f31115 cc15028	Essex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1976
Venue	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester on 16th, 17th, 18th June 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 109 runs
Points	Essex 18 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Leicestershire 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	H Horton, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 13/3 (Balderstone 2*, Davison 2*; 16 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 138/5 (Fletcher 61*, Turner 10*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Tolchard b Booth	155
BR Hardie	c Davison b Booth	11
KS McEwan	c Davison b Cross	38
*KWR Fletcher	b McVicker	29
GA Gooch	lbw b Clift	0
KR Pont	c Illingworth b Higgs	76
S Turner	lbw b McVicker	12
RE East	c Tolchard b McVicker	0
+N Smith	c Booth b Clift	24
JK Lever	b Higgs	16
DL Acfield	not out	0
Extras	(17 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	23
Total	(all out, 96.3 overs)	384
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-117, 3-182, 4-183, 5-290, 6-343, 7-343, 8-344, 9-378, 10-384 (96.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	20	0	90	2	-	-
Booth	18	1	81	2	-	-
Clift	19.3	5	59	2	-	-
Cross	11	2	37	1	-	-
McVicker	22	4	66	3	-	-
Steele	6	0	28	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DI Gower	c East b Turner	4
JF Steele	b Lever	5
JC Balderstone	b Gooch	18
NM McVicker	b Lever	0
BF Davison	b Turner	61
*R Illingworth	b Lever	36
+RW Tolchard	c Smith b Lever	38
GF Cross	c Smith b Turner	16
PB Clift	c Fletcher b Lever	50
P Booth	c McEwan b Lever	12
K Higgs	not out	7
Extras	(6 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 87.1 overs)	255
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-11, 3-11, 4-67, 5-103, 6-161, 7-168, 8-218, 9-241, 10-255 (87.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	26.1	8	63	6	-	-
Turner	32	8	97	3	-	-
Gooch	13	0	62	1	-	-
Acfield	12	6	17	0	-	-
East	4	1	8	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Cross b Higgs	0
BR Hardie	c Tolchard b McVicker	17
KS McEwan	c Tolchard b Higgs	21
GA Gooch	lbw b Clift	14
*KWR Fletcher	c Davison b Higgs	66
KR Pont	c and b Illingworth	10
S Turner	c Balderstone b Clift	35
RE East	c Tolchard b McVicker	4
+N Smith	b Clift	15
JK Lever	run out	4
DL Acfield	not out	8
Extras	(8 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 61.1 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-34, 3-38, 4-68, 5-111, 6-153, 7-173, 8-173, 9-190, 10-202 (61.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	16	4	36	3	-	-
Booth	4	0	22	0	-	-
Clift	17.1	1	63	3	-	-
McVicker	16	1	63	2	-	-
Illingworth	8	2	10	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DI Gower	c Smith b Turner	1
JF Steele	c Smith b Turner	32
JC Balderstone	c Smith b Turner	52
BF Davison	c Gooch b Turner	0
*R Illingworth	lbw b Turner	35
+RW Tolchard	lbw b East	66
GF Cross	c Turner b East	0
PB Clift	b Turner	23
K Higgs	c McEwan b Acfield	1
NM McVicker	not out	0
P Booth	b Acfield	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 4 w)	12
Total	(all out, 95.3 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-58, 3-58, 4-126, 5-127, 6-130, 7-176, 8-216, 9-217, 10-222 (95.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	18	6	31	0	-	-
Turner	32	10	82	6	-	-
Gooch	2	0	13	0	-	-
Acfield	18.3	8	30	2	-	-
East	25	7	54	2	-	-

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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
--> PB Clift (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in County Championship matches
--> RW Tolchard (2) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 6
--> K Higgs reached 1150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> S Turner achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Leicestershire second innings (previous best was 6-87)
--> S Turner achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire second innings (previous best was 6-87)

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