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| Venue | County Ground, Leyton on 7th, 8th, 9th June 1897 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 5 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | RO Clayton, W Draper |
| Close of play day 1 | Leicestershire (1) 138/1 (Knight 95*, Rudd 25*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (2) 77/1 (Carpenter 39*, Perrin 12*; 28 overs) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CP McGahey | b Coe | 11 | |||||
| HA Carpenter | b Coe | 4 | |||||
| PA Perrin | b Geeson | 46 | |||||
| +TM Russell | c Geeson b Wright | 20 | |||||
| AP Lucas | b Geeson | 27 | |||||
| *HGP Owen | c Geeson b Wood | 13 | |||||
| AL Gibson | b Woodcock | 4 | |||||
| CJ Kortright | b Woodcock | 20 | |||||
| W Mead | c Coe b Geeson | 1 | |||||
| FG Bull | c Whiteside b Geeson | 0 | |||||
| H Pickett | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 1 nb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 69.3 overs) | 149 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6, 2-23, 3-62, 4-90, 5-113, 6-128, 7-142, 8-145, 9-149, 10-149 (69.3 ov) | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Woodcock | 25 | 9 | 56 | 2 | - | - | |
| Coe | 15 | 3 | 34 | 2 | - | - | |
| Wright | 8 | 3 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Geeson | 19.3 | 10 | 34 | 4 | - | - | |
| Wood | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AE Knight | c Russell b Mead | 110 | |||||
| CJB Wood | c Russell b Pickett | 18 | |||||
| GE Rudd | c and b Mead | 47 | |||||
| W Tomlin | c Carpenter b Bull | 10 | |||||
| S Coe | c Pickett b Bull | 0 | |||||
| SR Wright | lbw b Mead | 9 | |||||
| L Brown | c Russell b Mead | 0 | |||||
| *CE de Trafford | b Bull | 0 | |||||
| F Geeson | b Bull | 7 | |||||
| A Woodcock | not out | 15 | |||||
| +JP Whiteside | b Bull | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 2 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 108.2 overs) | 223 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-56, 2-160, 3-181, 4-183, 5-192, 6-196, 7-201, 8-201, 9-221, 10-223 (108.2 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kortright | 11 | 3 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bull | 34.2 | 12 | 73 | 5 | - | - | |
| Mead | 44 | 21 | 65 | 4 | - | - | |
| Pickett | 16 | 5 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Carpenter | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CP McGahey | b Coe | 18 | |||||
| HA Carpenter | not out | 39 | |||||
| PA Perrin | not out | 12 | |||||
| +TM Russell | did not bat | ||||||
| AP Lucas | did not bat | ||||||
| *HGP Owen | did not bat | ||||||
| AL Gibson | did not bat | ||||||
| CJ Kortright | did not bat | ||||||
| W Mead | did not bat | ||||||
| FG Bull | did not bat | ||||||
| H Pickett | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 28 overs) | 77 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-35 (McGahey) | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Woodcock | 7 | 1 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Coe | 11 | 6 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wright | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Geeson | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Rudd | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> SR Wright made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> SR Wright made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> AE Knight (1) passed his previous highest score of 96 in County Championship matches
--> AE Knight (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> AE Knight (1) passed his previous highest score of 96 in First-Class matches
--> AE Knight (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> AE Knight (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 41
--> GE Rudd (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in County Championship matches
--> GE Rudd (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in First-Class matches
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