f29768 cc14608	Leicestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1973
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 18th, 20th, 21st August 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 3 (Batting 2, Bowling 1); Essex 8 (Batting 5, Bowling 3)
Umpires	JF Crapp, H Horton
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 9/2 (Dudleston 2*, Balderstone 2*; 4 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 18/0 (Francis 14*, Hardie 4*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Francis	c Tolchard b McKenzie	148
BR Hardie	lbw b Matthews	35
*KWR Fletcher	c Tolchard b McKenzie	8
KR Pont	st Tolchard b Birkenshaw	69
BEA Edmeades	c Birkenshaw b Illingworth	27
S Turner	not out	19
RE East	b Higgs	2
+N Smith	not out	4
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 104 overs)	326
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-62, 3-201, 4-256, 5-310, 6-313

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	16	2	65	2	-	-
Higgs	12	1	48	1	-	-
Matthews	11	1	39	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	34	9	69	1	-	-
Steele	8	2	35	0	-	-
Illingworth	19	6	44	1	-	-
Balderstone	4	0	12	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	lbw b Turner	5
JF Steele	b Turner	0
RB Matthews	c Smith b Lever	5
JC Balderstone	b Turner	37
BF Davison	b Acfield	39
*R Illingworth	b East	75
+RW Tolchard	c East b Hobbs	26
GA Knew	b East	1
J Birkenshaw	lbw b Acfield	29
GD McKenzie	st Smith b Hobbs	0
K Higgs	not out	24
Extras	(9 lb, 5 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 99.3 overs)	255
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-7, 3-25, 4-88, 5-88, 6-179, 7-197, 8-198, 9-203, 10-255 (99.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	20	4	45	1	-	-
Turner	21	4	54	3	-	-
Edmeades	9	1	40	0	-	-
Acfield	19.3	5	30	2	-	-
East	15	7	20	2	-	-
Hobbs	15	4	52	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Francis	b Higgs	20
BR Hardie	lbw b McKenzie	12
*KWR Fletcher	c Tolchard b Higgs	0
KR Pont	run out	48
BEA Edmeades	c Higgs b Illingworth	21
S Turner	not out	54
RE East	c Balderstone b Steele	4
+N Smith	c Dudleston b Illingworth	2
RNS Hobbs	not out	13
DL Acfield	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb)	3
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 60 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-29, 3-33, 4-87, 5-128, 6-136, 7-150

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	11	3	31	1	-	-
Higgs	10	1	31	2	-	-
Matthews	3	0	12	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	8	3	13	0	-	-
Steele	7	2	27	1	-	-
Illingworth	15	1	45	2	-	-
Balderstone	6	0	15	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Fletcher b Lever	2
JF Steele	b Lever	1
JC Balderstone	not out	52
BF Davison	not out	93
RB Matthews	did not bat
*R Illingworth	did not bat
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
GA Knew	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 7 nb)	9
Total	(2 wickets, 55 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-15

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	8	2	17	2	-	-
Turner	5	1	4	0	-	-
Acfield	5	1	14	0	-	-
East	20	2	64	0	-	-
Hobbs	17	3	49	0	-	-

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Notes
--> BC Francis (1) passed his previous highest score of 140 in County Championship matches
--> BC Francis (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 117
--> R Illingworth (1) passed 14000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 66
--> BC Francis (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 20
--> BEA Edmeades (2) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> K Higgs reached 1250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings

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