f28200 cc13913	Essex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1970
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 16th, 18th, 19th May 1970 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 9 wickets
Points	Essex 16 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Leicestershire 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	R Aspinall, H Mellows
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 41/1 (Edmeades 15*, Saville 8*; 11 overs)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 66/5 (Illingworth 22*, Stringer 3*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BJ Booth	b Lever	3
B Dudleston	c Turner b Hobbs	58
+RW Tolchard	b Lever	14
CC Inman	c East b Hobbs	76
PT Marner	c Boyce b Turner	13
*R Illingworth	b Turner	41
RJ Barratt	c and b Hobbs	6
J Birkenshaw	c Saville b Boyce	33
GF Cross	b Turner	0
GD McKenzie	b Hobbs	0
PM Stringer	not out	1
Extras	(4 b, 17 lb, 2 nb)	23
Total	(all out, 88.1 overs)	268
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-14, 3-159, 4-166, 5-180, 6-187, 7-252, 8-252, 9-258, 10-268 (88.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	10.1	3	28	1	-	-
Lever	16	1	58	2	-	-
Turner	25	7	49	3	-	-
Edmeades	9	2	19	0	-	-
Hobbs	24	6	60	4	-	-
East	4	0	31	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Marner b McKenzie	79
B Ward	b McKenzie	16
GJ Saville	b McKenzie	14
KWR Fletcher	run out	0
G Barker	lbw b Illingworth	61
KD Boyce	c and b Illingworth	0
*+B Taylor	c McKenzie b Birkenshaw	5
S Turner	c McKenzie b Illingworth	0
RNS Hobbs	b McKenzie	30
RE East	b Barratt	4
JK Lever	not out	18
Extras	(7 b, 5 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 88.2 overs)	239
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-55, 3-58, 4-146, 5-146, 6-155, 7-155, 8-188, 9-193, 10-239 (88.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	22.2	3	62	4	-	-
Stringer	18	4	55	0	-	-
Marner	2	0	8	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	25	9	46	1	-	-
Illingworth	16	2	41	3	-	-
Barratt	4	1	8	1	-	-
Booth	1	0	7	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BJ Booth	b Boyce	12
B Dudleston	c Fletcher b Boyce	0
+RW Tolchard	c Turner b Boyce	9
CC Inman	c Turner b Boyce	1
PT Marner	c Boyce b East	14
*R Illingworth	c Turner b Hobbs	37
PM Stringer	lbw b Hobbs	8
J Birkenshaw	c and b Hobbs	32
GF Cross	c Taylor b Hobbs	2
GD McKenzie	lbw b Boyce	18
RJ Barratt	not out	14
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 6 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 62.4 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-20, 3-22, 4-28, 5-60, 6-84, 7-99, 8-109, 9-128, 10-158 (62.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	16.4	5	39	5	-	-
Lever	5	2	8	0	-	-
Turner	15	5	25	0	-	-
Hobbs	23	5	67	4	-	-
East	3	0	8	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	not out	120
B Ward	c Tolchard b Booth	46
GJ Saville	not out	20
KWR Fletcher	did not bat
G Barker	did not bat
KD Boyce	did not bat
*+B Taylor	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(1 wicket, 66.2 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-109 (Ward)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	5	0	19	0	-	-
Stringer	2	0	9	0	-	-
Marner	4.2	1	23	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	15	4	28	0	-	-
Illingworth	12	3	15	0	-	-
Barratt	14	5	36	0	-	-
Booth	11	2	44	1	-	-
Cross	3	1	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RJ Barratt made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RJ Barratt made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> BEA Edmeades (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 48
--> G Barker (1) passed 19000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 14

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