f27391 cc13621	Leicestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 31st July, 1st, 2nd August 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 12 (Batting 7, Bowling 5); Essex 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	JS Buller, H Yarnold
Scorers	WH Ashdown (Leicestershire), JWW Bartlam (Essex)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 60/0 (Hallam 25*, Norman 26*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 61/0 (Ward 28*, Edmeades 33*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	b Knight	6
BEA Edmeades	c Tolchard b Knight	0
*+B Taylor	lbw b Cotton	35
KWR Fletcher	lbw b Spencer	1
BL Irvine	c Booth b Marner	36
KD Boyce	c Tolchard b Marner	8
S Turner	c Marner b Cotton	3
AM Jorden	c Tolchard b Knight	7
RNS Hobbs	c Hallam b Knight	33
RE East	c Tolchard b Knight	16
JK Lever	not out	4
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 43.4 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-23, 3-24, 4-80, 5-87, 6-89, 7-128, 8-131, 9-133, 10-157 (43.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cotton	16	3	48	2	-	-
Knight	13.4	3	49	5	-	-
Spencer	6	1	24	1	-	-
Marner	8	0	28	2	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	b Boyce	39
MEJC Norman	b Boyce	40
BJ Booth	c Taylor b Jorden	29
CC Inman	c Hobbs b Jorden	56
PT Marner	b Jorden	90
BR Knight	c Boyce b Lever	17
J Birkenshaw	c Jorden b Lever	10
B Dudleston	b East	37
+RW Tolchard	not out	33
J Cotton	c and b Hobbs	25
CT Spencer	not out	9
Extras	(10 lb, 16 nb)	26
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 113 overs)	411
Fall of wickets:
1-88, 2-95, 3-175, 4-184, 5-246, 6-263, 7-318, 8-369, 9-398

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	29	5	89	2	-	-
Lever	23	5	85	2	-	-
Jorden	24	5	91	3	-	-
East	23	4	77	1	-	-
Hobbs	14	2	43	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	b Booth	46
BEA Edmeades	c and b Birkenshaw	107
*+B Taylor	c Birkenshaw b Marner	0
KWR Fletcher	c Norman b Knight	24
BL Irvine	not out	44
KD Boyce	c Booth b Spencer	31
AM Jorden	not out	8
S Turner	did not bat
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 3 nb)	10
Total	(5 wickets, 106 overs)	270
Fall of wickets:
1-108, 2-115, 3-153, 4-193, 5-255

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cotton	17	3	54	0	-	-
Knight	17	4	36	1	-	-
Spencer	20	6	44	1	-	-
Marner	14	2	44	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	26	11	45	1	-	-
Booth	11	3	37	1	-	-
Dudleston	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> MEJC Norman (1) passed 14500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 37
--> BR Knight reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> BR Knight reached 750 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Essex first innings
--> RE East reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> AM Jorden reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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