f32227 cc15492	Essex v Surrey
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea on 26th, 28th August 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by an innings and 107 runs
Points	Essex 20 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Surrey 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	DJ Constant, DGL Evans
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 224/4 (Pont 26*, East 5*; 69 overs)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AR Butcher	c Hardie b Turner	39
MA Lynch	lbw b Lever	3
JH Edrich	b Lever	2
*RDV Knight	run out	10
GRJ Roope	b Turner	7
DM Smith	lbw b Phillip	0
+CJ Richards	c Fletcher b Phillip	0
RD Jackman	c Denness b Turner	6
Intikhab Alam	b Phillip	4
PI Pocock	lbw b Turner	8
DJ Thomas	not out	5
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 6 nb, 2 w)	12
Total	(all out, 37.4 overs)	96
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-21, 3-63, 4-71, 5-71, 6-71, 7-71, 8-81, 9-90, 10-96 (37.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	10	4	21	2	-	-
Phillip	13	4	39	3	-	-
Turner	14.4	5	24	4	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c and b Jackman	3
BR Hardie	b Intikhab Alam	109
KS McEwan	c Richards b Pocock	69
*KWR Fletcher	st Richards b Pocock	1
KR Pont	b Intikhab Alam	52
RE East	lbw b Jackman	11
N Phillip	lbw b Intikhab Alam	27
S Turner	not out	16
+N Smith	c Jackman b Intikhab Alam	0
JK Lever	c Roope b Pocock	3
DL Acfield	b Intikhab Alam	1
Extras	(12 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 101.5 overs)	311
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-121, 3-145, 4-218, 5-234, 6-288, 7-293, 8-293, 9-304, 10-311 (101.5 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jackman	31	3	119	2	-	-
Thomas	12	5	36	0	-	-
Knight	8	1	33	0	-	-
Pocock	29	8	59	3	-	-
Intikhab Alam	21.5	8	45	5	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AR Butcher	c Smith b Lever	3
JH Edrich	not out	61
*RDV Knight	b Phillip	0
GRJ Roope	c Smith b Lever	3
MA Lynch	c Smith b Phillip	3
DM Smith	lbw b Phillip	17
+CJ Richards	lbw b Lever	7
RD Jackman	c East b Lever	0
Intikhab Alam	c Hardie b Phillip	1
PI Pocock	b Phillip	5
DJ Thomas	c Smith b Lever	5
Extras	(2 lb, 1 w)	3
Total	(all out, 31.4 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-18, 3-25, 4-30, 5-57, 6-78, 7-78, 8-79, 9-89, 10-108 (31.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	12.4	1	50	5	-	-
Phillip	15	4	47	5	-	-
Turner	3	2	4	0	-	-
Acfield	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> RDV Knight (1) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 3
--> RDV Knight (1) passed 12500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 7
--> Intikhab Alam reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> Intikhab Alam reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings

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