Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Schweppes County Championship, 1978
Essex v Hampshire
County Ground, Chelmsford
24,26,27 June 1978

Result: Essex won by an innings and 73 runs
Points: Essex 20 (Bat: 4 Bowl: 4), Hampshire 3 (Bat: 0 Bowl: 3)

Toss: Essex
Umpires: AEG Rhodes and RT Wilson

Close of Play:

Essex 1st innings
MH Denness            c Rice             b Stevenson            7
GA Gooch                                 b Stevenson            3
KS McEwan             c Stephenson       b Stevenson           80
*KWR Fletcher         c Stephenson       b Jesty               22
BR Hardie             c Stephenson       b Roberts             44
N Phillip             c Stephenson       b Taylor              22
S Turner              not out                                  89
RE East               c Stephenson       b Stevenson           15
+N Smith                                 b Roberts             12
JK Lever              not out                                   7
Extras                (lb 6, nb 3)                              9
Total                 (8 wickets declared, 100 overs)         310

DNB: DL Acfield.

FoW: 1-6, 2-11, 3-55, 4-158, 5-160, 6-202, 7-243, 8-283.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Roberts                     25      5     71      2
Stevenson                   32      4    103      4
Taylor                      13      3     23      1
Jesty                       11      1     34      1
Rice                         4      0     16      0
Southern                     8      1     35      0
Cowley                       7      2     19      0

Hampshire 1st innings
BA Richards           lbw                b Phillip             25
CG Greenidge                             b Lever                8
DR Turner             c Smith            b Phillip              9
TE Jesty              c Smith            b Phillip              0
JM Rice               run out                                  17
NG Cowley             c Gooch            b Turner              11
MNS Taylor            lbw                b Phillip              5
*+GR Stephenson       c Smith            b Turner               4
AME Roberts           run out                                  19
K Stevenson                              b Phillip              0
JW Southern           not out                                   3
Extras                (lb 13, nb 1)                            14
Total                 (all out, 52.5 overs)                   115

FoW: 1-15, 2-47, 3-51, 4-58, 5-75,
     6-88, 7-92, 8-97, 9-98, 10-115.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lever                       19.5    5     43      1
Phillip                     22      7     38      5
Turner                      11      4     20      2

Hampshire 2nd innings (following on)
DR Turner             lbw                b Lever                2
BA Richards           c Hardie           b Turner              45
TE Jesty              c Acfield          b Lever                5
JM Rice               lbw                b Lever                0
NG Cowley             c McEwan           b Lever               17
MNS Taylor            lbw                b Lever               18
AME Roberts           c East             b Lever                4
*+GR Stephenson                          b East                 7
K Stevenson           c Smith            b East                 1
JW Southern           not out                                  17
CG Greenidge          absent hurt                               -
Extras                (b 1, lb 3, nb 2)                         6
Total                 (all out, 49.4 overs)                   122

FoW: 1-19, 2-38, 3-38, 4-66, 5-88, 6-92, 7-101, 8-105, 9-122.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lever                       21      3     51      6
Phillip                      9      2     23      0
Turner                       8      1     23      1
East                        11.4    7     19      2

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