f4762 cc683	Leicestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1897
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 2nd, 3rd, 4th August 1897 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 6 wickets
Points	Leicestershire -1; Essex 1
Umpires	T Mycroft, M Sherwin
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 143/4 (McGahey 42*, Russell 18*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 194/8 (Stocks 20*, Whiteside 3*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Knight	c Fane b Bull	41
CJB Wood	b Kortright	15
*HH Marriott	c Kortright b Mead	28
AD Pougher	c Russell b Kortright	40
R Joyce	c Kortright b Bull	7
S Coe	c and b Bull	0
W Tomlin	not out	13
F Geeson	c Kortright b Bull	16
FW Stocks	b Kortright	2
+JP Whiteside	b Kortright	1
A Woodcock	b Kortright	0
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 61.2 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-72, 3-112, 4-132, 5-134, 6-134, 7-158, 8-165, 9-167, 10-167 (61.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kortright	20.2	6	58	5	-	-
Bull	18	4	50	4	-	-
Mead	13	3	39	1	-	-
Pickett	10	3	16	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HA Carpenter	c Marriott b Geeson	33
FL Fane	c Geeson b Stocks	8
PA Perrin	run out	18
CP McGahey	c and b Coe	123
AJ Turner	c Woodcock b Coe	15
+TM Russell	b Woodcock	18
*HGP Owen	c Geeson b Wood	6
CJ Kortright	c Stocks b Geeson	24
W Mead	b Woodcock	50
FG Bull	c Geeson b Woodcock	18
H Pickett	not out	1
Extras	(14 b, 3 lb, 2 w)	19
Total	(all out, 121 overs)	333
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-58, 3-79, 4-106, 5-144, 6-191, 7-233, 8-297, 9-326, 10-333 (121 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Woodcock	31	4	99	3	-	-
Stocks	42	18	78	1	-	-
Geeson	24	8	70	2	-	-
Coe	11	2	32	2	-	-
Wood	13	1	35	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJB Wood	b Mead	70
AE Knight	b Kortright	10
*HH Marriott	b Kortright	5
AD Pougher	b Mead	22
W Tomlin	b Kortright	0
S Coe	b Kortright	2
R Joyce	c Russell b Kortright	16
F Geeson	c Russell b Pickett	43
FW Stocks	b Kortright	29
+JP Whiteside	not out	13
A Woodcock	c Carpenter b Bull	8
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 70 overs)	221
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-31, 3-74, 4-77, 5-79, 6-105, 7-153, 8-173, 9-212, 10-221 (70 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kortright	27	6	86	6	-	-
Bull	19	6	72	1	-	-
Mead	16	4	49	2	-	-
Pickett	8	5	11	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HA Carpenter	c Marriott b Joyce	22
FL Fane	c Whiteside b Woodcock	0
PA Perrin	b Woodcock	2
CP McGahey	c Geeson b Woodcock	3
AJ Turner	not out	19
+TM Russell	not out	11
*HGP Owen	did not bat
CJ Kortright	did not bat
W Mead	did not bat
FG Bull	did not bat
H Pickett	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(4 wickets, 21 overs)	58
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-9, 3-21, 4-47

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Woodcock	7	2	11	3	-	-
Stocks	5	1	15	0	-	-
Coe	2	0	9	0	-	-
Wood	2	0	8	0	-	-
Joyce	3	1	8	1	-	-
Tomlin	2	1	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CJB Wood (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> HH Marriott (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> F Geeson (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> CP McGahey (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 76
--> W Mead (1) passed his previous highest score of 41 in County Championship matches
--> W Mead (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 40
--> TM Russell (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 7
--> CJ Kortright reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> W Mead reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> CJ Kortright reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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