f27423 cc13648	Essex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1968
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 17th, 18th, 19th August 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Essex won by 76 runs (single innings match)
Points	Essex 10; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	CS Elliott, H Mellows
Scorers	WH Ashdown (Leicestershire), CV Jenkinson (Essex)
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	No play

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	c Tolchard b Birkenshaw	35
BEA Edmeades	c Inman b Birkenshaw	30
G Barker	not out	50
KWR Fletcher	lbw b Knight	6
BL Irvine	c Knight b Birkenshaw	9
KD Boyce	not out	47
*+B Taylor	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 1 nb)	4
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 53 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-63, 2-75, 3-86, 4-109

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cotton	8	1	46	0	-	-
Spencer	3	0	22	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	20	7	49	3	-	-
Barratt	13	5	32	0	-	-
Knight	9	1	28	1	-	-

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Leicestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	c Turner b Lever	9
MEJC Norman	c and b East	8
BJ Booth	st Taylor b East	17
CC Inman	c Taylor b Turner	33
PT Marner	b East	0
BR Knight	b East	8
J Birkenshaw	not out	13
+RW Tolchard	c Ward b East	1
RJ Barratt	c Hobbs b East	5
J Cotton	c Hobbs b Turner	0
CT Spencer	c Taylor b East	0
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 31.4 overs)	105
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-23, 3-76, 4-76, 5-79, 6-92, 7-96, 8-103, 9-103, 10-105 (31.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	4	1	9	1	-	-
East	13.4	1	37	7	-	-
Turner	12	2	34	2	-	-
Edmeades	2	0	14	0	-	-

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Notes
--> MEJC Norman (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 3
--> BJ Booth (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 2
--> BR Knight reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex innings

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