f30268 cc14787	Essex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1974
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 24th, 26th, 27th August 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 2 wickets
Points	Essex 12 (Batting 1, Bowling 1); Leicestershire 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	H Horton, BJ Meyer
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 65/2 (McEwan 20*, Cooke 16*; 22 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 142/7 (Gooch 13*, East 9*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	lbw b Edmeades	25
JF Steele	not out	116
JG Tolchard	lbw b East	7
BF Davison	c East b Acfield	96
J Birkenshaw	c and b Acfield	44
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
*R Illingworth	did not bat
P Booth	did not bat
NM McVicker	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 15 lb, 4 nb)	25
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 99.1 overs)	313
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-83, 3-231, 4-313 (99.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	6	1	10	0	-	-
Turner	18	2	53	0	-	-
Gooch	18	5	29	0	-	-
Edmeades	12	2	26	1	-	-
East	18	4	50	1	-	-
Hobbs	7	0	39	0	-	-
Acfield	20.1	1	81	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Illingworth b Booth	15
BR Hardie	b McKenzie	11
KS McEwan	c Birkenshaw b McVicker	32
RMO Cooke	c Birkenshaw b Illingworth	34
GA Gooch	run out	13
S Turner	c JG Tolchard b Illingworth	10
KD Boyce	lbw b Steele	14
RE East	lbw b Illingworth	10
+N Smith	lbw b Birkenshaw	7
*RNS Hobbs	not out	14
DL Acfield	c McKenzie b Birkenshaw	1
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 69.3 overs)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-38, 3-86, 4-108, 5-109, 6-130, 7-142, 8-143, 9-159, 10-165 (69.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	15	4	43	1	-	-
Booth	6	0	19	1	-	-
Spencer	7	2	19	0	-	-
McVicker	16	9	22	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	2.3	1	5	2	-	-
Illingworth	16	6	28	3	-	-
Steele	7	1	25	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	lbw b Boyce	27
JF Steele	lbw b Boyce	3
JG Tolchard	lbw b Turner	12
BF Davison	c Hardie b Boyce	25
J Birkenshaw	not out	16
+RW Tolchard	c and b Turner	1
*R Illingworth	not out	0
P Booth	did not bat
NM McVicker	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 7 nb)	9
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 31 overs)	93
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-34, 3-54, 4-92, 5-93

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	16	4	49	3	-	-
Turner	15	4	35	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c RW Tolchard b McKenzie	4
BR Hardie	lbw b McKenzie	10
KS McEwan	c and b Birkenshaw	31
RMO Cooke	b Illingworth	42
GA Gooch	not out	114
S Turner	c Booth b Illingworth	5
KD Boyce	c Davison b Birkenshaw	11
RE East	b McKenzie	11
+N Smith	c Dudleston b Illingworth	4
*RNS Hobbs	not out	4
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(8 wickets, 66 overs)	242
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-16, 3-73, 4-118, 5-141, 6-156, 7-198, 8-234

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	11	0	38	3	-	-
Booth	4	1	12	0	-	-
Spencer	5	1	13	0	-	-
McVicker	8	1	31	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	11	0	38	2	-	-
Illingworth	19	1	60	3	-	-
Steele	8	0	44	0	-	-

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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
--> CT Spencer made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> CT Spencer made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> B Dudleston (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 15
--> BR Hardie (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 5
--> RMO Cooke (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 35
--> GA Gooch (2) passed his previous highest score of 94 in County Championship matches
--> GA Gooch (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> GA Gooch (2) passed his previous highest score of 94 in First-Class matches
--> GA Gooch (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> RE East (2) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 6
--> R Illingworth reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> S Turner reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> R Illingworth reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings

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