f31611 cc15206	Leicestershire v Essex
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 18th, 20th, 21st June 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Essex 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	WE Phillipson, D Sang Hue
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 9/0 (Hardie 3*, Denness 3*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 211/3 (Denness 115*, Gooch 33*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	lbw b Turner	7
*R Illingworth	c Smith b Hector	8
JC Balderstone	b Acfield	82
BF Davison	c East b Hector	45
DI Gower	b Acfield	46
+RW Tolchard	c Hardie b Turner	2
J Birkenshaw	c Fletcher b Turner	3
PB Clift	lbw b Acfield	9
K Shuttleworth	c Smith b Hector	20
A Ward	b Acfield	2
K Higgs	not out	15
Extras	(1 b, 14 lb, 7 nb)	22
Total	(all out, 93 overs)	261
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-26, 3-96, 4-192, 5-199, 6-205, 7-224, 8-225, 9-227, 10-261 (93 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Turner	36	8	84	3	-	-
Hector	19	3	56	3	-	-
Gooch	8	0	37	0	-	-
Pont	5	0	25	0	-	-
Acfield	25	8	37	4	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	c Higgs b Ward	7
MH Denness	lbw b Shuttleworth	10
KS McEwan	b Shuttleworth	0
*KWR Fletcher	b Shuttleworth	13
GA Gooch	b Ward	0
KR Pont	lbw b Clift	3
S Turner	c Tolchard b Shuttleworth	6
RE East	c Steele b Shuttleworth	0
+N Smith	b Shuttleworth	10
PA Hector	b Clift	0
DL Acfield	not out	0
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 35 overs)	53
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-20, 3-21, 4-26, 5-36, 6-38, 7-39, 8-50, 9-53, 10-53 (35 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ward	10	4	16	2	-	-
Higgs	4	2	3	0	-	-
Clift	8	2	13	2	-	-
Shuttleworth	13	4	17	6	-	-

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Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	lbw b Ward	6
MH Denness	c Shuttleworth b Davison	195
KS McEwan	b Ward	0
*KWR Fletcher	run out	46
GA Gooch	lbw b Shuttleworth	54
KR Pont	lbw b Shuttleworth	0
S Turner	b Gower	33
RE East	c Higgs b Gower	22
+N Smith	c Ward b Gower	8
PA Hector	not out	31
DL Acfield	b Shuttleworth	11
Extras	(7 b, 7 lb, 4 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 156 overs)	424
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-22, 3-127, 4-248, 5-248, 6-351, 7-357, 8-371, 9-381, 10-424 (156 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ward	20	4	51	2	-	-
Higgs	19	5	35	0	-	-
Clift	17	2	57	0	-	-
Shuttleworth	28	5	76	3	-	-
Birkenshaw	23	6	48	0	-	-
Illingworth	10	3	16	0	-	-
Balderstone	14	4	33	0	-	-
Steele	6	3	5	0	-	-
Davison	9	1	38	1	-	-
Gower	10	1	47	3	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	c Denness b Turner	28
*R Illingworth	lbw b Turner	33
JC Balderstone	b Turner	11
BF Davison	not out	63
DI Gower	b Acfield	6
+RW Tolchard	b Turner	8
J Birkenshaw	b Turner	9
PB Clift	lbw b Turner	4
K Shuttleworth	not out	0
A Ward	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb)	8
Total	(7 wickets, 48 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-75, 3-75, 4-98, 5-117, 6-157, 7-169

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Turner	24	5	63	6	-	-
Hector	3	0	11	0	-	-
Acfield	21	0	88	1	-	-

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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
--> PA Hector made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> PA Hector made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> JC Balderstone (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 33
--> JC Balderstone (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 51
--> BF Davison (1) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 7
--> MH Denness (2) passed his previous highest score of 178 in County Championship matches
--> MH Denness (2) passed his previous highest score of 188 in First-Class matches
--> N Smith (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> PA Hector achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 3-61)
--> PA Hector achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 1-62)
--> K Shuttleworth reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> K Shuttleworth reached 450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> DI Gower achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex second innings
--> DI Gower achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex second innings

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