Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Schweppes County Championship, 1981
Hampshire v Essex
County Ground, Southampton
15,17,18 August 1981

Result: Hampshire won by 136 runs
Points: Hampshire 23 (Bat: 3 Bowl: 4), Essex 6 (Bat: 3 Bowl: 3)

Toss: Hampshire
Umpires: WE Alley and AGT Whitehead

Close of Play:

Hampshire 1st innings
JM Rice               lbw                b RE East             63
CL Smith                                 b Acfield             32
MCJ Nicholas          c McEwan           b RE East              5
*TE Jesty                                b RE East              7
DR Turner             c Acfield          b RE East             53
RE Hayward            run out                                  31
NG Cowley                                b Phillip             30
MD Marshall           not out                                  75
+RJ Parks             not out                                  34
Extras                (b 1, lb 5, nb 4)                        10
Total                 (7 wickets declared, 118 overs)         340

DNB: MJ Bailey, K Stevenson.

FoW: 1-93, 2-97, 3-108, 4-117, 5-182, 6-204, 7-245.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lever                       31      6     86      0
Phillip                     21      2     75      1
Pringle                     18      2     83      0
RE East                     29      7     64      4
Acfield                     19      9     22      1

Essex 1st innings
BR Hardie             c Bailey           b Jesty               27
AW Lilley             c Cowley           b Jesty               28
*KWR Fletcher         c Rice             b Marshall             3
KS McEwan             c Rice             b Bailey             103
KR Pont                                  b Marshall            24
DR Pringle                               b Marshall             4
N Phillip             run out                                   0
+DE East              lbw                b Marshall            20
RE East                                  b Cowley              26
JK Lever              c Smith            b Cowley              21
DL Acfield            not out                                   6
Extras                (lb 8, nb 9)                             17
Total                 (all out, 81 overs)                     279

FoW: 1-35, 2-49, 3-65, 4-141, 5-145,
     6-145, 7-180, 8-208, 9-256, 10-279.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Marshall                    24      4     67      4
Stevenson                   14      3     54      0
Jesty                       10      4     32      2
Cowley                      10      0     43      2
Bailey                      23      5     66      1

Hampshire 2nd innings
JM Rice               c Fletcher         b Acfield             23
CL Smith              c RE East          b Acfield             39
MCJ Nicholas          c Phillip          b Acfield             43
*TE Jesty                                b Acfield              5
RE Hayward                               b Phillip             18
NG Cowley             c DE East          b Pringle             21
MD Marshall           run out                                  10
+RJ Parks             not out                                   7
Extras                (b 4, lb 8, nb 2)                        14
Total                 (7 wickets declared, 65.5 overs)        180

DNB: DR Turner, MJ Bailey, K Stevenson.

FoW: 1-45, 2-88, 3-106, 4-125, 5-150, 6-173, 7-180.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lever                        4      0     15      0
Phillip                     10.5    3     25      1
Pringle                      7      1     25      1
RE East                     20      8     49      0
Acfield                     24      5     52      4

Essex 2nd innings (target: 242 runs)
BR Hardie                                b Marshall            12
AW Lilley             c Parks            b Marshall             2
*KWR Fletcher         c Hayward          b Marshall            14
KS McEwan             lbw                b Jesty                5
KR Pont               not out                                  18
DR Pringle            c Rice             b Jesty               16
N Phillip                            c & b Jesty                6
+DE East              c Stevenson        b Marshall            19
RE East               c Cowley           b Jesty                0
JK Lever              c Smith            b Jesty                8
DL Acfield                               b Jesty                0
Extras                (b 2, nb 3)                               5
Total                 (all out, 37 overs)                     105

FoW: 1-5, 2-18, 3-32, 4-36, 5-56,
     6-64, 7-86, 8-93, 9-105, 10-105.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Marshall                    11      3     39      4
Stevenson                    5      1     11      0
Jesty                       13      5     25      6
Bailey                       8      4     25      0

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