f4971 cc820	Leicestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1898
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 1st, 2nd, 3rd August 1898 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by an innings and 71 runs
Points	Leicestershire -1; Essex 1
Umpires	T Mycroft, A Young
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 413/7 (Kortright 60*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 269/8 (Coe 50*, Woodcock 0*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HA Carpenter	c de Trafford b Coe	133
*HGP Owen	c Agar b Woodcock	6
PA Perrin	c Whiteside b Woodcock	77
CP McGahey	c de Trafford b Coe	58
FL Fane	b Agar	38
+TM Russell	c and b Brown	4
CJ Kortright	c Cobley b Coe	112
W Reeves	lbw b Coe	27
W Mead	c Knight b Woodcock	6
FG Bull	c Whiteside b Stocks	38
HI Young	not out	4
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 169.2 overs)	515
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-169, 3-277, 4-282, 5-287, 6-365, 7-413, 8-429, 9-511, 10-515 (169.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Woodcock	45	12	140	3	-	-
Coe	44	17	91	4	-	-
Agar	25	3	72	1	-	-
Stocks	25.2	2	100	1	-	-
Wood	2	0	21	0	-	-
Cobley	10	1	37	0	-	-
Brown	18	5	42	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJB Wood	c Russell b Mead	50
AE Knight	st Russell b Bull	33
L Brown	c Russell b Kortright	37
HH Marriott	c Perrin b Reeves	73
S Coe	b Reeves	50
C Agar	b Bull	0
A Cobley	run out	2
*CE de Trafford	c Russell b Kortright	3
FW Stocks	b Reeves	16
A Woodcock	b Reeves	15
+JP Whiteside	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 128.3 overs)	288
Fall of wickets:
1-81, 2-95, 3-195, 4-201, 5-204, 6-236, 7-246, 8-268, 9-277, 10-288 (128.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kortright	30	5	101	2	-	-
Bull	54	24	104	2	-	-
Mead	25	14	38	1	-	-
Young	9	4	24	0	-	-
Reeves	9.3	6	12	4	-	-
McGahey	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJB Wood	lbw b Reeves	3
AE Knight	c Russell b Kortright	48
L Brown	b Bull	1
HH Marriott	b Kortright	36
S Coe	b Kortright	4
*CE de Trafford	b Kortright	34
A Cobley	st Russell b Bull	2
C Agar	st Russell b Bull	12
FW Stocks	not out	11
A Woodcock	b Kortright	2
+JP Whiteside	b Kortright	1
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(all out, 58 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-24, 3-83, 4-87, 5-100, 6-127, 7-139, 8-147, 9-152, 10-156 (58 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kortright	15	3	41	6	-	-
Bull	19	6	60	3	-	-
Mead	6	1	11	0	-	-
Reeves	15	6	30	1	-	-
McGahey	3	1	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> HA Carpenter (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> PA Perrin (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> CP McGahey (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 12
--> CJ Kortright (1) passed his previous highest score of 74 in County Championship matches
--> CJ Kortright (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> CJ Kortright (1) passed his previous highest score of 86 in First-Class matches
--> CJ Kortright (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> W Reeves (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in First-Class matches
--> HH Marriott (1) passed his previous highest score of 43 in County Championship matches
--> FW Stocks (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> S Coe reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> W Reeves achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 0-12)
--> W Reeves achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 0-12)

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