f31062 cc14991	Leicestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1976
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 12th, 13th, 14th May 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Essex 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4)
Umpires	HD Bird, DO Oslear
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 142/5 (Davison 64*, Birkenshaw 1*; 52 overs)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 4/1 (Cross 1*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	lbw b Boyce	6
PB Clift	b Lever	0
JC Balderstone	c Boyce b Lever	39
BF Davison	run out	132
*R Illingworth	lbw b Lever	18
+RW Tolchard	b Boyce	6
J Birkenshaw	c Boyce b Turner	3
GF Cross	c McEwan b East	33
NM McVicker	c Hardie b Acfield	14
P Booth	not out	7
K Higgs	not out	1
Extras	(3 lb, 14 nb)	17
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 95 overs)	276
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-6, 3-88, 4-118, 5-130, 6-144, 7-226, 8-262, 9-268

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	19	7	41	2	-	-
Lever	26	4	84	3	-	-
Turner	25	7	62	1	-	-
Gooch	1	0	4	0	-	-
East	14	2	49	1	-	-
Acfield	10	3	19	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	b Clift	12
BR Hardie	b Clift	9
KS McEwan	b McVicker	13
*KWR Fletcher	b Clift	25
GA Gooch	b Higgs	42
S Turner	c Tolchard b Clift	0
KD Boyce	c Higgs b Clift	5
+N Smith	c Cross b Higgs	22
RE East	c Tolchard b Booth	26
JK Lever	not out	4
DL Acfield	lbw b Higgs	0
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 71.3 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-21, 3-44, 4-80, 5-80, 6-88, 7-121, 8-136, 9-162, 10-163 (71.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Booth	15	4	32	1	-	-
Higgs	18.3	3	32	3	-	-
Clift	19	7	39	5	-	-
McVicker	14	3	38	1	-	-
Illingworth	3	1	4	0	-	-
Cross	2	0	13	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	c McEwan b Boyce	0
GF Cross	not out	63
JC Balderstone	c Gooch b Boyce	14
BF Davison	not out	78
PB Clift	did not bat
*R Illingworth	did not bat
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
NM McVicker	did not bat
P Booth	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(9 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 46 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-33

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	8	4	24	2	-	-
Lever	10	0	18	0	-	-
Turner	16	1	61	0	-	-
Acfield	12	0	52	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Clift b McVicker	41
BR Hardie	lbw b Higgs	5
KS McEwan	st Tolchard b Steele	26
*KWR Fletcher	c Balderstone b Clift	22
GA Gooch	c Steele b Balderstone	10
S Turner	c Steele b Balderstone	6
KD Boyce	st Tolchard b Balderstone	23
+N Smith	not out	19
RE East	not out	11
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb)	7
Total	(7 wickets, 78 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-51, 3-87, 4-95, 5-105, 6-114, 7-143

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Booth	6	2	23	0	-	-
Higgs	6	0	24	1	-	-
Clift	16	2	37	1	-	-
McVicker	5	1	12	1	-	-
Illingworth	6	4	5	0	-	-
Balderstone	12	5	27	3	-	-
Steele	14	7	15	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	13	7	20	0	-	-

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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
--> BF Davison (1) passed 10500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 108
--> BEA Edmeades (2) passed 12000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 37
--> N Smith (2) passed 1500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 19
--> PB Clift achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 2-63)

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