f27762 cc13755	Leicestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1969
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 18th, 19th, 20th June 1969 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 1 (Bowling 1); Essex 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3)
Umpires	JG Langridge, H Mellows
Scorers	WH Ashdown (Leicestershire), CV Jenkinson (Essex)
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 260/9 (Edmeades 114*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 314/8 (Illingworth 139*, McKenzie 14*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	c Marner b Knight	39
BEA Edmeades	not out	114
G Barker	c Tolchard b Knight	8
KWR Fletcher	c Hallam b Knight	41
BL Irvine	c Norman b Illingworth	14
*+B Taylor	b Illingworth	5
S Turner	c Knight b Birkenshaw	13
RNS Hobbs	c McKenzie b Birkenshaw	0
RE East	b McKenzie	20
JK Lever	c McKenzie b Spencer	1
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(5 nb)	5
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 108 overs)	260
Fall of wickets:
1-69, 2-85, 3-117, 4-198, 5-204, 6-221, 7-222, 8-257, 9-260 (108 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	12	0	33	1	-	-
Spencer	10	2	27	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	35	7	93	2	-	-
Knight	22	7	52	3	-	-
Illingworth	29	8	50	2	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	c East b Turner	12
MEJC Norman	st Taylor b East	17
BJ Booth	run out	30
PT Marner	c Barker b Acfield	0
B Dudleston	c and b Hobbs	23
*R Illingworth	not out	153
BR Knight	b Lever	14
J Birkenshaw	b Lever	20
+RW Tolchard	c Turner b Acfield	27
GD McKenzie	lbw b Lever	14
CT Spencer	c Fletcher b Turner	12
Extras	(5 b, 11 lb, 5 nb)	21
Total	(all out, 143.3 overs)	343
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-60, 3-61, 4-67, 5-110, 6-134, 7-195, 8-278, 9-315, 10-343 (143.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	24	2	70	3	-	-
Turner	28.3	8	53	2	-	-
East	24	11	42	1	-	-
Acfield	43	14	95	2	-	-
Hobbs	24	8	62	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	c McKenzie b Spencer	7
BEA Edmeades	c Dudleston b Illingworth	12
G Barker	c Tolchard b McKenzie	16
KWR Fletcher	b McKenzie	15
BL Irvine	not out	4
*+B Taylor	lbw b Illingworth	0
S Turner	c Birkenshaw b Illingworth	0
RNS Hobbs	c Dudleston b Birkenshaw	7
RE East	not out	0
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(7 wickets, 41 overs)	64
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-25, 3-50, 4-50, 5-50, 6-54, 7-64

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	11	4	17	2	-	-
Spencer	3	1	9	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	10	8	12	1	-	-
Knight	5	0	15	0	-	-
Illingworth	12	8	8	3	-	-

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Notes
--> R Illingworth (1) passed his previous highest score of 150 in County Championship matches
--> BEA Edmeades (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> BR Knight reached 1050 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> JK Lever reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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