f31123 cc15034	Essex v Derbyshire
	County Championship 1976
Venue	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester on 19th, 21st, 22nd June 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by an innings and 43 runs
Points	Essex 17 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Derbyshire 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	H Horton, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 138/5 (Fletcher 41*, Turner 1*; 35.2 overs)
Close of play day 2	Derbyshire (2) 8/2 (Hill 3*, Swarbrook 0*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	b Stevenson	43
BR Hardie	c Russell b Ward	4
KS McEwan	c Taylor b Stevenson	3
GA Gooch	c and b Swarbrook	18
*KWR Fletcher	c and b Miller	114
KR Pont	c Russell b Ward	21
S Turner	lbw b Ward	1
RE East	c Taylor b Ward	6
+N Smith	c Taylor b Russell	19
JK Lever	c Miller b Russell	12
DL Acfield	not out	4
Extras	(7 b, 10 lb, 2 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 67.5 overs)	264
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-32, 3-69, 4-79, 5-129, 6-148, 7-170, 8-226, 9-246, 10-264 (67.5 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ward	19	6	56	4	-	-
Stevenson	14	0	84	2	-	-
Russell	10.5	2	32	2	-	-
Swarbrook	17	6	40	1	-	-
Miller	7	0	33	1	-	-

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Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJ Sharpe	c Smith b Turner	8
A Hill	c Smith b Turner	19
*EJ Barlow	c McEwan b Turner	7
A Morris	c Smith b Turner	10
+RW Taylor	c Fletcher b Acfield	0
G Miller	c Smith b Acfield	5
AJ Harvey-Walker	c sub b Acfield	9
FW Swarbrook	not out	20
PE Russell	c McEwan b Turner	2
A Ward	lbw b Lever	3
K Stevenson	c Fletcher b Lever	9
Extras	(5 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 71.1 overs)	98
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-20, 3-46, 4-47, 5-47, 6-58, 7-61, 8-67, 9-80, 10-98 (71.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	14.1	3	33	2	-	-
Turner	29	17	33	5	-	-
East	6	2	5	0	-	-
Acfield	22	12	21	3	-	-

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Derbyshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJ Sharpe	c Smith b Lever	0
A Hill	run out	3
*EJ Barlow	c Gooch b Lever	5
FW Swarbrook	lbw b Turner	37
A Morris	c Acfield b Lever	7
+RW Taylor	b East	45
G Miller	c sub b East	2
AJ Harvey-Walker	c Hardie b East	4
PE Russell	c Hardie b Turner	0
A Ward	st Smith b East	8
K Stevenson	not out	3
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 63 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-8, 3-8, 4-23, 5-97, 6-99, 7-107, 8-108, 9-111, 10-123 (63 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	18	9	21	3	-	-
Turner	21	8	24	2	-	-
East	10	1	30	4	-	-
Acfield	7	1	22	0	-	-
Edmeades	7	2	17	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs

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