f29271 cc14416	Essex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1972
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 5th, 7th, 8th August 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 6 (Batting 1, Bowling 5); Leicestershire 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3)
Umpires	A Jepson, R Julian
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 37/1 (Edmeades 31*, Fletcher 6*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 8/0 (Dudleston 2*, Steele 3*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	lbw b Boyce	0
JF Steele	c Boyce b East	51
MEJC Norman	b Boyce	13
BF Davison	c Pont b Lever	6
+RW Tolchard	b Turner	61
*R Illingworth	c Boyce b East	7
PR Haywood	c East b Boyce	12
J Birkenshaw	c Fletcher b Boyce	0
GD McKenzie	b Boyce	0
CT Spencer	b East	4
K Higgs	not out	9
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 10 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 74.2 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-47, 3-78, 4-78, 5-96, 6-127, 7-127, 8-127, 9-134, 10-177 (74.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	19	5	51	5	-	-
Lever	23	7	69	1	-	-
Turner	7.2	3	6	1	-	-
East	21	9	35	3	-	-
Hobbs	4	2	2	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Davison	163
GJ Saville	lbw b Davison	0
KWR Fletcher	c sub b Steele	18
B Ward	c Steele b Birkenshaw	1
KD Boyce	c Steele b Birkenshaw	14
KR Pont	c McKenzie b Birkenshaw	6
*+B Taylor	lbw b Illingworth	14
S Turner	c Dudleston b McKenzie	13
RNS Hobbs	b Illingworth	8
RE East	not out	53
JK Lever	c Norman b Steele	6
Extras	(18 b, 10 lb, 1 w)	29
Total	(all out, 132.3 overs)	325
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-75, 3-89, 4-107, 5-123, 6-163, 7-195, 8-229, 9-310, 10-325 (132.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	22	2	85	1	-	-
Davison	16	6	25	2	-	-
Steele	22.3	5	48	2	-	-
Illingworth	36	12	57	2	-	-
Birkenshaw	36	14	81	3	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Taylor b Boyce	15
JF Steele	c Ward b Hobbs	16
MEJC Norman	c Saville b East	33
BF Davison	b Hobbs	17
*R Illingworth	lbw b Lever	44
+RW Tolchard	c Saville b Hobbs	25
PR Haywood	c Pont b Boyce	9
J Birkenshaw	c Pont b Boyce	0
GD McKenzie	not out	36
CT Spencer	c Taylor b Boyce	3
K Higgs	not out	1
Extras	(10 b, 5 lb, 8 nb)	23
Total	(9 wickets, 107 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-48, 3-93, 4-93, 5-157, 6-177, 7-177, 8-178, 9-193

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	24	6	59	4	-	-
Lever	13	5	28	1	-	-
Turner	5	1	4	0	-	-
East	29	16	48	1	-	-
Hobbs	36	13	60	3	-	-

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Notes
--> JF Steele (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 28
--> BEA Edmeades (1) passed his previous highest score of 148 in First-Class matches
--> BEA Edmeades (1) passed his previous highest score of 148 in County Championship matches
--> BEA Edmeades (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 56
--> BEA Edmeades (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 106
--> BEA Edmeades (1) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 143
--> RE East (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> GD McKenzie (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 25
--> GD McKenzie reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> J Birkenshaw reached 550 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> RNS Hobbs reached 550 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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