f29313 cc14455	Leicestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1972
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 26th, 28th, 29th August 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 7 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 18 (Batting 3, Bowling 5); Essex 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	CS Elliott, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 82/0 (Steele 36*, Dudleston 42*; 29 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 138/2 (Taylor 49*, Ward 28*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Davison b McKenzie	6
GJ Saville	lbw b McKenzie	2
KW Wallace	c and b Davison	46
B Ward	c Steele b Matthews	52
KD Boyce	c RW Tolchard b McKenzie	26
KR Pont	c RW Tolchard b Matthews	6
*+B Taylor	b McKenzie	29
S Turner	c JG Tolchard b Birkenshaw	6
RNS Hobbs	b McKenzie	2
JK Lever	not out	7
RE East	run out	30
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 4 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 78 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-9, 3-82, 4-112, 5-130, 6-156, 7-180, 8-182, 9-187, 10-222 (78 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	19	3	45	5	-	-
Higgs	17	7	30	0	-	-
Matthews	15	3	49	2	-	-
Birkenshaw	22	3	77	1	-	-
Davison	5	1	11	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	c Saville b Boyce	49
B Dudleston	c Taylor b Boyce	47
JG Tolchard	c Taylor b Boyce	11
BF Davison	c Wallace b Boyce	9
*+RW Tolchard	st Taylor b Hobbs	7
PR Haywood	c and b Turner	20
BJ Booth	b Hobbs	9
J Birkenshaw	c Boyce b East	42
GD McKenzie	c Pont b East	17
K Higgs	not out	15
RB Matthews	run out	8
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 9 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 88.2 overs)	248
Fall of wickets:
1-96, 2-111, 3-124, 4-133, 5-134, 6-147, 7-181, 8-222, 9-225, 10-248 (88.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	19	4	59	4	-	-
Lever	19	4	51	0	-	-
Turner	13	7	16	1	-	-
East	20	4	54	2	-	-
Hobbs	17.2	5	54	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GJ Saville	run out	40
KW Wallace	c Davison b Higgs	20
*+B Taylor	c Dudleston b Higgs	83
B Ward	c RW Tolchard b McKenzie	28
BEA Edmeades	c Birkenshaw b McKenzie	11
KD Boyce	lbw b Higgs	39
KR Pont	not out	34
S Turner	b Matthews	10
RNS Hobbs	c Steele b Birkenshaw	0
JK Lever	c Steele b Birkenshaw	0
RE East	c and b Matthews	5
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 83 overs)	273
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-61, 3-138, 4-176, 5-206, 6-225, 7-249, 8-255, 9-272, 10-273 (83 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	17	1	74	2	-	-
Higgs	21	4	60	3	-	-
Matthews	8	0	51	2	-	-
Birkenshaw	29	8	58	2	-	-
Haywood	5	0	17	0	-	-
Steele	3	1	10	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	lbw b East	29
B Dudleston	not out	116
JG Tolchard	c East b Turner	53
BF Davison	lbw b Turner	17
*+RW Tolchard	not out	11
PR Haywood	did not bat
BJ Booth	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
RB Matthews	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 14 lb, 7 nb)	22
Total	(3 wickets, 68 overs)	248
Fall of wickets:
1-61, 2-184, 3-225

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	16	2	56	0	-	-
Lever	11	1	42	0	-	-
Turner	22	4	71	2	-	-
East	12	4	29	1	-	-
Hobbs	7	0	28	0	-	-

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Notes
--> KW Wallace made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> KW Wallace made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> B Ward made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> B Ward made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> RE East (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 12
--> B Dudleston (2) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 49
--> JG Tolchard (2) passed his previous highest score of 43 in First-Class matches
--> JG Tolchard (2) passed his previous highest score of 43 in County Championship matches
--> GD McKenzie reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> RE East reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> S Turner reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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