f36463 cc16953	Essex v Worcestershire
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1986
Venue	Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea on 19th, 21st, 22nd July 1986 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 91 runs
Points	Essex 24 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Worcestershire 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2)
Umpires	JW Holder, HJ Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 40/2 (D'Oliveira 17*, Hick 19*; 10 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 34/0 (Gooch 28*, Stephenson 3*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GA Gooch	c Rhodes b Radford	151	198	258	21	-
JP Stephenson	c Hick b Pridgeon	85		205
PJ Prichard	c Rhodes b Radford	27
AR Border	b Pridgeon	56
BR Hardie	not out	34
DR Pringle	b Pridgeon	0
AW Lilley	not out	6
+DE East	did not bat
NA Foster	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
JH Childs	did not bat
Extras	(10 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 97 overs)	370
Fall of wickets:
1-214, 2-262, 3-281, 4-343, 5-343

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Radford	23	2	113	2	-	-
Pridgeon	22	5	58	3	-	-
Inchmore	19	3	58	0	-	-
Newport	20	4	83	0	-	-
Patel	13	2	48	0	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TS Curtis	b Lever	4
DB D'Oliveira	c sub b Lever	35
+SJ Rhodes	c Lilley b Foster	0
GA Hick	c Border b Lever	51
DM Smith	c East b Foster	21
*PA Neale	lbw b Foster	2
DN Patel	c East b Foster	128			19	1
PJ Newport	lbw b Pringle	34
NV Radford	c Gooch b Foster	21
JD Inchmore	not out	23
AP Pridgeon	b Foster	3
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 92.3 overs)	323
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-11, 3-90, 4-91, 5-98, 6-130, 7-241, 8-282, 9-313, 10-323 (92.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	25	2	110	3	-	-
Foster	32.3	7	93	6	-	-
Pringle	12	2	49	1	-	-
Gooch	14	2	40	0	-	-
Childs	9	1	30	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GA Gooch	b Radford	79	88		14	-
JP Stephenson	c Hick b Pridgeon	9
PJ Prichard	c sub b Newport	15
AR Border	c D'Oliveira b Inchmore	13
BR Hardie	c Hick b Radford	10
DR Pringle	b Newport	15
+DE East	c Smith b Pridgeon	29
NA Foster	c Rhodes b Pridgeon	11
AW Lilley	b Newport	0
JK Lever	not out	3
JH Childs	c Rhodes b Newport	5
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 3 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 46.5 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-76, 2-97, 3-110, 4-122, 5-134, 6-175, 7-188, 8-189, 9-193, 10-202 (46.5 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Radford	17	2	74	2	-	-
Pridgeon	14	1	59	3	-	-
Inchmore	6	0	17	1	-	-
Newport	9.5	1	42	4	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TS Curtis	lbw b Foster	22
DB D'Oliveira	c Pringle b Lever	4
GA Hick	b Pringle	29
DM Smith	c sub b Foster	16
*PA Neale	c Gooch b Foster	11
DN Patel	b Foster	0
+SJ Rhodes	not out	33
PJ Newport	c Gooch b Foster	5
NV Radford	c Hardie b Lever	30
JD Inchmore	b Lever	2
AP Pridgeon	lbw b Lever	0
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 57 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-53, 3-57, 4-87, 5-87, 6-92, 7-98, 8-146, 9-158, 10-158 (57 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	16	2	55	4	-	-
Foster	24	5	64	5	-	-
Pringle	14	4	31	1	-	-
Childs	3	1	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GA Gooch (1) passed 22000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 78
--> JP Stephenson (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in County Championship matches
--> JP Stephenson (1) passed his previous highest score of 63 in First-Class matches
--> PJ Prichard (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> DN Patel (1) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 56
--> AR Border (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 7
--> NA Foster (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 7
--> TS Curtis (2) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 3
--> AP Pridgeon reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> NV Radford reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> NA Foster reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 6th wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> NV Radford reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> JK Lever reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire second innings
--> JK Lever reached 1600 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire second innings
--> NA Foster reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Worcestershire second innings

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