f28837 cc14245	Essex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1971
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 7th, 9th, 10th August 1971 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 5 (Bowling 5); Leicestershire 1 (Batting 1)
Umpires	HD Bird, CG Pepper
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 86/1 (Francis 59*, Saville 6*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	not out	101
JF Steele	b Boyce	4
MEJC Norman	c Taylor b Boyce	1
CC Inman	c Turner b East	26
BF Davison	c Hobbs b Acfield	15
BJ Booth	c Saville b East	5
J Birkenshaw	c Saville b East	1
*+RW Tolchard	c Turner b East	0
PM Stringer	c Lever b East	10
GD McKenzie	run out	3
RB Matthews	c Ward b East	1
Extras	(5 lb, 6 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 77.2 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-17, 3-71, 4-97, 5-122, 6-130, 7-134, 8-156, 9-160, 10-178 (77.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	9	1	29	2	-	-
Lever	6	3	15	0	-	-
Acfield	27	6	65	1	-	-
Turner	7	3	8	0	-	-
East	28.2	9	50	6	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	b Steele	19
BC Francis	not out	89
GJ Saville	not out	35
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
*+B Taylor	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
B Ward	did not bat
KD Boyce	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(1 wicket, declared, 52 overs)	146
Fall of wickets:
1-55 (Edmeades)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	10	1	32	0	-	-
Matthews	5	2	17	0	-	-
Stringer	6	3	13	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	20	6	51	0	-	-
Steele	11	5	30	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Turner b Boyce	18
JF Steele	b Acfield	14
PM Stringer	b Acfield	9
CC Inman	st Taylor b East	32
MEJC Norman	b Ward	46
BF Davison	c Ward b Saville	21
BJ Booth	not out	15
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
*+RW Tolchard	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
RB Matthews	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 4 nb)	6
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 45.2 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-43, 3-54, 4-96, 5-131, 6-161 (45.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	5	0	15	1	-	-
Lever	4	1	13	0	-	-
Acfield	13	3	42	2	-	-
East	14	3	40	1	-	-
Saville	5	0	26	1	-	-
Ward	4.2	0	19	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RNS Hobbs	c Dudleston b Steele	17
*+B Taylor	c Stringer b McKenzie	8
S Turner	not out	13
B Ward	not out	5
BEA Edmeades	did not bat
BC Francis	did not bat
GJ Saville	did not bat
KD Boyce	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(2 wickets, 20 overs)	45
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-29

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	4	0	14	1	-	-
Matthews	4	1	13	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	6	4	6	0	-	-
Steele	6	1	10	1	-	-

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Notes
--> B Dudleston (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 20
--> B Dudleston (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> JF Steele (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 6
--> RE East reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 6th wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> RE East reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> RE East reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> KD Boyce reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> GD McKenzie reached 900 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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