f34607 cc16260	Leicestershire v Essex
	Schweppes County Championship 1983
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 25th, 26th, 27th May 1983 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Leicestershire won by 4 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 24 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Essex 4 (Batting 3, Bowling 1)
Umpires	JW Holder, DR Shepherd
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 283 all out
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 45/3 (McEwan 5*, Fletcher 12*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	lbw b Cook	37
BR Hardie	c Cook b Roberts	62
*KWR Fletcher	c Balderstone b Roberts	15
KS McEwan	c Tolchard b Roberts	1
KR Pont	b Agnew	53
DR Pringle	c Briers b Agnew	37
N Phillip	c Balderstone b Agnew	4
+DE East	c Davison b Cook	25
RE East	c Parsons b Cook	25
JK Lever	b Cook	6
DL Acfield	not out	4
Extras	(7 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 101.2 overs)	283
Fall of wickets:
1-96, 2-108, 3-111, 4-137, 5-207, 6-220, 7-221, 8-266, 9-278, 10-283 (101.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Roberts	22	4	63	3	-	-
Agnew	18	5	61	3	-	-
Cook	28.2	12	53	4	-	-
Parsons	13	1	54	0	-	-
Steele	20	7	38	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JC Balderstone	hit wkt b Lever	82
RA Cobb	c DE East b Lever	14
DI Gower	c Gooch b Lever	74
BF Davison	not out	82
NE Briers	not out	38
AME Roberts	did not bat
GJ Parsons	did not bat
*+RW Tolchard	did not bat
JF Steele	did not bat
JP Agnew	did not bat
NGB Cook	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 89 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-154, 3-181

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	26	6	80	3	-	-
Phillip	17	3	64	0	-	-
Gooch	7	2	22	0	-	-
RE East	19	3	53	0	-	-
Acfield	20	1	71	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	c Agnew b Roberts	13
BR Hardie	c and b Parsons	4
+DE East	b Roberts	6
KS McEwan	c Cook b Steele	151
*KWR Fletcher	c Gower b Cook	25
KR Pont	lbw b Cook	0
DR Pringle	c Balderstone b Agnew	6
N Phillip	c and b Cook	4
RE East	c Steele b Agnew	0
JK Lever	lbw b Parsons	4
DL Acfield	not out	1
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 5 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 88.2 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-23, 3-25, 4-72, 5-76, 6-114, 7-139, 8-141, 9-164, 10-230 (88.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Roberts	16	3	37	2	-	-
Agnew	19	4	75	2	-	-
Cook	32	14	57	3	-	-
Parsons	18	9	43	2	-	-
Steele	3.2	1	2	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JC Balderstone	not out	97
DI Gower	b Phillip	12
BF Davison	st DE East b Acfield	2
NE Briers	c Gooch b RE East	55
AME Roberts	lbw b Phillip	15
GJ Parsons	c sub b Acfield	1
*+RW Tolchard	b RE East	10
JF Steele	not out	2
RA Cobb	did not bat
JP Agnew	did not bat
NGB Cook	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 14 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(6 wickets, 40.1 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-32, 3-149, 4-172, 5-178, 6-203

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillip	20	1	74	2	-	-
Gooch	1	0	10	0	-	-
RE East	7.1	0	44	2	-	-
Acfield	12	1	66	2	-	-

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Notes
--> Essex score at 100 overs in the first innings was 282-9
--> KS McEwan (2) passed 12000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 84
--> JK Lever reached 1250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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