 20*, Taylor 15*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 103/5 (Pont 11*, Turner 12*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	lbw b Rice	41
BR Hardie	lbw b Elms	1
KS McEwan	c Cowley b Taylor	30
*KWR Fletcher	c Rice b Taylor	29
GA Gooch	b Elms	1
KR Pont	c Roberts b Rice	3
S Turner	c Stephenson b Rice	5
RE East	c Taylor b Rice	1
PA Hector	lbw b Rice	0
+N Smith	not out	2
DL Acfield	c Rice b Taylor	0
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 63.5 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-32, 3-87, 4-88, 5-105, 6-105, 7-111, 8-111, 9-112, 10-113 (63.5 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Roberts	7	1	14	0	-	-
Elms	16	6	31	2	-	-
Jesty	4	1	17	0	-	-
Rice	20	9	31	5	-	-
Taylor	15.5	8	20	3	-	-
Southern	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CG Greenidge	b Pont	46
DJ Rock	lbw b Turner	6
DR Turner	c Smith b Pont	14
TE Jesty	c McEwan b Turner	30
JM Rice	lbw b Turner	1
NGC Cowley	c Smith b Turner	20
MNS Taylor	c Denness b Turner	102
RB Elms	b East	30
*+GR Stephenson	c Smith b Turner	16
AME Roberts	c Smith b Hector	11
JW Southern	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 10 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 116.1 overs)	292
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-58, 3-75, 4-76, 5-105, 6-138, 7-224, 8-272, 9-292, 10-292 (116.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Turner	41.1	11	101	6	-	-
Hector	18	4	62	1	-	-
Pont	11	3	38	2	-	-
East	25	11	29	1	-	-
Acfield	13	6	28	0	-	-
Gooch	8	1	18	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Rice b Southern	15
BR Hardie	c Jesty b Elms	6
KS McEwan	c Rock b Roberts	44
GA Gooch	c Stephenson b Rice	1
*KWR Fletcher	c Greenidge b Southern	11
KR Pont	lbw b Roberts	11
S Turner	c Taylor b Roberts	28
RE East	b Roberts	24
+N Smith	c Greenidge b Roberts	0
PA Hector	b Rice	4
DL Acfield	not out	2
Extras	(3 lb, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 86.5 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-54, 3-55, 4-80, 5-80, 6-106, 7-141, 8-141, 9-149, 10-150 (86.5 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Roberts	20.5	7	32	5	-	-
Elms	12	5	33	1	-	-
Jesty	4	2	5	0	-	-
Rice	18	6	40	2	-	-
Taylor	7	4	3	0	-	-
Southern	24	12	33	2	-	-
Cowley	1	1	0	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
--> PA Hector made his debut in County Championship matches
--> MH Denness (1) passed 16000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> KS McEwan (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 29
--> JM Rice achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 4-33)
--> JM Rice achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings
--> JM Rice achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 4-33)
--> JM Rice achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings
--> RB Elms reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> S Turner reached 450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Hampshire first innings

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