Format: CricInfo Version 2

John Player's League, 1976
Essex v Leicestershire
Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea
11 July 1976 (40-overs match)

Result: Essex won by 60 runs

Toss: Essex
Umpires: TW Spencer and AGT Whitehead

Essex innings
BEA Edmeades                         c & b Cross               56
BR Hardie             c Cross            b Steele              28
KS McEwan                                b Balderstone         41
GA Gooch              c Davison          b Balderstone          0
*KWR Fletcher                        c & b Booth                7
KR Pont               not out                                  50
S Turner              not out                                  39
Extras                (lb 10, w 1)                             11
Total                 (5 wickets, 40 overs)                   232

DNB: RE East, +N Smith, JK Lever, DL Acfield.

FoW: 1-63, 2-127, 3-127, 4-134, 5-149.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Booth                        8      0     28      1
McVicker                     4      0     25      0
Steele                       8      1     36      1
Higgs                        3      0     20      0
Clift                        7      0     39      0
Balderstone                  5      0     36      2
Cross                        5      0     37      1

Leicestershire innings
DJ Humphries          lbw                b Turner               1
DI Gower                             c & b Acfield             11
+RW Tolchard                             b Edmeades            24
BF Davison            lbw                b Turner               2
JC Balderstone        run out                                  17
GF Cross                                 b Lever               41
PB Clift              c Smith            b East                15
JF Steele             not out                                  17
NM McVicker           not out                                  23
Extras                (lb 16, nb 5)                            21
Total                 (7 wickets, 40 overs)                   172

DNB: P Booth, *K Higgs.

FoW: 1-2, 2-32, 3-35, 4-50, 5-71, 6-123, 7-123.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lever                        6      0     22      1
Turner                       6      2     17      2
Acfield                      8      0     26      1
Edmeades                     7      0     33      1
East                         8      0     32      1
Gooch                        3      0      9      0
Pont                         2      0     12      0

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