Format: CricInfo Version 2

John Player's League, 1977
Leicestershire v Essex
Grace Road, Leicester
5 June 1977 (40-overs match)

Result: Leicestershire won by 7 wickets

Toss: Leicestershire
Umpires: A Jepson and TW Spencer

Essex innings
S Turner              c Balderstone      b Booth               10
GA Gooch              lbw                b Higgs               18
KS McEwan                            c & b Illingworth         15
*KWR Fletcher         c Dudleston        b Shuttleworth        46
MH Denness            c Steele           b Shuttleworth        19
KR Pont                                  b Clift               25
KD Boyce              run out                                   2
BR Hardie             c Dudleston        b Clift               17
RE East                                  b Clift                6
+N Smith              not out                                   4
DL Acfield            not out                                   1
Extras                (lb 4, w 1, nb 3)                         8
Total                 (9 wickets, 40 overs)                   171

FoW: 1-25, 2-35, 3-59, 4-99, 5-129, 6-132, 7-150, 8-166, 9-169.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Booth                        5      0     28      1
Higgs                        6      1      8      1
Illingworth                  8      0     12      1
Steele                       7      0     30      0
Shuttleworth                 7      0     49      2
Clift                        7      1     36      3

Leicestershire innings
+B Dudleston          c Acfield          b Pont                 4
JF Steele             run out                                  67
JC Balderstone        st Smith           b East                44
BF Davison            not out                                  43
DI Gower              not out                                   4
Extras                (b 8, nb 3)                              11
Total                 (3 wickets, 35.3 overs)                 173

DNB: PB Clift, J Birkenshaw, *R Illingworth, P Booth,
     K Shuttleworth, K Higgs.

FoW: 1-29, 2-101, 3-163.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Boyce                        5.3    1     24      0
Turner                       6      2     14      0
Pont                         5      0     27      1
Acfield                      7      0     38      0
East                         8      2     35      1
Gooch                        4      0     24      0

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