misc7764 scotcap234	Scotland v Essex
	Essex in Scotland 1973
Venue	North Inch, Perth on 24th, 25th, 26th July 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Scotland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 6 wickets
Umpires	TGT Bertram, JM Webster
Scorer	F Smith (Scotland)
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 116/1
Close of play day 2	Scotland (2) 115/1

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Scotland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HK More	lbw b Edmeades	28			5	-
DBS Brown	b Hobbs	26			3	-
TB Racionzer	c Hobbs b Stone	25			2	-
DM Peden	st Smith b Hobbs	21			1	-
EC Reoch	b Hobbs	23			1	-
R Ellis	lbw b Hobbs	38			5	1
*+J Brown	b Hobbs	1			-	-
KM Hardie	c Hobbs b Stone	6			-	-
ER Thompson	c Pont b Hobbs	4			1	-
J Clark	c Cooke b Hobbs	1			-	-
G Angus	not out	0			-	-
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 81.1 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-49 (More), 2-69 (DBS Brown), 3-105 (Peden), 4-107 (Racionzer), 5-143 (Reoch), 6-155 (J Brown), 7-176 (Ellis), 8-180 (Thompson), 9-182 (Hardie), 10-182 (Clark)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edmeades	17	4	39	1	-	-
Pont	6	1	26	0	-	-
Hobbs	32.1	12	59	7	-	-
Stone	19	8	24	2	-	-
Cooke	7	0	25	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Reoch b Hardie	134			10	1
BC Francis	b Clark	11			1	-
BR Hardie	c J Brown b Thompson	50			6	-
KS McEwan	c DBS Brown b Hardie	45			6	-
MSA McEvoy	run out	2			-	-
KR Pont	b Clark	11			2	-
C Stone	not out	55			5	-
RMO Cooke	b Clark	44			6	1
+N Smith	not out	1			-	-
*RNS Hobbs	did not bat
GJ Saville	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 2 w)	10
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 123 overs)	363
Fall of wickets:
1-34 (Francis), 2-123 (Hardie), 3-207 (McEwan), 4-214 (McEvoy), 5-239 (Pont), 6-272 (Edmeades), 7-359 (Cooke)

Scotland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	23	1	62	1	-	-
Clark	29	4	69	3	-	-
Hardie	39	8	120	2	-	-
Angus	25	2	89	0	-	-
Ellis	7	2	13	0	-	-

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Scotland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HK More	b Hobbs	76			10	-
DBS Brown	b Hobbs	24			3	-
TB Racionzer	c Smith b Edmeades	48			5	-
DM Peden	lbw b Edmeades	4			1	-
EC Reoch	b Edmeades	10			1	-
R Ellis	c Saville b Edmeades	15			1	1
*+J Brown	c McEvoy b Hobbs	2			-	-
KM Hardie	c Pont b Hobbs	5			1	-
ER Thompson	c McEwan b Hobbs	14			3	-
J Clark	lbw b Stone	2			-	-
G Angus	not out	4			1	-
Extras	(19 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	26
Total	(all out, 94 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-81 (DBS Brown), 2-115 (More), 3-136 (Peden), 4-174 (Reoch), 5-199 (Ellis), 6-200 (Racionzer), 7-202 (J Brown), 8-209 (Hardie), 9-218 (Clark), 10-230 (Thompson)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edmeades	32	7	61	4	-	-
Pont	5	1	8	0	-	-
Stone	22	8	40	1	-	-
Hobbs	35	8	95	5	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Francis	c Angus b Clark	15			3	-
MSA McEvoy	c DBS Brown b Clark	0			-	-
BR Hardie	c More b Hardie	2			-	-
RMO Cooke	c Thompson b Hardie	8			-	-
C Stone	not out	11			-	-
KR Pont	not out	10			-	-
BEA Edmeades	did not bat
GJ Saville	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
*RNS Hobbs	did not bat
KS McEwan	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(4 wickets, 26.5 overs)	50
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Francis), 2-18 (McEvoy), 3-20 (Hardie), 4-29 (Cooke)

Scotland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	4	3	1	0	-	-
Clark	13	4	36	2	-	-
Hardie	9.5	6	9	2	-	-

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