a1513	Leicestershire v Essex
	John Player League 1975
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 10th August 1975 (40-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 56 runs
Points	Leicestershire 4; Essex 0
Umpires	KE Palmer, PB Wight

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Leicestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
B Dudleston	b Edmeades	33
JF Steele	c Smith b Boyce	0
JC Balderstone	b Lever	1
BF Davison	c McEwan b Turner	24
+RW Tolchard	c Hardie b Edmeades	10
DI Gower	not out	57
J Birkenshaw	run out	32
NM McVicker	not out	27
P Booth	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
*K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 9 lb, 1 nb, 4 w)	17
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-14, 3-53, 4-69, 5-81, 6-162

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Boyce	8	0	37	1	-	-	48.00	4.62
Lever	8	1	42	1	-	-	48.00	5.25
East	8	2	28	0	-	-	-	3.50
Turner	8	0	26	1	-	-	48.00	3.25
Edmeades	7	0	38	2	-	-	21.00	5.43
Pont	1	0	13	0	-	-	-	13.00

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
S Turner	c Dudleston b McKenzie	40
BR Hardie	c Tolchard b McKenzie	7
*KWR Fletcher	c Gower b Steele	5
GA Gooch	c and b Birkenshaw	38
KS McEwan	c and b Birkenshaw	7
KD Boyce	c Balderstone b McVicker	9
BEA Edmeades	c Steele b Birkenshaw	3
KR Pont	b McVicker	6
+N Smith	c Gower b Birkenshaw	8
RE East	not out	12
JK Lever	c Davison b Birkenshaw	0
Extras	(4 b, 5 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 36.4 overs)	145
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-46, 3-88, 4-103, 5-106, 6-118, 7-121, 8-130, 9-140, 10-145 (36.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Booth	5	1	10	0	-	-	-	2.00
Higgs	4	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.50
Steele	8	0	33	1	-	-	48.00	4.12
McKenzie	8	0	36	2	-	-	24.00	4.50
McVicker	6	0	30	2	-	-	18.00	5.00
Birkenshaw	5.4	1	20	5	-	-	6.80	3.53

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Notes
--> DI Gower passed his previous highest score of 21 in List A matches
--> J Birkenshaw achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches in the Essex innings (previous best was 4-27)
--> J Birkenshaw achieved his first five wickets in an innings in List A matches in the Essex innings

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