Format: CricInfo Version 2

John Player's League, 1977
Essex v Lancashire
Valentine's Park, Ilford
29 May 1977 (40-overs match)

Result: Essex won by 1 wicket

Toss: Essex
Umpires: WL Budd and W Phillipson

Lancashire innings
B Wood                                   b Turner              20
A Kennedy             c East             b Acfield             48
*H Pilling            c Lever            b East                23
FC Hayes              c Fletcher         b Turner              32
J Abrahams                               b East                 0
DP Hughes             c McEwan           b East                 4
RM Ratcliffe          run out                                   8
J Simmons             not out                                  18
+J Lyon               not out                                   2
Extras                (b 1, lb 4, w 1, nb 3)                    9
Total                 (7 wickets, 40 overs)                   164

DNB: CEH Croft, PG Lee.

FoW: 1-66, 2-76, 3-109, 4-116, 5-132, 6-141, 7-162.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Boyce                        8      0     39      0
Lever                        8      1     18      0
East                         8      0     42      3
Acfield                      8      0     28      1
Turner                       8      1     28      2

Essex innings
GA Gooch                                 b Hughes              25
S Turner                                 b Simmons             53
KS McEwan                                b Hughes              15
*KWR Fletcher         lbw                b Hughes               3
MH Denness            c Abrahams         b Hughes               4
KR Pont               lbw                b Ratcliffe           16
KD Boyce              lbw                b Simmons              4
RE East               c Hughes           b Lee                 11
+N Smith              lbw                b Simmons              0
JK Lever              not out                                   8
DL Acfield            not out                                   1
Extras                (b 6, lb 12, w 6, nb 1)                  25
Total                 (9 wickets, 39.5 overs)                 165

FoW: 1-48, 2-70, 3-83, 4-94, 5-120, 6-123, 7-144, 8-148, 9-158.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Croft                        4      0     20      0
Lee                          8      1     33      1
Hughes                       8      2     19      4
Wood                         8      1     24      0
Ratcliffe                    4      0     17      1
Simmons                      7.5    0     27      3

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