f30559 cc14815	Essex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1975
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 7th, 8th, 9th May 1975 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Leicestershire 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	WE Alley, WL Budd
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 35/0 (Hardie 19*, McEwan 13*; 19.2 overs)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 60/9 (Higgs 3*, Birkenshaw 3*; 46 overs)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	c Steele b Illingworth	51
KS McEwan	c Balderstone b Illingworth	38
*KWR Fletcher	b Steele	31
GA Gooch	st Tolchard b Balderstone	7
KD Boyce	lbw b Higgs	113
S Turner	c sub b Balderstone	5
KR Pont	b Steele	20
RE East	c Higgs b Steele	0
+N Smith	not out	20
RNS Hobbs	run out	5
JK Lever	b Steele	3
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 99.5 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-85, 2-94, 3-107, 4-229, 5-238, 6-250, 7-250, 8-287, 9-292, 10-300 (99.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	12	3	44	0	-	-
Higgs	16	6	34	1	-	-
McVicker	8	2	17	0	-	-
Steele	11.5	1	42	4	-	-
Illingworth	27	9	77	2	-	-
Balderstone	25	9	79	2	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	c and b Boyce	0
JF Steele	c Boyce b East	0
JC Balderstone	c Pont b Boyce	0
BF Davison	b Boyce	1
+RW Tolchard	lbw b Boyce	9
NM McVicker	c Boyce b East	1
*R Illingworth	b East	33
GD McKenzie	c East b Boyce	4
B Dudleston	lbw b East	2
K Higgs	b Boyce	3
J Birkenshaw	not out	3
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 46.1 overs)	60
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-2, 4-8, 5-13, 6-15, 7-20, 8-31, 9-56, 10-60 (46.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	13.1	6	25	6	-	-
Lever	12	8	7	0	-	-
East	20	10	24	4	-	-
Hobbs	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	lbw b Boyce	9
MEJC Norman	c Smith b Turner	11
JC Balderstone	lbw b Boyce	101
BF Davison	c East b Boyce	25
+RW Tolchard	b Boyce	0
*R Illingworth	c Hardie b Pont	29
NM McVicker	b Boyce	9
B Dudleston	not out	6
J Birkenshaw	c Hardie b Boyce	4
GD McKenzie	not out	0
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(8 wickets, 123 overs)	207
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-28, 3-88, 4-88, 5-159, 6-188, 7-197, 8-207

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	30	9	48	6	-	-
Lever	19	6	29	0	-	-
East	24	9	32	0	-	-
Hobbs	22	9	39	0	-	-
Turner	24	7	40	1	-	-
Pont	4	3	6	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
--> KD Boyce (1) 100 in 58 minutes
--> KD Boyce (1) passed 7500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 44
--> JC Balderstone (2) passed 4000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 29
--> R Illingworth (2) passed 21500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 5
--> KD Boyce reached 500 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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