f32577 cc15548	Essex v Leicestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1979
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 9th, 11th, 12th June 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 99 runs
Points	Essex 20 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Leicestershire 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	DJ Dennis, PSG Stevens
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 4/0 (Briers 1*, Steele 3*; 3 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 48/3 (McEwan 34*, Hardie 9*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Clift b Shuttleworth	122
MSA McEvoy	b Higgs	21
KS McEwan	b Shuttleworth	4
*KWR Fletcher	lbw b Shuttleworth	1
BR Hardie	c Shuttleworth b Higgs	30
S Turner	c Tolchard b Higgs	0
N Phillip	c Steele b Higgs	0
+N Smith	not out	90
RE East	run out	5
JK Lever	c Shuttleworth b Higgs	4
DL Acfield	not out	5
Extras	(4 b, 10 lb, 7 nb)	21
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-63, 2-72, 3-78, 4-156, 5-157, 6-157, 7-249, 8-256, 9-288

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	21	6	47	0	-	-
Higgs	25	6	72	5	-	-
Shuttleworth	29	6	102	3	-	-
Clift	17	5	42	0	-	-
Steele	8	1	19	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NE Briers	c Turner b Phillip	10
JF Steele	c Turner b Lever	20
B Dudleston	c Smith b Turner	48
BF Davison	c Hardie b Lever	72
JC Balderstone	b Lever	28
+RW Tolchard	c Hardie b Lever	1
PB Clift	c Smith b East	25
NGB Cook	c Turner b Lever	0
K Shuttleworth	not out	17
*K Higgs	c Turner b Lever	0
LB Taylor	c McEvoy b East	0
Extras	(7 lb, 4 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 82.4 overs)	232
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-50, 3-100, 4-178, 5-184, 6-187, 7-194, 8-230, 9-231, 10-232 (82.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	23	4	76	6	-	-
Phillip	12	2	27	1	-	-
Turner	10	5	30	1	-	-
East	21.4	7	51	2	-	-
Acfield	16	6	37	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	lbw b Taylor	3
MSA McEvoy	c Davison b Higgs	0
KS McEwan	b Taylor	39
*KWR Fletcher	c Higgs b Taylor	0
BR Hardie	c Briers b Taylor	40
S Turner	b Shuttleworth	46
N Phillip	c Shuttleworth b Taylor	27
+N Smith	c Tolchard b Taylor	6
RE East	run out	0
JK Lever	not out	7
DL Acfield	b Clift	6
Extras	(6 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 61.4 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-8, 3-10, 4-57, 5-116, 6-154, 7-167, 8-167, 9-170, 10-181 (61.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	17	3	61	6	-	-
Higgs	10	3	22	1	-	-
Shuttleworth	8	0	33	1	-	-
Clift	11.4	4	13	1	-	-
Steele	6	2	15	0	-	-
Cook	5	2	14	0	-	-
Balderstone	4	1	16	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NE Briers	c Smith b Phillip	1
JF Steele	c McEvoy b Lever	11
B Dudleston	lbw b Lever	18
BF Davison	b Phillip	67
JC Balderstone	b Lever	4
+RW Tolchard	c Turner b Lever	4
PB Clift	b Lever	0
NGB Cook	b Lever	1
K Shuttleworth	b Phillip	23
*K Higgs	not out	5
LB Taylor	lbw b Lever	0
Extras	(9 lb, 9 nb, 1 w)	19
Total	(all out, 47.1 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-27, 3-33, 4-47, 5-64, 6-64, 7-66, 8-133, 9-148, 10-153 (47.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	16.1	5	41	7	-	-
Phillip	17	6	55	3	-	-
Turner	7	2	15	0	-	-
East	7	1	23	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> MH Denness (1) passed 18000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 93
--> N Smith (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> JC Balderstone (1) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> KS McEwan (2) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 35
--> RW Tolchard (2) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> LB Taylor achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 4-32)
--> LB Taylor achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Essex second innings
--> LB Taylor achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 4-32)
--> LB Taylor achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Essex second innings

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