a3640	Minor Counties v Essex
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1983 (Group C)
Venue	Chalvey Road, Slough on 17th May 1983 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Minor Counties won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 9 wickets
Points	Minor Counties 0; Essex 2
Umpires	R Julian, KE Palmer
Player of the Match	KWR Fletcher

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Minor Counties innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
A Kennedy	lbw b Pringle	2
SG Plumb	run out	13
D Bailey	c DE East b Turner	27
RV Lewis	c RE East b Turner	1
NA Riddell	b Phillip	10
WM Osman	lbw b Pringle	11
S Greensword	lbw b Turner	0
NT O'Brien	b Lever	17
*+FE Collyer	c Fletcher b Lever	28
IL Pont	not out	13
D Surridge	not out	0
Extras	(8 lb, 8 nb, 2 w)	18
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-30, 3-34, 4-63, 5-63, 6-63, 7-82, 8-112, 9-139

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	10	3	27	2	-	-	30.00	2.70
Pringle	11	3	26	2	-	-	33.00	2.36
Phillip	10	4	25	1	-	-	60.00	2.50
Turner	11	2	24	3	-	-	22.00	2.18
RE East	7	3	6	0	-	-	-	0.86
Gooch	6	2	14	0	-	-	-	2.33

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GA Gooch	b O'Brien	38
BR Hardie	not out	30
*KWR Fletcher	not out	62
KS McEwan	did not bat
KR Pont	did not bat
N Phillip	did not bat
DR Pringle	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
+DE East	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 9 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(1 wicket, 41.1 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-55 (Gooch)

Minor Counties bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Pont	8	1	37	0	-	-	-	4.62
Surridge	6	0	24	0	-	-	-	4.00
O'Brien	9	4	18	1	-	-	54.00	2.00
Plumb	11	3	22	0	-	-	-	2.00
Greensword	7	0	28	0	-	-	-	4.00
Kennedy	0.1	0	1	0	-	-	-	6.00

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