f28731 cc14166	Leicestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1971
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 16th, 17th, 18th June 1971 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 6 (Batting 1, Bowling 5); Essex 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	WE Alley, JF Crapp
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 10/0 (Dudleston 3*, Steele 6*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 12/2 (Ward 4*, Lever 0*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	c Tolchard b McKenzie	29
BC Francis	b Spencer	8
GJ Saville	b Birkenshaw	23
G Barker	b Birkenshaw	3
*+B Taylor	c Booth b McKenzie	18
KD Boyce	c Booth b McKenzie	16
S Turner	c Pember b Birkenshaw	20
RNS Hobbs	c Davison b McKenzie	0
RE East	c Davison b Steele	12
JK Lever	c Dudleston b Birkenshaw	2
DL Acfield	not out	5
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(all out, 62.2 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-55, 3-63, 4-65, 5-86, 6-112, 7-112, 8-124, 9-131, 10-137 (62.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	27	12	58	4	-	-
Spencer	12	4	26	1	-	-
Pember	4	0	10	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	19	5	42	4	-	-
Steele	0.2	0	0	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	b Boyce	56
JF Steele	b Turner	16
BJ Booth	b Boyce	12
CC Inman	b Lever	32
BF Davison	lbw b Lever	18
JC Balderstone	not out	55
*+RW Tolchard	c Taylor b Lever	2
J Birkenshaw	not out	47
JDD Pember	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 4 nb)	11
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 105 overs)	249
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-89, 3-90, 4-135, 5-142, 6-144

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	29	6	64	2	-	-
Lever	17	2	48	3	-	-
Acfield	21	8	53	0	-	-
Turner	19	8	33	1	-	-
East	18	6	36	0	-	-
Hobbs	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	not out	4
BC Francis	c Tolchard b McKenzie	2
GJ Saville	lbw b Spencer	5
JK Lever	not out	0
G Barker	did not bat
*+B Taylor	did not bat
KD Boyce	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(2 wickets, 9 overs)	12
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-10

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	5	0	11	1	-	-
Spencer	4	4	0	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> JDD Pember made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JDD Pember made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> BF Davison (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9

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