f32742 cc15678	Leicestershire v Essex
	Schweppes County Championship 1979
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 1st, 3rd, 4th September 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 197 runs
Points	Leicestershire 20 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Essex 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3)
Umpires	WL Budd, DO Oslear
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 98/2 (McEwan 20*, Fletcher 0*; 34 overs)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 226/1 (Steele 107*, Balderstone 66*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	lbw b Turner	62
JF Steele	lbw b Acfield	56
JC Balderstone	b Acfield	55
BF Davison	lbw b East	27
NE Briers	c Phillip b East	15
PB Clift	c Turner b East	23
*+RW Tolchard	not out	39
J Birkenshaw	run out	1
P Booth	not out	12
NGB Cook	did not bat
JP Agnew	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 13 lb, 5 nb)	20
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	310
Fall of wickets:
1-96, 2-149, 3-208, 4-222, 5-235, 6-272, 7-274

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	12	4	42	0	-	-
Phillip	7	1	21	0	-	-
Turner	13	5	22	1	-	-
Acfield	38	5	125	2	-	-
East	30	6	80	3	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Tolchard b Booth	16
BR Hardie	c Tolchard b Birkenshaw	45
KS McEwan	c Steele b Birkenshaw	21
*KWR Fletcher	b Cook	21
KR Pont	c and b Birkenshaw	0
N Phillip	b Cook	13
S Turner	run out	1
+N Smith	b Clift	11
RE East	c Tolchard b Cook	9
JK Lever	b Clift	3
DL Acfield	not out	5
Extras	(9 b, 6 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	22
Total	(all out, 69.5 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-98, 3-99, 4-99, 5-132, 6-134, 7-150, 8-150, 9-153, 10-167 (69.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Agnew	10	5	23	0	-	-
Booth	9	3	24	1	-	-
Clift	16	4	37	2	-	-
Cook	25.5	10	41	3	-	-
Birkenshaw	9	3	20	3	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	not out	107
B Dudleston	b Lever	20
JC Balderstone	not out	66
BF Davison	did not bat
NE Briers	did not bat
PB Clift	did not bat
*+RW Tolchard	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
P Booth	did not bat
NGB Cook	did not bat
JP Agnew	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 20 lb, 3 nb)	33
Total	(1 wicket, declared, 86.4 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-40 (Dudleston)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	20.4	1	54	1	-	-
Phillip	6	0	23	0	-	-
Turner	17	4	37	0	-	-
Acfield	20	8	38	0	-	-
East	23	7	41	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Tolchard b Cook	28
BR Hardie	not out	59
KS McEwan	c Birkenshaw b Cook	2
*KWR Fletcher	b Cook	1
KR Pont	c Davison b Cook	18
N Phillip	c Birkenshaw b Cook	0
S Turner	c Cook b Balderstone	39
JK Lever	c Birkenshaw b Balderstone	4
+N Smith	st Tolchard b Cook	9
RE East	c sub b Birkenshaw	3
DL Acfield	st Tolchard b Birkenshaw	0
Extras	(8 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 67.3 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-56, 3-60, 4-80, 5-82, 6-147, 7-151, 8-168, 9-172, 10-172 (67.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Agnew	5	1	14	0	-	-
Clift	7	3	12	0	-	-
Cook	26	12	57	6	-	-
Birkenshaw	25.3	8	67	2	-	-
Balderstone	4	0	13	2	-	-

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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
--> B Dudleston (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 30
--> RW Tolchard (1) passed 12000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> BR Hardie (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 17
--> BR Hardie (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> KWR Fletcher (1) passed 19000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 17
--> JF Steele (2) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 79
--> MH Denness (2) passed 25000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> NGB Cook achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 6-72)
--> J Birkenshaw reached 1050 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> JC Balderstone reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
--> NGB Cook achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 6-72)

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