a976	Leicestershire v Essex
	John Player League 1973
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 1st July 1973 (40-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Leicestershire won by 8 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 4; Essex 0
Umpires	DGL Evans, TW Spencer

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
BC Francis	c Balderstone b Spencer	24
*+B Taylor	c Haywood b Spencer	35
KWR Fletcher	c Balderstone b Steele	59
RMO Cooke	c Dudleston b Birkenshaw	18
S Turner	not out	28
KR Pont	b McKenzie	2
BEA Edmeades	b Higgs	0
GA Gooch	b Higgs	5
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-65, 3-115, 4-156, 5-164, 6-165, 7-179 (40 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
McKenzie	8	1	36	1	-	-	48.00	4.50
Higgs	6	0	27	2	-	-	18.00	4.50
Illingworth	8	1	22	0	-	-	-	2.75
Spencer	8	1	36	2	-	-	24.00	4.50
Birkenshaw	4	0	13	1	-	-	24.00	3.25
Steele	6	0	37	1	-	-	36.00	6.17

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Leicestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
B Dudleston	b Edmeades	8
JF Steele	b Gooch	92
JC Balderstone	not out	65
*R Illingworth	not out	6
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
PR Haywood	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
JG Tolchard	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(10 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(2 wickets, 36.5 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-167

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	7.5	0	30	0	-	-	-	3.83
Turner	7	1	14	0	-	-	-	2.00
East	8	0	51	0	-	-	-	6.38
Edmeades	8	1	31	1	-	-	48.00	3.88
Hobbs	3	0	24	0	-	-	-	8.00
Gooch	3	0	21	1	-	-	18.00	7.00

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Notes
--> JF Steele passed his previous highest score of 49 in List A matches
--> JC Balderstone passed his previous highest score of 58 in List A matches
--> K Higgs reached 100 wickets in List A matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex innings

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