a946	Essex v Leicestershire
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1973 (Quarter-Final)
Venue	Valentine's Park, Ilford on 13th June 1973 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 6 wickets
Umpires	WE Alley, HD Bird
Player of the Match	BEA Edmeades

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Leicestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
B Dudleston	b Edmeades	36
MEJC Norman	b Edmeades	16
+RW Tolchard	b Edmeades	0
BF Davison	lbw b Edmeades	12
JC Balderstone	c Taylor b Lever	58
*R Illingworth	b Edmeades	0
J Birkenshaw	run out	28
JF Steele	c Cooke b Boyce	8
GD McKenzie	not out	5
CT Spencer	not out	2
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 7 nb)	12
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-57, 3-58, 4-89, 5-89, 6-149, 7-168, 8-174

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Boyce	11	2	28	1	-	-	66.00	2.55
Lever	10	3	32	1	-	-	60.00	3.20
Turner	9	1	41	0	-	-	-	4.56
East	11	2	27	0	-	-	-	2.45
Edmeades	11	3	22	5	-	-	13.20	2.00
Hobbs	3	0	15	0	-	-	-	5.00

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
BEA Edmeades	c Higgs b McKenzie	50
BC Francis	lbw b Higgs	14
KWR Fletcher	lbw b Balderstone	40
RMO Cooke	not out	50
KD Boyce	lbw b Higgs	4
S Turner	not out	11
*+B Taylor	did not bat
KR Pont	did not bat
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb, 3 nb)	11
Total	(4 wickets, 52.1 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-87, 3-136, 4-143

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
McKenzie	11	2	38	1	-	-	66.00	3.45
Higgs	11	3	21	2	-	-	33.00	1.91
Spencer	5	0	17	0	-	-	-	3.40
Illingworth	10.1	2	43	0	-	-	-	4.23
Steele	7	3	7	0	-	-	-	1.00
Balderstone	4	1	15	1	-	-	24.00	3.75
Birkenshaw	3	0	20	0	-	-	-	6.67
Davison	1	0	8	0	-	-	-	8.00

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Notes
--> JC Balderstone passed his previous highest score of 52 in List A matches
--> BEA Edmeades passed 1000 runs in List A matches when he reached 38
--> BEA Edmeades achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches in the Leicestershire innings (previous best was 4-17)
--> BEA Edmeades achieved his first five wickets in an innings in List A matches in the Leicestershire innings

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