f26777 cc13291	Essex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1967
Venue	Gidea Park Sports Ground, Romford on 10th, 11th, 12th June 1967 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Leicestershire won by 8 wickets
Points	Essex 0; Leicestershire 12
Umpires	JS Buller, A Jepson
Scorers	WH Ashdown (Leicestershire), CV Jenkinson (Essex)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 364/6 (Booth 142*, Birkenshaw 19*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 173/8 (Presland 13*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	c Presland b Boyce	3
MEJC Norman	c Fletcher b Lever	10
BJ Booth	c Taylor b Edmeades	142
CC Inman	c Barker b Boyce	163
PT Marner	st Taylor b East	6
DJ Constant	c East b Presland	7
+RW Tolchard	c East b Presland	7
J Birkenshaw	c Fletcher b Boyce	37
AJ Matthews	not out	5
CT Spencer	c Sherman b Boyce	12
J Cotton	b Edmeades	4
Extras	(4 b, 3 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 129.4 overs)	403
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-27, 3-272, 4-281, 5-298, 6-310, 7-370, 8-382, 9-398, 10-403 (129.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	30	3	86	4	-	-
Lever	24	3	91	1	-	-
Edmeades	22.4	2	72	2	-	-
Presland	35	7	100	2	-	-
East	18	5	47	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Bear	lbw b Spencer	9
*+B Taylor	c Spencer b Cotton	7
BEA Edmeades	c Inman b Matthews	82
KWR Fletcher	c Matthews b Spencer	3
G Barker	b Cotton	27
KD Boyce	lbw b Cotton	0
KW Wallace	c Hallam b Marner	14
HR Sherman	c Norman b Matthews	8
ER Presland	c Birkenshaw b Cotton	26
JK Lever	c Hallam b Matthews	2
RE East	not out	1
Extras	(5 b, 5 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 67.3 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-18, 3-25, 4-85, 5-85, 6-119, 7-149, 8-173, 9-177, 10-189 (67.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	14	2	39	2	-	-
Cotton	23.3	1	76	4	-	-
Birkenshaw	18	6	30	0	-	-
Marner	6	2	14	1	-	-
Matthews	6	3	20	3	-	-

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Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Bear	c Inman b Birkenshaw	57
*+B Taylor	b Spencer	9
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Cotton	3
KWR Fletcher	c Tolchard b Cotton	63
G Barker	c Hallam b Marner	3
KD Boyce	c Booth b Marner	2
KW Wallace	c Booth b Birkenshaw	28
HR Sherman	not out	36
ER Presland	c Hallam b Birkenshaw	4
JK Lever	c Tolchard b Spencer	0
RE East	b Marner	12
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 82.4 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-29, 3-117, 4-133, 5-138, 6-138, 7-185, 8-191, 9-200, 10-223 (82.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	16	3	49	2	-	-
Cotton	19	6	41	2	-	-
Birkenshaw	20	4	47	3	-	-
Marner	11.4	1	40	3	-	-
Matthews	15	4	37	0	-	-
Booth	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+RW Tolchard	c Taylor b Boyce	0
AJ Matthews	c Taylor b Boyce	2
MEJC Norman	not out	0
*MR Hallam	not out	7
BJ Booth	did not bat
CC Inman	did not bat
PT Marner	did not bat
DJ Constant	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
J Cotton	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(2 wickets, 7.1 overs)	10
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-3

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	4	1	3	2	-	-
Lever	3	1	2	0	-	-
Fletcher	0.1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AJ Matthews made his debut in County Championship matches
--> BJ Booth (1) passed his previous highest score of 118 in County Championship matches
--> BJ Booth (1) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> RE East (2) passed his previous highest score of 11 in First-Class matches
--> RE East (2) passed his previous highest score of 11 in County Championship matches
--> AJ Matthews achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 2-26)

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