f28268 cc13974	Leicestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1970
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 24th, 25th, 26th June 1970 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 6 (Batting 1, Bowling 5); Essex 6 (Batting 1, Bowling 5)
Umpires	LH Gray, GH Pope
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 175 all out
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 156/2 (Haywood 60*, Inman 74*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	b Boyce	10
PR Haywood	c Taylor b Boyce	13
PT Marner	c East b Edmeades	25
CC Inman	c Taylor b Turner	13
BJ Booth	b Boyce	24
*R Illingworth	c Presland b Boyce	24
+RW Tolchard	b Acfield	12
J Birkenshaw	c Taylor b Acfield	13
JF Steele	c Presland b Boyce	14
GD McKenzie	st Taylor b Hobbs	9
PM Stringer	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 11 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 77 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-52, 3-72, 4-76, 5-114, 6-133, 7-141, 8-154, 9-175, 10-175 (77 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	26	7	77	5	-	-
Turner	20	7	39	1	-	-
Edmeades	8	1	16	1	-	-
Acfield	22	11	25	2	-	-
Hobbs	1	1	0	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Inman b Stringer	15
*+B Taylor	c Tolchard b Stringer	28
GJ Saville	run out	0
KWR Fletcher	st Tolchard b Illingworth	42
G Barker	c Tolchard b McKenzie	1
KD Boyce	c Stringer b McKenzie	52
S Turner	c Birkenshaw b McKenzie	0
ER Presland	c Birkenshaw b McKenzie	17
RNS Hobbs	b Illingworth	9
RE East	run out	4
DL Acfield	not out	2
Extras	(3 lb, 9 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 55.3 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-44, 3-47, 4-50, 5-126, 6-132, 7-151, 8-170, 9-178, 10-182 (55.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	18	5	58	4	-	-
Stringer	11.3	4	45	2	-	-
Steele	9	3	28	0	-	-
Illingworth	12	2	27	2	-	-
Marner	5	1	12	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Edmeades b Boyce	1
PR Haywood	lbw b Acfield	62
PT Marner	c Boyce b Hobbs	2
CC Inman	c Barker b Acfield	80
BJ Booth	st Taylor b Hobbs	13
*R Illingworth	lbw b Turner	23
+RW Tolchard	st Taylor b Hobbs	35
J Birkenshaw	c Taylor b Turner	8
GD McKenzie	c East b Hobbs	7
JF Steele	not out	0
PM Stringer	c Taylor b Turner	0
Extras	(13 b, 10 lb, 8 nb)	31
Total	(all out, 80.2 overs)	262
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-27, 3-162, 4-167, 5-189, 6-247, 7-247, 8-260, 9-262, 10-262 (80.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	19	0	81	1	-	-
Turner	22.2	8	54	3	-	-
Acfield	14	2	33	2	-	-
Hobbs	21	7	52	4	-	-
East	4	0	11	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Steele b Stringer	17
*+B Taylor	c Stringer b McKenzie	12
GJ Saville	not out	4
KWR Fletcher	c Marner b McKenzie	63
G Barker	c Booth b Steele	37
KD Boyce	c Booth b Steele	0
S Turner	c Tolchard b McKenzie	14
ER Presland	b McKenzie	5
RNS Hobbs	c Steele b Birkenshaw	8
RE East	b Birkenshaw	3
DL Acfield	not out	0
Extras	(4 lb, 7 nb)	11
Total	(9 wickets, 78 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-29, 3-124, 4-158, 5-158, 6-158, 7-159, 8-170, 9-174

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	22	8	50	4	-	-
Stringer	8	1	26	1	-	-
Steele	24	10	51	2	-	-
Illingworth	7	2	14	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	17	7	22	2	-	-

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Notes
--> KWR Fletcher (1) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> PR Haywood (2) passed his previous highest score of 36 in First-Class matches
--> PR Haywood (2) passed his previous highest score of 36 in County Championship matches
--> G Barker (2) passed 21500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> KD Boyce reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> RNS Hobbs reached 700 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> KD Boyce reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> PM Stringer reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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