f32600 cc15566	Essex v Derbyshire
	Schweppes County Championship 1979
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 20th, 21st, 22nd June 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Derbyshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by an innings and 40 runs
Points	Essex 20 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Derbyshire 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	HD Bird, BJ Meyer
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 8/1 (Denness 3*, East 5*)
Close of play day 2	Derbyshire (2) 1/1 (Hill 1*, Steele 0*)

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Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Hill	lbw b Lever	10
IS Anderson	b Phillip	2
*DS Steele	lbw b Phillip	4
PN Kirsten	b Lever	11
AJ Borrington	c Smith b Phillip	12
KJ Barnett	c Smith b Lever	0
FW Swarbrook	c Smith b Turner	52
J Walters	c Pont b Lever	54
CJ Tunnicliffe	b Phillip	57
RC Wincer	lbw b Lever	3
+AJ McLellan	not out	8
Extras	(5 b, 24 lb, 13 nb, 3 w)	45
Total	(all out, 97.4 overs)	258
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-14, 3-28, 4-29, 5-43, 6-53, 7-138, 8-208, 9-215, 10-258 (97.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	30	5	72	5	-	-
Phillip	26.4	11	59	4	-	-
Turner	27	6	51	1	-	-
Pont	11	2	29	0	-	-
East	3	1	2	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Steele b Walters	35
AW Lilley	c Barnett b Tunnicliffe	0
RE East	c McLellan b Wincer	19
KS McEwan	c Steele b Kirsten	185
*KWR Fletcher	c Steele b Wincer	15
BR Hardie	c McLellan b Kirsten	7
KR Pont	c McLellan b Kirsten	77
N Phillip	c Barnett b Tunnicliffe	6
S Turner	b Walters	43
+N Smith	not out	16
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 15 lb, 14 nb)	32
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 99.2 overs)	435
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-39, 3-170, 4-232, 5-278, 6-280, 7-293, 8-375, 9-435 (99.2 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wincer	20	3	84	2	-	-
Tunnicliffe	19	6	74	2	-	-
Walters	33	6	120	2	-	-
Steele	6	0	39	0	-	-
Swarbrook	3	0	28	0	-	-
Kirsten	18.2	3	58	3	-	-

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Derbyshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Hill	b Lever	19
IS Anderson	lbw b Lever	0
*DS Steele	c Hardie b Phillip	5
PN Kirsten	c Denness b Turner	3
AJ Borrington	lbw b East	34
KJ Barnett	c Smith b Lever	21
FW Swarbrook	b Phillip	5
J Walters	c East b Lever	9
CJ Tunnicliffe	not out	18
RC Wincer	b Phillip	3
+AJ McLellan	c Smith b Phillip	0
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 9 nb, 2 w)	20
Total	(all out, 58 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-18, 3-28, 4-36, 5-95, 6-95, 7-109, 8-126, 9-131, 10-137 (58 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	18	4	45	4	-	-
Phillip	10	0	28	4	-	-
Turner	15	7	27	1	-	-
East	15	7	17	1	-	-

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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
--> Day 2 Lunch: Essex (1) ?/? (McEwan 120*, [unknown] ?*)
--> S Turner (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 42
--> JK Lever reached 900 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Derbyshire first innings

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