f29706	Essex v New Zealanders
	New Zealand in British Isles 1973
Venue	Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea on 14th, 16th, 17th July 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	New Zealanders won the toss and decided to bat
Result	New Zealanders won by an innings and 18 runs
Umpires	H Horton, CG Pepper
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 47/2 (Francis 29*, Taylor 9*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 110/4 (Cooke 18*, Turner 0*)

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New Zealanders first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RE Redmond	lbw b Hobbs	22
RW Anderson	lbw b Turner	13
*BE Congdon	c Smith b Hobbs	8
BF Hastings	b Edmeades	67
MG Burgess	c Francis b Turner	141
V Pollard	c Smith b Edmeades	73
+KJ Wadsworth	c East b Turner	5
BR Taylor	not out	16
RJ Hadlee	did not bat
RO Collinge	did not bat
EK Gillott	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 10 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 101.3 overs)	358
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-43, 3-54, 4-187, 5-320, 6-330, 7-358 (101.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Turner	21	2	58	3	-	-
Edmeades	12.3	4	28	2	-	-
Hobbs	21	3	90	2	-	-
East	23	8	62	0	-	-
Acfield	12	1	59	0	-	-
Pont	12	1	48	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Redmond b Collinge	1
BC Francis	c Redmond b Collinge	39
BR Hardie	c Wadsworth b Hadlee	2
*B Taylor	b Hadlee	14
KR Pont	b Taylor	25
S Turner	c Hastings b Collinge	6
RMO Cooke	c Burgess b Congdon	44
RE East	c Burgess b Hadlee	18
+N Smith	c Taylor b Congdon	11
RNS Hobbs	c Burgess b Hadlee	0
DL Acfield	not out	7
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 59.4 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-20, 3-62, 4-66, 5-77, 6-100, 7-161, 8-165, 9-165, 10-181 (59.4 ov)

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Collinge	19	4	63	3	-	-
Hadlee	20	5	44	4	-	-
Taylor	12	4	29	1	-	-
Congdon	8.4	2	31	2	-	-

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Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	b Taylor	41
BC Francis	c Wadsworth b Hadlee	0
BR Hardie	c Wadsworth b Taylor	24
RMO Cooke	lbw b Hadlee	18
KR Pont	b Gillott	15
S Turner	c Pollard b Taylor	19
RE East	c Burgess b Taylor	2
*B Taylor	b Congdon	19
+N Smith	c Wadsworth b Congdon	3
RNS Hobbs	b Congdon	4
DL Acfield	not out	2
Extras	(7 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 59 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-74, 3-77, 4-106, 5-110, 6-118, 7-137, 8-142, 9-148, 10-159 (59 ov)

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Collinge	6	1	13	0	-	-
Hadlee	12	1	48	2	-	-
Taylor	20	8	39	4	-	-
Congdon	12	2	26	3	-	-
Gillott	5	2	8	1	-	-
Pollard	4	0	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> BF Hastings (1) passed 6000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 30
--> V Pollard (1) passed 5000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 19
--> RMO Cooke (1) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 24
--> RO Collinge reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> BE Congdon reached 100 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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