f24268 cc12083	Leicestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1962
Venue	Coventry Road, Hinckley on 2nd, 4th, 5th June 1962 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 8 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 4 (Batting 2); Essex 12
Umpires	N Oldfield, AEG Rhodes
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), CV Jenkinson (Essex)
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 69/5 (Luckin 7*, Bailey 0*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 54/1 (Barker 21*, Smith 4*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	lbw b Bailey	0
W Watson	b Bailey	101
*D Kirby	b Preston	9
S Jayasinghe	lbw b Preston	2
PA Munden	lbw b Laker	1
J van Geloven	c Taylor b Bailey	35
J Birkenshaw	c Taylor b Laker	22
+J Mitten	b Bailey	0
CT Spencer	c Taylor b Greensmith	19
JS Savage	c Preston b Laker	2
BS Boshier	not out	2
Extras	(8 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 85.1 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-47, 3-55, 4-62, 5-148, 6-155, 7-155, 8-178, 9-198, 10-201 (85.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	15	1	31	0	-	-
Bailey	24	6	56	4	-	-
Preston	13	2	30	2	-	-
Laker	15.1	5	39	3	-	-
Greensmith	18	8	37	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	b Spencer	0
MJ Bear	b Spencer	3
GJ Smith	c Hallam b van Geloven	33
PA Spicer	b Spencer	1
BR Knight	lbw b van Geloven	18
RAG Luckin	c Kirby b Savage	11
*TE Bailey	b Spencer	5
+B Taylor	lbw b Savage	26
WT Greensmith	lbw b Spencer	24
JC Laker	c Watson b Savage	0
KC Preston	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 77.4 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-6, 3-12, 4-61, 5-69, 6-75, 7-80, 8-125, 9-132, 10-132 (77.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	21	8	40	5	-	-
Boshier	9	1	13	0	-	-
van Geloven	18	8	34	2	-	-
Savage	25.4	15	29	3	-	-
Birkenshaw	4	1	5	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	b Bailey	0
W Watson	lbw b Knight	5
*D Kirby	c Taylor b Bailey	7
S Jayasinghe	c Greensmith b Laker	29
PA Munden	lbw b Laker	21
J van Geloven	b Preston	8
J Birkenshaw	c Knight b Laker	14
+J Mitten	b Knight	15
CT Spencer	c Spicer b Laker	6
JS Savage	not out	3
BS Boshier	b Knight	0
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 47 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-13, 3-13, 4-68, 5-72, 6-82, 7-94, 8-106, 9-116, 10-116 (47 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	10	3	28	3	-	-
Bailey	10	3	26	2	-	-
Preston	14	5	32	1	-	-
Laker	13	4	22	4	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	not out	95
MJ Bear	run out	21
GJ Smith	c Mitten b van Geloven	11
*TE Bailey	not out	47
PA Spicer	did not bat
BR Knight	did not bat
RAG Luckin	did not bat
+B Taylor	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
JC Laker	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 6 lb)	13
Total	(2 wickets, 93.2 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-73

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	20	8	40	0	-	-
van Geloven	21	5	38	1	-	-
Savage	29	12	47	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	7	1	31	0	-	-
Kirby	7	3	6	0	-	-
Jayasinghe	8	3	6	0	-	-
Watson	1.2	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> J Birkenshaw (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 7
--> S Jayasinghe (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25

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