f29728 cc14573	Essex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1973
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 28th, 30th July 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by an innings and 7 runs
Points	Essex 4 (Bowling 4); Leicestershire 21 (Batting 6, Bowling 5)
Umpires	AE Fagg, WE Phillipson
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 184/5 (Norman 38*, Haywood 25*; 56 overs)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	lbw b McKenzie	5
BC Francis	c Birkenshaw b Higgs	11
BR Hardie	c Dudleston b Birkenshaw	17
RMO Cooke	c Davison b Booth	1
KR Pont	b McKenzie	1
*B Taylor	b McKenzie	25
RE East	b McKenzie	6
RNS Hobbs	b McKenzie	10
+N Smith	lbw b Birkenshaw	3
JK Lever	b McKenzie	0
DL Acfield	not out	4
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 3 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 50.5 overs)	91
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-20, 3-25, 4-38, 5-48, 6-69, 7-74, 8-83, 9-83, 10-91 (50.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	19	1	40	6	-	-
Higgs	12	8	9	1	-	-
Booth	7	3	9	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	12.5	6	25	2	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	lbw b Edmeades	15
JF Steele	c Smith b Edmeades	2
JC Balderstone	b Lever	18
BF Davison	st Smith b East	78
*+RW Tolchard	c Acfield b Pont	5
MEJC Norman	c Cooke b East	47
PR Haywood	st Smith b Hobbs	55
J Birkenshaw	c Cooke b East	22
P Booth	lbw b East	0
GD McKenzie	c Acfield b Hobbs	9
K Higgs	not out	4
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 85.2 overs)	262
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-19, 3-66, 4-77, 5-137, 6-214, 7-234, 8-235, 9-258, 10-262 (85.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	18	3	73	1	-	-
Edmeades	12	0	40	2	-	-
Pont	7	1	25	1	-	-
East	28	8	64	4	-	-
Acfield	10	2	25	0	-	-
Hobbs	10.2	1	28	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Francis	c Steele b Higgs	10
BR Hardie	c Davison b Steele	34
*B Taylor	c and b Higgs	13
RMO Cooke	c Birkenshaw b Booth	15
KR Pont	b Steele	3
BEA Edmeades	not out	25
RE East	c Davison b Steele	17
RNS Hobbs	b Steele	5
+N Smith	b Steele	0
JK Lever	c Norman b Birkenshaw	14
DL Acfield	c Booth b Birkenshaw	17
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 4 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 68 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-38, 3-66, 4-79, 5-94, 6-120, 7-126, 8-127, 9-144, 10-164 (68 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	10	2	39	0	-	-
Higgs	8	2	15	2	-	-
Booth	5	0	10	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	20	8	31	2	-	-
Steele	22	6	53	5	-	-
Balderstone	3	1	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> MEJC Norman (1) passed 17000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 41
--> BEA Edmeades (2) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 19
--> BR Hardie (2) passed his previous highest score of 19 in County Championship matches
--> RE East reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> JF Steele reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Essex second innings

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