Format: CricInfo Version 2

Gillette Cup, 1974
Shropshire v Essex
Orliton Road, Wellington
29 June 1974 (60-overs match)

Result: Essex won by 139 runs

Toss: Shropshire
Umpires: BJ Meyer and GH Pope
Man of the Match: JK Lever

Essex innings
BEA Edmeades                         c & b Slade               39
BR Hardie             c Dawson           b Bradley             28
*KWR Fletcher         c Burton           b Othen               21
KS McEwan                                b Breakwell            0
GA Gooch              c Perry            b Othen               26
KD Boyce              c Hayes            b Othen                3
S Turner              lbw                b York                10
RE East                                  b Breakwell           16
+N Smith              c Oliver           b Othen                5
RNS Hobbs             not out                                  13
JK Lever              run out                                   4
Extras                (b 9, lb 3, w 1, nb 2)                   15
Total                 (all out, 60 overs)                     180

FoW: 1-53, 2-86, 3-87, 4-112, 5-117,
     6-134, 7-134, 8-145, 9-175, 10-180.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
York                        12      4     34      1
Breakwell                   12      1     34      2
Othen                       12      2     34      4
Slade                       12      5     18      1
Bradley                     12      1     45      1

Shropshire innings
JS Johnson            st Smith           b Hobbs               18
DNF Slade             lbw                b Lever                1
RL Burton             lbw                b Boyce                2
JP Dawson                                b Lever                5
BJ Perry              c Smith            b Lever                0
+G Hayes                                 b Lever                0
PR Oliver             lbw                b East                 2
*GV Othen                                b Hobbs                1
P Bradley             lbw                b Hobbs                1
DL York               run out                                   1
DH Breakwell          not out                                   0
Extras                (b 1, lb 3, w 5, nb 1)                   10
Total                 (all out, 36.1 overs)                    41

FoW: 1-5, 2-10, 3-15, 4-15, 5-17, 6-25, 7-34, 8-37, 9-39, 10-41.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Boyce                        5      0      6      1
Lever                       12      4     15      4
East                         8      4      7      1
Turner                       6      5      1      0
Hobbs                        5.1    3      2      3

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