f33143 cc15787	Essex v Leicestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1980
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 12th, 14th, 15th July 1980 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 3 (Batting 2, Bowling 1); Leicestershire 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4)
Umpires	WE Alley, D Shackleton
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 52/1 (Steele 19*, Balderstone 29*)
Close of play day 2	No play

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	b Cook	53
MSA McEvoy	c Birkenshaw b Parsons	11
+KS McEwan	c Tolchard b Taylor	2
*KWR Fletcher	lbw b Parsons	62
BR Hardie	lbw b Parsons	1
DR Pringle	c Briers b Parsons	5
KR Pont	c and b Cook	34
S Turner	c Gower b Cook	24
N Phillip	lbw b Cook	18
RE East	c Briers b Birkenshaw	11
DL Acfield	not out	5
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 99.4 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-19, 3-127, 4-128, 5-133, 6-154, 7-186, 8-213, 9-214, 10-230 (99.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	18	7	44	1	-	-
Parsons	18	7	38	4	-	-
Clift	20	8	51	0	-	-
Steele	5	3	5	0	-	-
Cook	25	9	43	4	-	-
Birkenshaw	13.4	1	45	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NE Briers	b Phillip	0
JF Steele	c Hardie b East	36
JC Balderstone	c Denness b Acfield	41
DI Gower	c Denness b Acfield	25
*BF Davison	not out	39
+RW Tolchard	not out	1
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
PB Clift	did not bat
LB Taylor	did not bat
GJ Parsons	did not bat
NGB Cook	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 70.2 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-72, 3-94, 4-139

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillip	8	1	28	1	-	-
Pringle	11	6	21	0	-	-
Turner	2	0	3	0	-	-
East	22.2	6	52	1	-	-
Acfield	27	9	38	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Balderstone b Clift	23
MSA McEvoy	c Clift b Steele	16
S Turner	c Taylor b Steele	16
*KWR Fletcher	b Clift	1
BR Hardie	c Parsons b Cook	16
+KS McEwan	not out	5
DR Pringle	did not bat
KR Pont	did not bat
N Phillip	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(3 nb)	3
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 18.4 overs)	80
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-42, 3-50, 4-62, 5-80 (18.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	4	0	16	0	-	-
Parsons	2	0	9	0	-	-
Clift	7	1	22	2	-	-
Steele	5	0	26	2	-	-
Cook	0.4	0	4	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NE Briers	b Acfield	30
DI Gower	run out	46
*BF Davison	lbw b East	12
J Birkenshaw	b Acfield	7
+RW Tolchard	c Hardie b Acfield	1
PB Clift	c McEvoy b Acfield	1
LB Taylor	b Acfield	8
GJ Parsons	run out	11
JC Balderstone	c Pringle b East	12
JF Steele	not out	0
NGB Cook	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(9 wickets, 33 overs)	131
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-61, 3-78, 4-80, 5-92, 6-106, 7-108, 8-129, 9-131

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillip	2	0	8	0	-	-
Pringle	1	0	7	0	-	-
East	15	1	82	2	-	-
Acfield	15	6	31	5	-	-

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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 19000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 26
--> BF Davison (1) passed 12000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 16
--> KS McEwan (2) passed 12500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> NE Briers (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> GJ Parsons achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 4-43)
--> GJ Parsons achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 3-47)
--> PB Clift reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings

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