f33710 cc16018	Essex v Leicestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1981
Venue	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester on 26th, 27th, 28th August 1981 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 139 runs
Points	Essex 24 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Leicestershire 3 (Batting 1, Bowling 2)
Umpires	DGL Evans, KE Palmer
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 32/1 (Cobb 2*, Cook 0*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 6/1 (Cobb 1*, Cook 4*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	lbw b Taylor	75
BR Hardie	c Cook b Taylor	5
*KWR Fletcher	c Garnham b Roberts	23
KS McEwan	c Garnham b Taylor	141
AW Lilley	b Steele	33
DR Pringle	not out	24
N Phillip	c Garnham b Taylor	0
S Turner	not out	16
+DE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 12 lb, 4 nb, 5 w)	23
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 97.4 overs)	340
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-69, 3-139, 4-239, 5-317, 6-317

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Roberts	19	6	60	1	-	-
Taylor	24.4	3	93	4	-	-
Clift	19	4	52	0	-	-
Briers	4	1	7	0	-	-
Cook	20	4	62	0	-	-
Steele	11	2	43	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JC Balderstone	b Acfield	28
RA Cobb	c Gooch b Pringle	24
NGB Cook	c McEwan b Phillip	2
TJ Boon	c East b Phillip	0
DI Gower	lbw b Lever	0
NE Briers	lbw b Lever	6
PB Clift	c Lilley b Phillip	42
JF Steele	c Hardie b Pringle	0
+MA Garnham	not out	42
AME Roberts	b Lever	40
LB Taylor	b Phillip	1
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 3 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 59.1 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-36, 3-36, 4-37, 5-57, 6-67, 7-67, 8-139, 9-197, 10-198 (59.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	21	7	72	3	-	-
Phillip	15.1	1	46	4	-	-
Pringle	12	3	39	2	-	-
Acfield	6	3	3	1	-	-
Turner	5	1	25	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	c Gower b Roberts	105
BR Hardie	b Taylor	38
*KWR Fletcher	c Garnham b Taylor	3
KS McEwan	c Cobb b Cook	16
AW Lilley	c Cobb b Cook	38
N Phillip	lbw b Clift	23
S Turner	not out	7
+DE East	c Cobb b Cook	10
DR Pringle	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 12 lb, 2 nb)	16
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 52.4 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-119, 2-121, 3-168, 4-170, 5-231, 6-235, 7-256 (52.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Roberts	12	3	54	1	-	-
Taylor	12	0	75	2	-	-
Clift	14	1	80	1	-	-
Cook	14.4	3	31	3	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JC Balderstone	b Phillip	1
RA Cobb	lbw b Turner	17
NGB Cook	run out	22
TJ Boon	c Hardie b Turner	10
DI Gower	c Hardie b Turner	22
NE Briers	c Phillip b Turner	42
PB Clift	c Gooch b Turner	6
JF Steele	c Hardie b Phillip	30
+MA Garnham	c McEwan b Lever	36
AME Roberts	c Lilley b Lever	57
LB Taylor	not out	5
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 86.1 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-37, 3-41, 4-77, 5-79, 6-100, 7-145, 8-172, 9-225, 10-259 (86.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	30.1	6	103	2	-	-
Phillip	23	8	52	2	-	-
Acfield	9	3	38	0	-	-
Turner	24	5	55	5	-	-

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Notes
--> GA Gooch (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 70
--> N Phillip (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 14
--> NE Briers (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 21
--> AME Roberts (2) passed his previous highest score of 52 in County Championship matches
--> AME Roberts reached 650 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
--> NGB Cook reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
--> NGB Cook reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex second innings

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