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Format: CricInfo Version 2 
Schweppes County Championship, 1977Leicestershire v Essex
 Grace Road, Leicester
 18,20,21 June 1977 (3-day match)
 
Result: Match drawnPoints: Leicestershire 7, Essex 4
 
Toss:Umpires: WE Phillipson and D Sang Hue
 
Close of Play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Leicestershire 1st innings
JF Steele             lbw                b Turner               7
*R Illingworth        c Smith            b Hector               8
JC Balderstone                           b Acfield             82
BF Davison            c East             b Hector              45
DI Gower                                 b Acfield             46
+RW Tolchard          c Hardie           b Turner               2
J Birkenshaw          c Fletcher         b Turner               3
PB Clift              lbw                b Acfield              9
K Shuttleworth        c Smith            b Hector              20
A Ward                                   b Acfield              2
K Higgs               not out                                  15
Extras                (b 1, lb 14, nb 7)                       22
Total                 (all out, 93 overs)                     261
FoW: 1-19, 2-26, 3-96, 4-192, 5-199,
     6-205, 7-224, 8-225, 9-227, 10-261.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Turner                      36      9     84      3
Hector                      19      3     56      3
Gooch                        8      0     37      0
Pont                         5      0     25      0
Acfield                     25      8     37      4
Essex 1st innings
BR Hardie             c Higgs            b Ward                 7
MH Denness            lbw                b Shuttleworth        10
KS McEwan                                b Shuttleworth         0
*KWR Fletcher                            b Shuttleworth        13
GA Gooch                                 b Ward                 0
KR Pont               lbw                b Clift                3
S Turner              c Tolchard         b Shuttleworth         6
RE East               c Steele           b Shuttleworth         0
+N Smith                                 b Shuttleworth        10
PA Hector                                b Clift                0
DL Acfield            not out                                   0
Extras                (lb 4)                                    4
Total                 (all out, 35 overs)                      53
FoW: 1-19, 2-20, 3-21, 4-26, 5-36, 6-38, 7-39, 8-50, 9-53, 10-53.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Ward                        10      4     16      2
Higgs                        4      2      3      0
Clift                        8      2     13      2
Shuttleworth                13      4     17      6
Essex 2nd innings (following on)
BR Hardie             lbw                b Ward                 6
MH Denness            c Shuttleworth     b Davison            195
KS McEwan                                b Ward                 0
*KWR Fletcher         run out                                  46
GA Gooch              lbw                b Shuttleworth        54
KR Pont               lbw                b Shuttleworth         0
S Turner                                 b Gower               33
RE East               c Higgs            b Gower               22
+N Smith              c Ward             b Gower                8
PA Hector             not out                                  31
DL Acfield                               b Shuttleworth        11
Extras                (b 7, lb 7, nb 4)                        18
Total                 (all out, 156 overs)                    424
FoW: 1-18, 2-22, 3-127, 4-248, 5-248,
     6-351, 7-357, 8-371, 9-381, 10-424.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Ward                        20      4     51      2
Higgs                       19      5     35      0
Clift                       17      2     57      0
Shuttleworth                28      5     76      3
Birkenshaw                  23      6     48      0
Illingworth                 10      3     16      0
Balderstone                 14      4     33      0
Steele                       6      3      5      0
Davison                      9      1     38      1
Gower                       10      1     47      3
Leicestershire 2nd innings (target: 217 runs)
JF Steele             c Denness          b Turner              28
*R Illingworth        lbw                b Turner              33
JC Balderstone                           b Turner              11
BF Davison            not out                                  63
DI Gower                                 b Acfield              6
+RW Tolchard                             b Turner               8
J Birkenshaw                             b Turner               9
PB Clift              lbw                b Turner               4
K Shuttleworth        not out                                   0
Extras                (lb 8)                                    8
Total                 (7 wickets, 48 overs)                   170
DNB: A Ward, K Higgs.
FoW: 1-54, 2-75, 3-75, 4-98, 5-117, 6-157, 7-169.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Turner                      24      5     63      6
Hector                       3      0     11      0
Acfield                     21      0     88      1
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