f35211 cc16488	Leicestershire v Essex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1984
Venue	Leicester Road, Hinckley on 2nd, 4th, 5th June 1984 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Essex 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4)
Umpires	JH Harris, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 103/3 (Cook 8*, Briers 5*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 183/2 (Gooch 113*, McEwan 37*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	c Garnham b Roberts	0
C Gladwin	lbw b Agnew	0
*KWR Fletcher	c sub b Roberts	13
KS McEwan	b Roberts	43
BR Hardie	c Garnham b Roberts	6
PJ Prichard	lbw b Parsons	21
+DE East	c Boon b Parsons	14
N Phillip	c Roberts b Willey	71
S Turner	lbw b Clift	2
JK Lever	not out	9
DL Acfield	b Willey	1
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 4 w)	9
Total	(all out, 72 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-1, 3-46, 4-56, 5-73, 6-96, 7-105, 8-124, 9-185, 10-189 (72 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Agnew	14	6	23	1	-	-
Roberts	17	8	23	4	-	-
Clift	14	5	33	1	-	-
Cook	14	1	59	0	-	-
Parsons	11	3	38	2	-	-
Willey	2	0	4	2	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JJ Whitaker	c Acfield b Turner	43
TJ Boon	lbw b Phillip	8
*P Willey	c East b Lever	38
NGB Cook	c Lever b Gooch	44
NE Briers	lbw b Phillip	8
IP Butcher	lbw b Turner	29
+MA Garnham	lbw b Phillip	9
PB Clift	c Gladwin b Phillip	10
GJ Parsons	b Gooch	15
AME Roberts	not out	8
JP Agnew	c Prichard b Phillip	1
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 8 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 97.1 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-87, 3-91, 4-103, 5-156, 6-180, 7-200, 8-206, 9-225, 10-226 (97.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	26	5	76	1	-	-
Phillip	23.1	8	48	5	-	-
Acfield	17	3	26	0	-	-
Turner	21	6	44	2	-	-
Gooch	10	3	19	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	not out	113			15	-
C Gladwin	lbw b Parsons	21
+DE East	b Parsons	2
KS McEwan	not out	37
*KWR Fletcher	did not bat
BR Hardie	did not bat
PJ Prichard	did not bat
N Phillip	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	10
Total	(2 wickets, 61 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-61, 2-65

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Agnew	6	1	34	0	-	-
Roberts	12	1	41	0	-	-
Clift	11	3	33	0	-	-
Cook	7	2	17	0	-	-
Parsons	14	4	30	2	-	-
Willey	11	3	18	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> KS McEwan (1) passed 20500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> P Willey (1) passed 16000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> GJ Parsons (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> GA Gooch (2) passed 10000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 73
--> S Turner reached 800 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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