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Format: CricInfo Version 2 
Britannic Assurance County Championship, 1987 
Worcestershire v Essex 
County Ground, New Road, Worcester 
30 May, 1,2 June 1987 (3-day match) 
Result: Match drawn 
Points: Worcestershire 6, Essex 4 
Toss: Worcestershire 
Umpires: JW Holder and DR Shepherd
 
Close of Play:
  Day 1:
 Day 2:
Worcestershire 1st innings
TS Curtis             c East             b Foster              19
MJ Weston             lbw                b Pringle             44
GA Hick               c East             b Foster              29
DB D'Oliveira         c Fletcher         b Foster              17
*PA Neale             c East             b Foster              11
IT Botham             c Gooch            b Lever               22
+SJ Rhodes            c Hardie           b Topley              31
PJ Newport            c Gooch            b Foster               0
NV Radford            lbw                b Pringle             17
RK Illingworth        not out                                   0
AP Pridgeon           c Pringle          b Topley               0
Extras                (lb 8, w 5)                              13
Total                 (all out, 66.2 overs)                   203
FoW: 1-56, 2-77, 3-115, 4-122, 5-147,
     6-151, 7-153, 8-203, 9-203, 10-203.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lever                       20      6     64      1
Foster                      26      8     74      5
Topley                       9.2    2     20      2
Pringle                     10      3     29      2
Childs                       1      0      8      0
Essex 1st innings
*GA Gooch             lbw                b Botham              29
I Redpath             c Hick             b Botham               9
BR Hardie             lbw                b Radford              0
KWR Fletcher          lbw                b Radford              8
DR Pringle            lbw                b Botham               4
+DE East              c Curtis           b Radford              5
NA Foster             c Rhodes           b Radford             17
C Gladwin             c Pridgeon         b Radford             19
TD Topley             lbw                b Radford              4
JK Lever              c Rhodes           b Radford              4
JH Childs             not out                                   7
Extras                (b 5, lb 9, w 1)                         15
Total                 (all out, 38.2 overs)                   121
FoW: 1-20, 2-21, 3-44, 4-54, 5-60,
     6-73, 7-89, 8-96, 9-108, 10-121.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Radford                     19.2    5     51      7
Pridgeon                     3      1      5      0
Botham                      16      3     51      3
Worcestershire 2nd innings
TS Curtis             not out                                  45
MJ Weston             c Lever            b Topley              42
GA Hick               c Gooch            b Foster               1
DB D'Oliveira         c East             b Gooch               26
RK Illingworth        not out                                   7
Extras                (lb 5, nb 1)                              6
Total                 (3 wickets, 38 overs)                   127
DNB: *PA Neale, IT Botham, +SJ Rhodes, PJ Newport, NV Radford,
     AP Pridgeon.
FoW: 1-66, 2-67, 3-120.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lever                        5      0     21      0
Foster                      11      3     27      1
Topley                      14      1     56      1
Pringle                      4      1     15      0
Gooch                        4      1      3      1
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