f32200 cc15469	Essex v Leicestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 12th, 14th, 15th August 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Leicestershire 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	JF Crapp, FR Goodall
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 16/0 (Briers 10*, Steele 5*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 48/3 (Fletcher 17*, Hardie 8*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	b Clift	26
MK Fosh	b Taylor	3
KS McEwan	c Tolchard b Clift	24
*KWR Fletcher	not out	68
BR Hardie	c Illingworth b Clift	11
N Phillip	lbw b Taylor	6
S Turner	b Balderstone	20
RE East	c Higgs b Steele	19
+N Smith	b Taylor	4
JK Lever	b Higgs	5
DL Acfield	c Tolchard b Higgs	0
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 84.5 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-54, 3-59, 4-79, 5-86, 6-116, 7-152, 8-162, 9-200, 10-200 (84.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	23	7	60	3	-	-
Higgs	16.5	2	54	2	-	-
Clift	24	11	41	3	-	-
Balderstone	16	6	25	1	-	-
Steele	5	1	6	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NE Briers	lbw b Turner	46
JF Steele	run out	25
JC Balderstone	run out	11
BF Davison	b East	47
M Schepens	c Turner b Lever	6
+RW Tolchard	b Phillip	14
PB Clift	lbw b Phillip	0
J Birkenshaw	not out	34
R Illingworth	c Turner b East	0
*K Higgs	b Acfield	11
LB Taylor	lbw b Acfield	6
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb, 11 nb)	22
Total	(all out, 86.3 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-67, 2-92, 3-117, 4-129, 5-167, 6-168, 7-174, 8-174, 9-208, 10-222 (86.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	25	7	56	1	-	-
Phillip	16	3	40	2	-	-
East	15	4	34	2	-	-
Turner	18	5	43	1	-	-
Acfield	12.3	1	27	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	lbw b Higgs	12
MK Fosh	c Tolchard b Taylor	0
KS McEwan	c Steele b Taylor	9
*KWR Fletcher	c and b Steele	55
BR Hardie	not out	68
N Phillip	b Illingworth	3
S Turner	not out	31
RE East	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(3 nb, 1 w)	4
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 63.4 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-15, 3-21, 4-106, 5-129

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	12	2	37	2	-	-
Higgs	2	0	12	1	-	-
Clift	12.4	3	26	0	-	-
Balderstone	4	2	3	0	-	-
Steele	15	2	53	1	-	-
Illingworth	18	4	47	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NE Briers	c Hardie b Turner	5
JF Steele	c Denness b Turner	2
JC Balderstone	lbw b Turner	1
BF Davison	c Hardie b Acfield	23
M Schepens	lbw b East	6
+RW Tolchard	not out	2
PB Clift	not out	0
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
R Illingworth	did not bat
*K Higgs	did not bat
LB Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(5 wickets, 25 overs)	46
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-9, 3-13, 4-44, 5-44

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	2	1	3	0	-	-
Phillip	1	1	0	0	-	-
East	11	3	25	1	-	-
Turner	9	4	11	3	-	-
Acfield	2	2	0	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> MK Fosh made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> MK Fosh made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> KWR Fletcher (1) passed 18000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 37
--> BF Davison (1) passed 10000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 41
--> N Phillip reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> N Phillip reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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