f36976 cc17061	Leicestershire v Essex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1987
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 6th, 7th, 8th May 1987 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Essex 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	HD Bird, AA Jones
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 78/2 (Hardie 29*, Fletcher 12*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 86/2 (Agnew 2*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Potter	lbw b Childs	41
IP Butcher	c Hardie b Pringle	11
*P Willey	run out	45
JJ Whitaker	c Page b Foster	62
DI Gower	c and b Miller	9
TJ Boon	c Miller b Foster	35
PAJ DeFreitas	c Gladwin b Foster	3
+P Whitticase	lbw b Foster	12
JP Agnew	not out	15
LB Taylor	b Foster	6
PM Such	lbw b Foster	0
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 12 nb, 5 w)	24
Total	(all out, 76.5 overs)	263
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-108, 3-137, 4-172, 5-210, 6-214, 7-241, 8-242, 9-263, 10-263 (76.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Foster	23.5	2	86	6	-	-
Page	12	0	47	0	-	-
Pringle	16	5	43	1	-	-
Gooch	2	1	2	0	-	-
Childs	8	2	39	1	-	-
Miller	15	4	39	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GA Gooch	c Potter b Agnew	27
C Gladwin	c Whitticase b Agnew	2
BR Hardie	c Whitaker b Taylor	111			13	-
KWR Fletcher	c Potter b Agnew	14
AW Lilley	b Such	37
DR Pringle	lbw b Taylor	29
G Miller	c DeFreitas b Willey	7
HA Page	run out	21
+DE East	c Whitaker b Agnew	21
NA Foster	not out	49
JH Childs	b Such	26		49
Extras	(5 lb, 9 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 118.3 overs)	358
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-52, 3-82, 4-165, 5-228, 6-239, 7-240, 8-277, 9-282, 10-358 (118.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
DeFreitas	22	5	81	0	-	-
Agnew	28	4	107	4	-	-
Taylor	27	5	71	2	-	-
Such	28.3	8	54	2	-	-
Willey	13	2	40	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Potter	c East b Pringle	23
IP Butcher	c East b Pringle	50
JP Agnew	b Pringle	3
*P Willey	c Gooch b Miller	18
JJ Whitaker	c East b Foster	51
DI Gower	c East b Pringle	34
TJ Boon	not out	64		160
PAJ DeFreitas	lbw b Pringle	0
+P Whitticase	c Lilley b Page	20
LB Taylor	c Gooch b Foster	15
PM Such	b Childs	12
Extras	(3 b, 23 lb, 7 nb, 3 w)	36
Total	(all out, 125.3 overs)	326
Fall of wickets:
1-73, 2-86, 3-87, 4-141, 5-204, 6-206, 7-206, 8-255, 9-289, 10-326 (125.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Foster	24	4	58	2	-	-
Page	13	2	41	1	-	-
Pringle	25	6	70	5	-	-
Gooch	3	1	8	0	-	-
Childs	24.3	9	55	1	-	-
Miller	33	9	54	1	-	-
Fletcher	2	0	9	0	-	-
East	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GA Gooch	not out	2
C Gladwin	not out	3
BR Hardie	did not bat
KWR Fletcher	did not bat
AW Lilley	did not bat
DR Pringle	did not bat
G Miller	did not bat
HA Page	did not bat
+DE East	did not bat
NA Foster	did not bat
JH Childs	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(no wicket, 5 overs)	6

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
DeFreitas	3	2	2	0	-	-
Butcher	2	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Essex score at 100 overs in the first innings was 268-7
--> L Potter (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 33
--> JJ Whitaker (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 52
--> TJ Boon (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> PM Such made his debut for Leicestershire in County Championship matches
--> PM Such reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings

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