f32192 cc15462	Essex v Worcestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 9th, 10th, 11th August 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Worcestershire 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	JF Crapp, FR Goodall
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 256/9 (Pringle 0*; 84 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 78/5 (Hardie 10*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	b Pridgeon	37
MK Fosh	c Jones b Watson	10
KS McEwan	b Watson	0
*KWR Fletcher	b Cumbes	21
BR Hardie	run out	45
N Phillip	c and b Gifford	40
S Turner	c Watson b Pridgeon	55
RE East	c Jones b Pridgeon	36
+N Smith	c Neale b Pridgeon	5
DR Pringle	lbw b Gifford	5
DL Acfield	not out	1
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	10
Total	(all out, 92.4 overs)	265
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-14, 3-59, 4-79, 5-147, 6-178, 7-242, 8-248, 9-256, 10-265 (92.4 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	11	1	38	2	-	-
Pridgeon	21	7	38	4	-	-
Gifford	31.4	9	70	2	-	-
Patel	20	3	76	0	-	-
Cumbes	9	1	33	1	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	c Hardie b Acfield	30
JA Ormrod	c Fosh b East	27
PA Neale	b East	1
DN Patel	b Acfield	0
EJO Hemsley	c McEwan b East	25
BJR Jones	c Smith b East	2
+DJ Humphries	lbw b East	8
*N Gifford	not out	3
GG Watson	b East	0
AP Pridgeon	run out	1
J Cumbes	b Phillip	11
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 90.5 overs)	118
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-39, 3-44, 4-76, 5-83, 6-97, 7-98, 8-98, 9-99, 10-118 (90.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillip	6.5	3	12	1	-	-
Pringle	3	1	10	0	-	-
East	42	24	34	6	-	-
Turner	2	1	6	0	-	-
Acfield	37	18	46	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	b Cumbes	20
MK Fosh	b Patel	32
KS McEwan	c Watson b Cumbes	8
*KWR Fletcher	lbw b Patel	1
BR Hardie	c and b Pridgeon	20
N Phillip	c Humphries b Pridgeon	4
S Turner	b Patel	4
RE East	c Patel b Pridgeon	9
+N Smith	c Neale b Patel	19
DR Pringle	c Jones b Pridgeon	1
DL Acfield	not out	3
Extras	(6 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 48.3 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-49, 3-54, 4-73, 5-78, 6-93, 7-95, 8-113, 9-119, 10-128 (48.3 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	3	0	15	0	-	-
Pridgeon	19	4	48	4	-	-
Patel	16.3	3	33	4	-	-
Cumbes	10	1	25	2	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	c Acfield b East	101
JA Ormrod	c Hardie b East	5
PA Neale	c McEwan b East	2
+DJ Humphries	c Fletcher b Acfield	1
BJR Jones	c Hardie b East	3
EJO Hemsley	lbw b Phillip	14
DN Patel	b Acfield	17
*N Gifford	b Acfield	24
GG Watson	not out	11
AP Pridgeon	not out	0
J Cumbes	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 12 lb, 8 nb)	21
Total	(8 wickets, 97 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-46, 3-57, 4-69, 5-108, 6-155, 7-162, 8-199

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillip	18	4	56	1	-	-
East	43	22	46	4	-	-
Turner	3	0	17	0	-	-
Acfield	33	10	59	3	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> N Phillip (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> GM Turner (2) passed 26500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 52
--> AP Pridgeon reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex first innings
--> AP Pridgeon reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> RE East reached 750 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire second innings

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