Format: CricInfo Version 1t

County Championship, 1974
Essex v Hampshire
County Ground, Chelmsford
22,23,24 May 1974

Result: Hampshire won by an innings and 16 runs

Toss: Not known
Umpires: R Aspinall and DJ Constant

Close of Play:

Essex 1st innings
BEA Edmeades          lbw                b Jesty               10
BR Hardie             lbw                b Roberts             18
*KWR Fletcher         c Stephenson       b Roberts              2
KS McEwan                                b Herman              24
KR Pont               hit wicket         b Roberts              0
KD Boyce              c Turner           b Roberts             13
S Turner              lbw                b Roberts              0
RE East               c Stephenson       b Taylor               5
+N Smith              c Herman           b Taylor              77
RNS Hobbs             c Jesty            b Taylor               0
JK Lever              not out                                  12
Extras                (lb 4, nb 5)                              9
Total                 (all out, 61.5 overs)                   170

FoW: 1-26, 2-31, 3-42, 4-42, 5-69,
     6-71, 7-77, 8-101, 9-103, 10-170.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Roberts                     24      7     55      5
Herman                      13      3     31      1
Taylor                      10.5    3     31      3
Jesty                        8      3     14      1
Sainsbury                    6      0     30      0

Hampshire 1st innings
BA Richards           c East             b Turner              30
CG Greenidge                             b Lever                0
DR Turner             not out                                 114
*RMC Gilliat          c Smith            b Lever              106
TE Jesty                                 b Turner              48
RV Lewis              not out                                   5
Extras                (b 5, lb 7, w 1, nb 7)                   20
Total                 (4 wickets declared, 91.1 overs)        323

DNB: PJ Sainsbury, MNS Taylor, +GR Stephenson, RS Herman,
     AME Roberts.

FoW: 1-1, 2-35, 3-209, 4-304.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lever                       23      4     80      2
Boyce                       16      4     40      0
Turner                      18      1     64      2
East                        21      1     71      0
Hobbs                       13.1    2     48      0

Essex 2nd innings
BEA Edmeades          c Richards         b Sainsbury           17
BR Hardie                                b Richards             4
*KWR Fletcher         c Stephenson       b Roberts             61
KS McEwan             c Greenidge        b Taylor              12
KR Pont               c Richards         b Sainsbury            3
KD Boyce              c Stephenson       b Roberts             23
S Turner              c Stephenson       b Sainsbury            1
RE East                                  b Roberts              4
+N Smith              c Stephenson       b Sainsbury            0
RNS Hobbs             c Stephenson       b Roberts              0
JK Lever              not out                                   0
Extras                (b 4, lb 3, w 2, nb 3)                   12
Total                 (all out, 91.4 overs)                   137

FoW: 1-21, 2-54, 3-94, 4-108, 5-122,
     6-133, 7-137, 8-137, 9-137, 10-137.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Roberts                     20.4   12     33      4
Herman                      15      7     14      0
Taylor                      16      5     39      1
Sainsbury                   33     20     30      4
Richards                     7      3      9      1

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