Format: CricInfo Version 1t

County Championship, 1976
Essex v Hampshire
County Ground, Chelmsford
5,7,8 June 1976

Result: Essex won by 9 wickets

Toss: Not known
Umpires: R Aspinall and R Julian

Close of Play:

Hampshire 1st innings
BA Richards           c Smith            b Boyce                0
RV Lewis              lbw                b Boyce                5
DR Turner             c Smith            b Turner              11
TE Jesty              not out                                  91
*RMC Gilliat          lbw                b Turner               1
PJ Sainsbury          c Gooch            b Turner               5
JM Rice               c Smith            b Acfield              8
MNS Taylor            c Boyce            b Acfield             19
+GR Stephenson        lbw                b Acfield              7
RS Herman                                b Lever                4
JW Southern           lbw                b Acfield              1
Extras                (lb 4, nb 7)                             11
Total                 (all out, 78.4 overs)                   163

FoW: 1-0, 2-18, 3-20, 4-28, 5-41,
     6-81, 7-125, 8-141, 9-150, 10-163.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Boyce                       14      2     29      2
Lever                       16      6     32      1
Turner                      18      6     43      3
Gooch                        2      0      6      0
Acfield                     18.4    7     21      4
East                        10      2     21      0

Essex 1st innings
GA Gooch              c Stephenson       b Herman               8
BR Hardie             lbw                b Taylor              19
KS McEwan                            c & b Sainsbury           36
*KWR Fletcher         lbw                b Sainsbury           52
RE East               lbw                b Rice               113
KR Pont               c Richards         b Sainsbury           60
S Turner              not out                                   1
+N Smith              not out                                   3
Extras                (b 1, lb 1, nb 8)                        10
Total                 (6 wickets declared, 99.2 overs)        302

DNB: KD Boyce, JK Lever, DL Acfield.

FoW: 1-16, 2-47, 3-83, 4-177, 5-285, 6-299.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Herman                      19      3     62      1
Rice                        17.2    5     39      1
Taylor                      11      1     42      1
Jesty                       13      2     46      0
Sainsbury                   26      7     61      3
Southern                    13      3     42      0

Hampshire 2nd innings
BA Richards                              b East                41
RV Lewis              c McEwan           b Lever               21
DR Turner             run out                                  30
TE Jesty              lbw                b Turner              12
*RMC Gilliat          c Smith            b Turner              44
PJ Sainsbury                             b Acfield             30
JM Rice               c Hardie           b Acfield              1
MNS Taylor                               b East                 5
+GR Stephenson        lbw                b East                 3
RS Herman             not out                                   9
JW Southern                              b East                 0
Extras                (b 5, lb 8, nb 5)                        18
Total                 (all out, 99.5 overs)                   214

FoW: 1-33, 2-88, 3-104, 4-117, 5-177,
     6-183, 7-198, 8-204, 9-208, 10-214.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Boyce                        5      2     15      0
Lever                       18      9     21      1
Turner                      27      6     41      2
Gooch                        4      1     11      0
Acfield                     27      6     59      2
East                        17.5    4     36      4
Fletcher                     1      0     13      0

Essex 2nd innings (target: 76 runs)
GA Gooch              c Lewis            b Richards            27
BR Hardie             not out                                  21
+N Smith              not out                                  24
Extras                (lb 1, w 2, nb 3)                         6
Total                 (1 wicket, 19 overs)                     78

DNB: KS McEwan, *KWR Fletcher, RE East, KR Pont, S Turner,
     KD Boyce, JK Lever, DL Acfield.

FoW: 1-43.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Herman                       4      0     14      0
Rice                         5      3     16      0
Sainsbury                    1      0      2      0
Southern                     4      1     18      0
Richards                     5      1     22      1

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