f32210 cc15477	Derbyshire v Essex
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	County Ground, Derby on 19th, 21st, 22nd August 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Derbyshire 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Essex 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4)
Umpires	BJ Meyer, CG Pepper
Scorers	JWW Bartlam (Essex), C Beardmore (Derbyshire)
Close of play day 1	Derbyshire (1) 61/2 (Kirsten 7*, Russell 1*; 34 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 122/4 (Fletcher 15*, Phillip 5*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Swarbrook b Tunnicliffe	30		77	5	-
GA Gooch	c Taylor b Walters	13		62	1	-
KS McEwan	run out	0		3	-	-
*KWR Fletcher	c Swarbrook b Walters	28		143	3	-
BR Hardie	c Taylor b Russell	12		17	2	-
N Phillip	run out	33		64	6	-
S Turner	lbw b Hendrick	0		6	-	-
RE East	c Miller b Hendrick	26		96	1	-
+N Smith	lbw b Miller	15		31	2	-
JK Lever	not out	0		24	-	-
DL Acfield	lbw b Hendrick	0		2	-	-
Extras	(3 lb, 10 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 267 minutes, 76.2 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-39 (Gooch), 2-39 (McEwan), 3-47 (Denness), 4-61 (Hardie), 5-109 (Phillip), 6-114 (Turner), 7-146 (Fletcher), 8-167 (Smith), 9-171 (East), 10-171 (Acfield, 76.2 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hendrick	22.2	7	45	3	-	-
Tunnicliffe	14	6	32	1	-	7
Walters	14	3	31	2	1	1
Russell	14	6	36	1	-	2
Miller	12	5	13	1	-	-

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Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Hill	c Smith b Lever	28		112	1	-
A Morris	c Smith b Phillip	17		93	-	-
PN Kirsten	lbw b East	31		109	3	-
PE Russell	lbw b East	16		69	1	-
H Cartwright	c East b Lever	10		56	1	-
*G Miller	b Lever	4		44	-	-
J Walters	c Smith b Acfield	16		57	1	-
FW Swarbrook	not out	14		89	1	-
+RW Taylor	b Acfield	13		24	2	-
CJ Tunnicliffe	c McEwan b East	2		10	-	-
M Hendrick	lbw b East	0		4	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 10 lb, 10 nb, 1 w)	22
Total	(all out, 338 minutes, 98.5 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-40 (Morris), 2-58 (Hill), 3-103 (Russell), 4-113 (Kirsten), 5-122 (Cartwright), 6-123 (Miller), 7-153 (Walters), 8-167 (Taylor), 9-173 (Tunnicliffe), 10-173 (Hendrick, 98.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	29	13	36	3	-	-
Phillip	15	3	34	1	-	4
Turner	16	5	29	0	1	3
East	30.5	12	44	4	-	2
Acfield	8	4	8	2	-	1

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	st Taylor b Swarbrook	26		110	2	-
GA Gooch	c Morris b Walters	7		10	1	-
KS McEwan	st Taylor b Swarbrook	47		81	5	-
*KWR Fletcher	not out	15		72	1	-
BR Hardie	c Miller b Swarbrook	11		36	1	-
N Phillip	not out	5		17	-	-
S Turner	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	11
Total	(4 wickets, 165 minutes, 52 overs)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Gooch), 2-83 (McEwan), 3-86 (Denness), 4-114 (Hardie)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tunnicliffe	11	2	37	0	-	2
Walters	6	1	30	1	-	1
Swarbrook	22	7	25	3	-	-
Miller	4	0	8	0	-	-
Russell	9	4	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> A Morris made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> KWR Fletcher (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 2
--> PE Russell (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9

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