f31714 cc15297	Essex v Leicestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester on 20th, 22nd, 23rd August 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 0; Leicestershire 1 (Bowling 1)
Umpires	DO Oslear, WE Phillipson
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 73/3 (Fletcher 14*, Gooch 18*)
Close of play day 2	No play

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	st RW Tolchard b Illingworth	2
MK Fosh	c Steele b Illingworth	18
KS McEwan	c Davison b Illingworth	16
*KWR Fletcher	not out	14
GA Gooch	not out	18
KR Pont	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
BR Hardie	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(3 wickets, 38.1 overs)	73
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-40, 3-41

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ward	3	2	3	0	-	-
Higgs	13.1	5	22	0	-	-
Illingworth	16	5	29	3	-	-
Steele	6	1	14	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	did not bat
JG Tolchard	did not bat
JC Balderstone	did not bat
BF Davison	did not bat
DI Gower	did not bat
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
*R Illingworth	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
P Booth	did not bat
A Ward	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs

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