f33605 cc15932	Leicestershire v Essex
	Schweppes County Championship 1981
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 27th, 29th, 30th June 1981 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 5 (Batting 4, Bowling 1); Essex 4 (Batting 4)
Umpires	B Leadbeater, BJ Meyer
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 29/0 (Balderstone 13*, Steele 15*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 97/1 (Gooch 67*, McEwan 20*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	lbw b Taylor	15
GA Gooch	lbw b Taylor	164
KS McEwan	c Agnew b Steele	54
*KWR Fletcher	lbw b Cook	2
KR Pont	not out	72
N Phillip	not out	60
S Turner	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb, 8 nb)	20
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 98 overs)	387
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-186, 3-195, 4-288

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Agnew	17	0	84	0	-	-
Parsons	21	4	64	0	-	-
Taylor	11	3	49	2	-	-
Cook	23	5	98	1	-	-
Booth	6	1	21	0	-	-
Steele	16	4	34	1	-	-
Balderstone	4	0	17	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JC Balderstone	not out	127
JF Steele	b Phillip	15
DI Gower	not out	156
BF Davison	did not bat
NE Briers	did not bat
+MA Garnham	did not bat
P Booth	did not bat
GJ Parsons	did not bat
JP Agnew	did not bat
NGB Cook	did not bat
LB Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 12 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	21
Total	(1 wicket, declared, 97.5 overs)	319
Fall of wickets:
1-30 (Steele)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	23	8	49	0	-	-
Phillip	24.5	2	89	1	-	-
East	20	2	76	0	-	-
Turner	14	4	32	0	-	-
Acfield	12	4	35	0	-	-
Pont	4	0	17	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	c Agnew b Parsons	1
GA Gooch	lbw b Cook	87
KS McEwan	not out	109
*KWR Fletcher	c Agnew b Cook	3
KR Pont	b Steele	27
N Phillip	st Garnham b Cook	30
S Turner	not out	3
RE East	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(10 lb, 3 nb)	13
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 68 overs)	273
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-119, 3-135, 4-206, 5-253

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Agnew	7	1	21	0	-	-
Parsons	5	0	27	1	-	-
Cook	27	8	106	3	-	-
Booth	6	2	15	0	-	-
Steele	22	2	76	1	-	-
Balderstone	1	0	15	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JC Balderstone	b Phillip	12
JF Steele	b Lever	16
DI Gower	st Smith b Acfield	67
BF Davison	c Smith b Phillip	4
NE Briers	b Acfield	65
+MA Garnham	b East	17
P Booth	lbw b Phillip	13
GJ Parsons	not out	14
JP Agnew	not out	7
NGB Cook	did not bat
LB Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 10 lb, 1 nb, 4 w)	20
Total	(7 wickets, 76 overs)	235
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-76, 3-81, 4-142, 5-175, 6-214, 7-214

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	12	0	70	1	-	-
Phillip	16	3	55	3	-	-
East	21	10	29	1	-	-
Acfield	26	9	57	2	-	-
Gooch	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Essex (1) ?/? (Gooch 102*, [unknown] ?*)
--> GA Gooch (1) passed his previous highest score of 136 in County Championship matches
--> KS McEwan (1) passed 14000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> DI Gower (1) passed his previous highest score of 144 in County Championship matches
--> DI Gower (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 6
--> MA Garnham made his debut for Leicestershire in County Championship matches

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