f33153 cc15796	Leicestershire v Essex
	Schweppes County Championship 1980
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 23rd, 24th, 25th July 1980 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 101 runs
Points	Leicestershire 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Essex 18 (Batting 4, Bowling 2)
Umpires	DJ Dennis, D Shackleton
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 39/0 (Steele 12*, Balderstone 27*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 111/4 (Fletcher 20*, East 11*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MSA McEvoy	b Taylor	27
MH Denness	c Steele b Agnew	57
KS McEwan	run out	70
*KWR Fletcher	b Cook	96
BR Hardie	c Balderstone b Steele	14
S Turner	c Davison b Taylor	32
N Phillip	not out	0
RE East	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 13 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 99.3 overs)	312
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-111, 3-187, 4-218, 5-312, 6-312 (99.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	23.3	2	83	2	-	-
Agnew	17	3	46	1	-	-
Clift	20	5	45	0	-	-
Cook	27	4	81	1	-	-
Steele	12	3	41	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	c sub b East	25
JC Balderstone	c McEvoy b East	42
DI Gower	c sub b East	10
*BF Davison	c Denness b East	150
NE Briers	b Acfield	32
+RW Tolchard	not out	23
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
PB Clift	did not bat
JP Agnew	did not bat
NGB Cook	did not bat
LB Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 16 lb, 3 nb)	23
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 99.2 overs)	305
Fall of wickets:
1-69, 2-74, 3-86, 4-198, 5-305 (99.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	6	1	18	0	-	-
Phillip	19	4	70	0	-	-
Turner	1	0	3	0	-	-
East	46.2	8	142	4	-	-
Acfield	27	12	49	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MSA McEvoy	b Agnew	16
MH Denness	c and b Balderstone	18
KS McEwan	c Gower b Cook	34
*KWR Fletcher	c Birkenshaw b Taylor	25
BR Hardie	c Gower b Balderstone	0
RE East	b Cook	15
S Turner	not out	83
N Phillip	b Cook	8
+N Smith	c Gower b Cook	4
JK Lever	b Cook	1
DL Acfield	c Davison b Birkenshaw	18
Extras	(16 b, 7 lb, 3 nb)	26
Total	(all out, 94 overs)	248
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-59, 3-73, 4-78, 5-115, 6-135, 7-175, 8-191, 9-199, 10-248 (94 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	10	2	34	1	-	-
Agnew	8	0	40	1	-	-
Clift	8	5	5	0	-	-
Cook	43	14	105	5	-	-
Balderstone	24	10	34	2	-	-
Birkenshaw	1	0	4	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	lbw b East	34
JC Balderstone	c Fletcher b Turner	12
DI Gower	c Hardie b East	16
*BF Davison	c McEwan b Acfield	28
NE Briers	c McEwan b East	20
+RW Tolchard	b East	1
J Birkenshaw	c sub b East	1
PB Clift	c Hardie b East	36
JP Agnew	c McEvoy b Acfield	0
NGB Cook	b Acfield	0
LB Taylor	not out	0
Extras	(5 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 63.1 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-41, 3-90, 4-94, 5-97, 6-99, 7-137, 8-154, 9-154, 10-154 (63.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillip	4	0	23	0	-	-
Turner	3	0	14	1	-	-
East	28.1	9	56	6	-	-
Acfield	28	13	55	3	-	-

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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 25500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> JC Balderstone (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 14
--> RE East reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 6th wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> RE East reached 800 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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