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| Venue | Trent Bridge, Nottingham on 6th, 7th, 8th September 1978 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Nottinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Essex won by 9 wickets |
| Points | Nottinghamshire 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3); Essex 15 (Bowling 3) |
| Umpires | DO Oslear, KE Palmer |
| Close of play day 1 | Nottinghamshire (1) 92/1 (Todd 30*, Randall 51*; 35 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (1) 55/3 (East 4*, Fletcher 0*; 21 overs) |
| Nottinghamshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RE Dexter | lbw b Lever | 1 | |||||
| PA Todd | c Hardie b East | 59 | |||||
| DW Randall | c Gooch b East | 86 | |||||
| CEB Rice | c Hardie b Acfield | 13 | |||||
| *MJ Smedley | c Fletcher b East | 1 | |||||
| +BN French | c and b Acfield | 1 | |||||
| KS Mackintosh | not out | 23 | |||||
| PJ Hacker | c Gooch b East | 0 | |||||
| KE Cooper | c Fletcher b Acfield | 1 | |||||
| ME Allbrook | not out | 1 | |||||
| DR Doshi | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 lb, 6 nb, 1 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 82.4 overs) | 200 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-140, 3-167, 4-172, 5-173, 6-177, 7-178, 8-179 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lever | 20 | 4 | 50 | 1 | - | - | |
| Turner | 22 | 5 | 52 | 0 | - | - | |
| East | 24 | 7 | 51 | 4 | - | - | |
| Acfield | 16.4 | 6 | 33 | 3 | - | - | |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GA Gooch | c Todd b Cooper | 0 | |||||
| AW Lilley | c Rice b Doshi | 22 | |||||
| KS McEwan | c Cooper b Doshi | 28 | |||||
| RE East | c and b Cooper | 13 | |||||
| *KWR Fletcher | not out | 11 | |||||
| BR Hardie | c Smedley b Doshi | 6 | |||||
| KR Pont | c Rice b Doshi | 0 | |||||
| S Turner | c Smedley b Cooper | 3 | |||||
| +N Smith | not out | 32 | |||||
| JK Lever | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Acfield | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 3 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 33 overs) | 122 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-50, 3-54, 4-65, 5-72, 6-72, 7-75 | |||||||
| Nottinghamshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cooper | 10 | 2 | 55 | 3 | - | - | |
| Doshi | 15 | 6 | 28 | 4 | - | - | |
| Allbrook | 7 | 1 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hacker | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Nottinghamshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RE Dexter | c Fletcher b East | 9 | |||||
| PA Todd | b Acfield | 33 | |||||
| DW Randall | b East | 0 | |||||
| CEB Rice | c McEwan b Acfield | 3 | |||||
| *MJ Smedley | not out | 48 | |||||
| +BN French | c and b East | 30 | |||||
| KS Mackintosh | not out | 13 | |||||
| PJ Hacker | did not bat | ||||||
| KE Cooper | did not bat | ||||||
| ME Allbrook | did not bat | ||||||
| DR Doshi | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 3 lb, 2 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 50.2 overs) | 143 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-38, 2-41, 3-43, 4-60, 5-118 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lever | 7 | 1 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Turner | 6 | 1 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| East | 18.2 | 3 | 63 | 3 | - | - | |
| Acfield | 19 | 3 | 43 | 2 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GA Gooch | c French b Mackintosh | 97 | |||||
| AW Lilley | not out | 100 | |||||
| KS McEwan | not out | 18 | |||||
| RE East | did not bat | ||||||
| *KWR Fletcher | did not bat | ||||||
| BR Hardie | did not bat | ||||||
| KR Pont | did not bat | ||||||
| S Turner | did not bat | ||||||
| +N Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| JK Lever | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Acfield | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 4 lb, 1 w) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 34.5 overs) | 222 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-159 (Gooch) | |||||||
| Nottinghamshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cooper | 6 | 1 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Doshi | 12 | 1 | 67 | 0 | - | - | |
| Allbrook | 5 | 1 | 42 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hacker | 5 | 0 | 37 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mackintosh | 6.5 | 0 | 47 | 1 | - | - | |
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
--> AW Lilley made his debut in County Championship matches
--> AW Lilley made his debut in First-Class matches
--> KS Mackintosh (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in First-Class matches
--> KS Mackintosh (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in County Championship matches
--> BR Hardie (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 6
--> BN French (2) passed his previous highest score of 26 in County Championship matches
--> AW Lilley (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> AW Lilley (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> KE Cooper reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
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