a4944	Essex v Worcestershire
	John Player Special League 1986
Venue	Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea on 20th July 1986 (40-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 43 runs
Points	Essex 4; Worcestershire 0
Umpires	JW Holder, HJ Rhodes

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*GA Gooch	b Radford	94
PJ Prichard	c Rhodes b Radford	0
AR Border	lbw b Illingworth	17
DR Pringle	c Inchmore b Illingworth	5
BR Hardie	c Curtis b Weston	41
AW Lilley	c Newport b Inchmore	52
JP Stephenson	not out	35
+DE East	not out	1
NA Foster	did not bat
TD Topley	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 14 lb, 1 nb, 11 w)	28
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs)	273
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-47, 3-55, 4-161, 5-230, 6-244

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Radford	8	0	38	2	-	-	24.00	4.75
Inchmore	8	0	40	1	-	-	48.00	5.00
Newport	8	0	64	0	-	-	-	8.00
Illingworth	8	1	49	2	-	-	24.00	6.12
Weston	8	0	66	1	-	-	48.00	8.25

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Worcestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
TS Curtis	c Gooch b Foster	82
DB D'Oliveira	c Lever b Pringle	21
GA Hick	lbw b Foster	47
DM Smith	b Gooch	19
*PA Neale	c East b Gooch	0
+SJ Rhodes	c Stephenson b Pringle	15
MJ Weston	c and b Foster	3
PJ Newport	run out	1
RK Illingworth	b Pringle	10
NV Radford	not out	5
JD Inchmore	b Lever	3
Extras	(1 b, 21 lb, 2 w)	24
Total	(all out, 39 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-132, 3-186, 4-186, 5-190, 6-198, 7-202, 8-214, 9-222, 10-230 (39 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	8	0	47	1	-	-	48.00	5.88
Foster	8	0	41	3	-	-	16.00	5.12
Pringle	7	0	38	3	-	-	14.00	5.43
Gooch	8	0	36	2	-	-	24.00	4.50
Topley	8	0	46	0	-	-	-	5.75

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