f30659 cc14897	Leicestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1975
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 12th, 14th, 15th July 1975 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 130 runs
Points	Leicestershire 17 (Batting 4, Bowling 3); Essex 5 (Batting 4, Bowling 1)
Umpires	A Jepson, TW Spencer, RT Wilson
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 70/0 (Hardie 12*, Edmeades 52*; 12 overs)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 156/2 (Balderstone 56*, Davison 1*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	b Lever	134
JG Tolchard	c Lever b Hobbs	55
JC Balderstone	c Hardie b Boyce	12
BF Davison	c Pont b Edmeades	68
*R Illingworth	not out	34
+RW Tolchard	not out	1
GF Cross	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
NM McVicker	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 9 lb, 17 nb, 1 w)	35
Total	(4 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	339
Fall of wickets:
1-108, 2-150, 3-264, 4-336

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	20	2	66	1	-	-
Lever	21	2	72	1	-	-
Turner	15	2	48	0	-	-
East	20	2	37	0	-	-
Hobbs	20	1	62	1	-	-
Edmeades	4	0	19	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	c Dudleston b Illingworth	21
BEA Edmeades	c Davison b Birkenshaw	56
RMO Cooke	c McKenzie b Illingworth	13
KS McEwan	c Cross b Birkenshaw	61
KR Pont	c Birkenshaw b Illingworth	86
S Turner	not out	28
RE East	lbw b Illingworth	11
+N Smith	lbw b Illingworth	10
*RNS Hobbs	not out	24
JK Lever	did not bat
KD Boyce	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 6 nb)	9
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	319
Fall of wickets:
1-75, 2-96, 3-99, 4-237, 5-248, 6-271, 7-285

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	11	1	58	0	-	-
Higgs	19	3	61	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	31	10	71	2	-	-
Illingworth	25	6	77	5	-	-
Balderstone	8	2	27	0	-	-
McVicker	6	2	16	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Turner b Hobbs	62
GF Cross	c Smith b Pont	36
JC Balderstone	not out	117
BF Davison	not out	70
JG Tolchard	did not bat
*R Illingworth	did not bat
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
NM McVicker	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 79.5 overs)	301
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-161

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	7	1	27	0	-	-
Turner	18	2	55	0	-	-
East	22	5	77	0	-	-
Hobbs	16.5	1	73	1	-	-
Edmeades	4	0	16	0	-	-
Pont	12	1	37	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	c RW Tolchard b McKenzie	3
BEA Edmeades	c Illingworth b Birkenshaw	19
RMO Cooke	lbw b Birkenshaw	12
KS McEwan	b Balderstone	20
KR Pont	b Balderstone	14
S Turner	c Dudleston b Illingworth	13
RE East	lbw b Balderstone	0
+N Smith	not out	62
*RNS Hobbs	c Higgs b Illingworth	0
JK Lever	lbw b McKenzie	35
KD Boyce	absent hurt
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 4 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 74.3 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-31, 3-44, 4-74, 5-79, 6-79, 7-95, 8-95, 9-191 (74.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	5.3	2	10	2	-	-
Higgs	3	0	11	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	21	11	33	2	-	-
Illingworth	24	9	58	2	-	-
Balderstone	21	11	66	3	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> RMO Cooke made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> JG Tolchard (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 39
--> R Illingworth (1) passed 15000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 7
--> KS McEwan (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> RE East (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> J Birkenshaw reached 900 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings

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