f34770 cc16400	Essex v Worcestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1983
Venue	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester on 24th, 25th August 1983 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by an innings and 58 runs
Points	Essex 24 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Worcestershire 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	B Leadbeater, CT Spencer
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 264/4 (McEwan 118*, Pont 2*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MSA McEvoy	c East b Phillip	15
MS Scott	b Lever	23
JA Ormrod	b Lever	3
*DN Patel	b Phillip	3
TS Curtis	c Gooch b Phillip	4
MJ Weston	c Gooch b Phillip	28
+DJ Humphries	c McEwan b Phillip	0
JD Inchmore	b Lever	0
RM Ellcock	c Hardie b Phillip	0
SP Perryman	c East b Lever	3
AP Pridgeon	not out	2
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 33.5 overs)	84
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-41, 3-46, 4-50, 5-50, 6-50, 7-59, 8-62, 9-76, 10-84 (33.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	17	7	43	4	-	-
Phillip	16.5	3	38	6	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	lbw b Patel	103
C Gladwin	lbw b Ellcock	20
BR Hardie	lbw b Inchmore	13
KS McEwan	not out	189
*KWR Fletcher	b Patel	2
KR Pont	c and b Inchmore	29
N Phillip	c Pridgeon b Perryman	18
S Turner	c Curtis b Patel	30
+DE East	run out	2
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 95.5 overs)	413
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-65, 3-226, 4-248, 5-327, 6-352, 7-398, 8-413 (95.5 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ellcock	7	0	51	1	-	-
Pridgeon	22	1	90	0	-	-
Inchmore	18	1	73	2	-	-
Perryman	19.5	1	93	1	-	-
Patel	29	7	99	3	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MSA McEvoy	c Gladwin b Turner	13
MJ Weston	b Lever	18
JA Ormrod	c East b Lever	1
*DN Patel	b Phillip	95	65
TS Curtis	lbw b Lever	0
MS Scott	b Phillip	21
+DJ Humphries	lbw b Acfield	34
JD Inchmore	b Acfield	51
RM Ellcock	c Fletcher b Phillip	12
SP Perryman	not out	4
AP Pridgeon	lbw b Acfield	10
Extras	(4 lb, 8 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 50 overs)	271
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-34, 3-38, 4-38, 5-146, 6-153, 7-215, 8-250, 9-256, 10-271 (50 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	13	2	80	3	-	-
Phillip	15	2	69	3	-	-
Turner	6	1	22	1	-	-
Acfield	16	0	88	3	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> MS Scott made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> MS Scott made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> SP Perryman made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> SP Perryman made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> GA Gooch (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 57
--> KS McEwan (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 166
--> KS McEwan (1) passed 19500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 126
--> DN Patel (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 5
--> DN Patel (2) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> N Phillip reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> N Phillip reached 600 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> N Phillip reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings

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