a2244	Essex v Worcestershire
	John Player League 1978
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 23rd July 1978 (40-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Worcestershire won by 1 run
Points	Essex 0; Worcestershire 4
Umpires	WL Budd, PB Wight

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Worcestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GM Turner	lbw b Lever	9
DN Patel	c McEwan b Turner	11
PA Neale	lbw b Phillip	56
JA Ormrod	c Smith b East	20
EJO Hemsley	c McEwan b Pont	17
+DJ Humphries	b Phillip	22
CN Boyns	not out	23
VA Holder	not out	11
*N Gifford	did not bat
AP Pridgeon	did not bat
J Cumbes	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 12 lb, 1 nb)	14
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-28, 3-74, 4-111, 5-132, 6-153

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	8	1	35	1	-	-	48.00	4.38
Phillip	8	1	28	2	-	-	24.00	3.50
East	8	1	29	1	-	-	48.00	3.62
Turner	8	3	18	1	-	-	48.00	2.25
Pont	8	0	59	1	-	-	48.00	7.38

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
MH Denness	lbw b Holder	17
GA Gooch	lbw b Holder	56
KS McEwan	b Boyns	0
*KWR Fletcher	b Holder	29
KR Pont	run out	2
BR Hardie	c Boyns b Cumbes	3
N Phillip	st Humphries b Gifford	15
S Turner	b Pridgeon	17
RE East	c Pridgeon b Holder	11
+N Smith	not out	21
JK Lever	not out	2
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-33, 3-105, 4-106, 5-111, 6-113, 7-140, 8-148, 9-177

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Holder	8	1	26	4	-	-	12.00	3.25
Pridgeon	6	0	38	1	-	-	36.00	6.33
Boyns	8	1	28	1	-	-	48.00	3.50
Cumbes	8	0	32	1	-	-	48.00	4.00
Patel	2	0	8	0	-	-	-	4.00
Gifford	8	0	41	1	-	-	48.00	5.12

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