Format: CricInfo Version 2

John Player's League, 1978
Lancashire v Essex
Old Trafford, Manchester
30 July 1978 (40-overs match)

Result: Essex won by 8 runs
Points: Lancashire 0, Essex 4

Toss: Lancashire
Umpires: A Jepson and PB Wight

Essex innings
MH Denness                               b Worsick              2
BR Hardie             c Lyon             b Croft               13
KS McEwan             c Simmons          b Croft                7
*KWR Fletcher                            b Worsick              6
KR Pont               c Lyon             b Worsick             13
N Phillip                                b Worsick              4
S Turner                                 b Croft                3
RE East               not out                                  22
+N Smith                                 b Simmons              4
MSA McEvoy            c Abrahams         b Croft                7
JK Lever              not out                                   0
Extras                (b 1, lb 12, w 1)                        14
Total                 (9 wickets, 20 overs)                    95

FoW: 1-11, 2-24, 3-31, 4-31, 5-40, 6-43, 7-67, 8-71, 9-92.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Croft                        8      0     29      4
Worsick                      8      0     26      4
Simmons                      4      0     26      1

Lancashire innings
A Kennedy                                b Lever               16
D Lloyd                                  b Lever               21
CH Lloyd              c Turner           b Lever                8
J Abrahams                               b Lever                3
BW Reidy              not out                                  17
*J Simmons            c Smith            b Phillip              0
DP Hughes             c East             b Lever                1
A Worsick             not out                                  12
Extras                (lb 6, w 3)                               9
Total                 (6 wickets, 20 overs)                    87

DNB: H Pilling, +J Lyon, CEH Croft.

FoW: 1-32, 2-48, 3-53, 4-63, 5-68, 6-70.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Phillip                      8      0     28      1
Turner                       4      0     14      0
Lever                        8      1     36      5

Domestic Season Index