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| Venue | Valentine's Park, Ilford on 31st May, 1st, 2nd June 1961 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Essex won by 207 runs |
| Points | Essex 14 (Batting 2); Leicestershire 0 |
| Umpires | J Arnold, FS Lee |
| Close of play day 1 | Essex (2) 0/1 (Smith 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Leicestershire (2) 57/3 (van Geloven 0*) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Barker | c Julian b van Geloven | 36 | |||||
| GJ Smith | c Julian b Spencer | 18 | |||||
| +B Taylor | c Spencer b van Geloven | 36 | |||||
| J Milner | b Pratt | 21 | |||||
| *TE Bailey | c Spencer b van Geloven | 2 | |||||
| MJ Bear | c Julian b Pratt | 0 | |||||
| BR Knight | lbw b Spencer | 1 | |||||
| WT Greensmith | c van Geloven b Spencer | 21 | |||||
| LHR Ralph | not out | 38 | |||||
| RNS Hobbs | b van Geloven | 10 | |||||
| KC Preston | c Hallam b Spencer | 16 | |||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 1 nb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 59.5 overs) | 201 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-44, 2-66, 3-107, 4-113, 5-113, 6-115, 7-123, 8-136, 9-156, 10-201 (59.5 ov) | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Spencer | 18.5 | 4 | 64 | 4 | - | - | |
| Pratt | 16 | 2 | 74 | 2 | - | - | |
| van Geloven | 25 | 9 | 61 | 4 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *MR Hallam | c Ralph b Bailey | 24 | |||||
| HD Bird | c Knight b Ralph | 20 | |||||
| A Wharton | c and b Ralph | 20 | |||||
| LR Gardner | lbw b Ralph | 7 | |||||
| J van Geloven | b Knight | 1 | |||||
| PA Munden | c Ralph b Knight | 18 | |||||
| B Cromack | c Knight b Ralph | 4 | |||||
| RL Pratt | b Preston | 5 | |||||
| +R Julian | c Taylor b Bailey | 3 | |||||
| CT Spencer | not out | 7 | |||||
| JS Savage | c Milner b Knight | 2 | |||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 53.1 overs) | 111 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-32, 2-64, 3-65, 4-72, 5-72, 6-85, 7-98, 8-101, 9-109, 10-111 (53.1 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bailey | 16 | 4 | 42 | 2 | - | - | |
| Knight | 12.1 | 3 | 31 | 3 | - | - | |
| Preston | 14 | 8 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ralph | 11 | 2 | 24 | 4 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Barker | b Spencer | 0 | |||||
| GJ Smith | c and b van Geloven | 75 | |||||
| +B Taylor | c Gardner b Spencer | 0 | |||||
| J Milner | lbw b Spencer | 31 | |||||
| *TE Bailey | b Pratt | 19 | |||||
| MJ Bear | c Wharton b van Geloven | 31 | |||||
| BR Knight | c Julian b Wharton | 4 | |||||
| WT Greensmith | not out | 52 | |||||
| LHR Ralph | b Wharton | 21 | |||||
| RNS Hobbs | c Julian b Spencer | 8 | |||||
| KC Preston | not out | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 11 lb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 61 overs) | 256 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-0, 3-44, 4-97, 5-163, 6-168, 7-182, 8-204, 9-237 | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Spencer | 21 | 3 | 82 | 4 | - | - | |
| Pratt | 16 | 1 | 62 | 1 | - | - | |
| van Geloven | 12 | 3 | 45 | 2 | - | - | |
| Wharton | 12 | 0 | 55 | 2 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *MR Hallam | c Knight b Preston | 45 | |||||
| HD Bird | lbw b Knight | 12 | |||||
| J van Geloven | c Milner b Knight | 9 | |||||
| A Wharton | c Milner b Knight | 0 | |||||
| LR Gardner | b Knight | 1 | |||||
| PA Munden | b Bailey | 18 | |||||
| B Cromack | c Barker b Preston | 18 | |||||
| RL Pratt | lbw b Preston | 9 | |||||
| +R Julian | b Preston | 15 | |||||
| CT Spencer | b Knight | 10 | |||||
| JS Savage | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 42.5 overs) | 139 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-55, 2-57, 3-57, 4-61, 5-78, 6-97, 7-107, 8-122, 9-127, 10-139 (42.5 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bailey | 14 | 2 | 52 | 1 | - | - | |
| Knight | 15.5 | 2 | 63 | 5 | - | - | |
| Preston | 13 | 5 | 24 | 4 | - | - | |
Notes
--> RNS Hobbs made his debut in County Championship matches
--> RNS Hobbs made his debut in First-Class matches
--> PA Munden (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> KC Preston reached 850 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> CT Spencer reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex second innings
--> CT Spencer reached 650 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex second innings
--> BR Knight reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
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