Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Schweppes County Championship, 1977
Hampshire v Essex
United Services Ground, Portsmouth
15,16,17 June 1977

Result: Hampshire won by an innings and 29 runs

Toss: Not known
Umpires: WE Alley and R Aspinall

Close of Play:

Essex 1st innings
MH Denness            lbw                b Rice                41
BR Hardie             lbw                b Elms                 1
KS McEwan             c Cowley           b Taylor              30
*KWR Fletcher         c Rice             b Taylor              29
GA Gooch                                 b Elms                 1
KR Pont               c Roberts          b Rice                 3
S Turner              c Stephenson       b Rice                 5
RE East               c Taylor           b Rice                 1
PA Hector             lbw                b Rice                 0
+N Smith              not out                                   2
DL Acfield            c Rice             b Taylor               0
Extras                                                          0
Total                 (all out, 63.5 overs)                   113

FoW: 1-2, 2-32, 3-87, 4-88, 5-105,
     6-105, 7-111, 8-111, 9-112, 10-113.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Roberts                      7      1     14      0
Elms                        16      6     31      2
Jesty                        4      1     17      0
Rice                        20      9     31      5
Taylor                      15.5    8     20      3
Southern                     1      1      0      0

Hampshire 1st innings
CG Greenidge                             b Pont                46
DJ Rock               lbw                b Turner               6
DR Turner             c Smith            b Pont                14
TE Jesty              c McEwan           b Turner              30
JM Rice               lbw                b Turner               1
NG Cowley             c Smith            b Turner              20
MNS Taylor            c Denness          b Turner             102
RB Elms                                  b East                30
*+GR Stephenson       c Smith            b Turner              16
AME Roberts           c Smith            b Hector              11
JW Southern           not out                                   0
Extras                (b 2, lb 4, nb 10)                       16
Total                 (all out, 116.1 overs)                  292

FoW: 1-31, 2-58, 3-75, 4-76, 5-105,
     6-138, 7-224, 8-272, 9-292, 10-292.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Turner                      41.1   11    101      6
Hector                      18      4     62      1
Pont                        11      3     38      2
East                        25     11     29      1
Acfield                     13      6     28      0
Gooch                        8      1     18      0

Essex 2nd innings
MH Denness            c Rice             b Southern            15
BR Hardie             c Jesty            b Elms                 6
KS McEwan             c Rock             b Roberts             44
*KWR Fletcher         c Greenidge        b Southern            11
GA Gooch              c Stephenson       b Rice                 1
KR Pont               lbw                b Roberts             11
S Turner              c Taylor           b Roberts             28
RE East                                  b Roberts             24
PA Hector                                b Rice                 4
+N Smith              c Greenidge        b Roberts              0
DL Acfield            not out                                   2
Extras                (lb 3, w 1)                               4
Total                 (all out, 86.5 overs)                   150

FoW: 1-11, 2-54, 3-55, 4-80, 5-80,
     6-106, 7-141, 8-141, 9-149, 10-150.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Roberts                     20.5    7     32      5
Elms                        12      5     33      1
Jesty                        4      2      5      0
Rice                        18      6     40      2
Taylor                       7      4      3      0
Southern                    24     12     33      2
Cowley                       1      1      0      0

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