f30176 cc14711	Leicestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1974
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 3rd, 4th, 5th July 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 3 (Bowling 3); Essex 3 (Batting 3)
Umpires	A Jepson, CG Pepper
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 20/0 (Dudleston 8*, Steele 11*)
Close of play day 2	No play

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Steele b McVicker	16
BR Hardie	c RW Tolchard b McKenzie	14
KS McEwan	c RW Tolchard b McKenzie	14
RMO Cooke	b McKenzie	16
GA Gooch	lbw b Higgs	21
S Turner	c Birkenshaw b McKenzie	88
RE East	b McVicker	64
+N Smith	b McKenzie	6
*RNS Hobbs	not out	5
DL Acfield	not out	4
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb)	3
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 99.4 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-30, 3-57, 4-66, 5-91, 6-225, 7-236, 8-244

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	26	9	54	5	-	-
Higgs	21	3	58	1	-	-
Illingworth	12	7	12	0	-	-
McVicker	14.4	1	41	2	-	-
Birkenshaw	15	2	39	0	-	-
Balderstone	4	0	23	0	-	-
Steele	7	1	21	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	not out	8
JF Steele	not out	11
JC Balderstone	did not bat
BF Davison	did not bat
JG Tolchard	did not bat
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
*R Illingworth	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
NM McVicker	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(no wicket, 10 overs)	20

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Turner	3	1	3	0	-	-
Lever	5	1	12	0	-	-
Acfield	2	1	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> S Turner (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 13

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