a3085	Hampshire v Essex
	John Player League 1981
Venue	County Ground, Southampton on 16th August 1981 (40-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Hampshire won by 7 wickets
Points	Hampshire 4; Essex 0
Umpires	WE Alley, AGT Whitehead
Scorers	CF Driver (Essex), VH Isaacs (Hampshire)

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
BR Hardie	b Marshall	87
AW Lilley	c Parks b Stevenson	6
KS McEwan	c Hayward b Malone	67
N Phillip	b Malone	8
S Turner	not out	2
*KWR Fletcher	not out	9
KR Pont	did not bat
DR Pringle	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
+DE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 10 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(4 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-171, 3-174, 4-182

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Marshall	8	2	13	1	-	-	48.00	1.62
Stevenson	8	0	52	1	-	-	48.00	6.50
Malone	8	0	41	2	-	-	24.00	5.12
Jesty	8	0	40	0	-	-	-	5.00
Cowley	8	0	33	0	-	-	-	4.12

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Hampshire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
CL Smith	c RE East b Pringle	65
JM Rice	c DE East b Pringle	39
NGC Cowley	not out	43
DR Turner	b Pringle	6
*TE Jesty	not out	35
MCJ Nicholas	did not bat
RE Hayward	did not bat
MD Marshall	did not bat
+RJ Parks	did not bat
K Stevenson	did not bat
SJ Malone	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(3 wickets, 39 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-88, 2-121, 3-135

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	7	0	52	0	-	-	-	7.43
Phillip	8	0	36	0	-	-	-	4.50
RE East	8	1	31	0	-	-	-	3.88
Turner	8	0	40	0	-	-	-	5.00
Pringle	8	0	29	3	-	-	16.00	3.62

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Notes
--> TE Jesty passed 5000 runs in List A matches when he reached 7

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