Format: CricInfo Version 2

John Player's League, 1979
Leicestershire v Essex
Grace Road, Leicester
19 August 1979 (40-overs match)

Result: Essex won by 60 runs
Points: Leicestershire 0, Essex 4

Toss: Essex
Umpires: DJ Dennis and AGT Whithead

Essex innings
MH Denness            c Dudleston        b Higgs               15
AW Lilley             c Birkenshaw       b Higgs                1
KS McEwan                            c & b Steele              45
*KWR Fletcher         lbw                b Higgs                0
BR Hardie             lbw                b Steele              29
KR Pont                                  b Taylor              35
S Turner              c Booth            b Taylor              20
N Phillip                                b Taylor               4
RE East                                  b Clift                0
+N Smith                                 b Clift                3
JK Lever              not out                                   1
Extras                (lb 7, w 3, nb 1)                        11
Total                 (all out, 38.4 overs)                   164

FoW: 1-6, 2-23, 3-23, 4-85, 5-107,
     6-150, 7-160, 8-162, 9-162, 10-164.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Taylor                       7.4    1     34      3
Higgs                        8      2     17      3
Booth                        5      0     37      0
Steele                       8      0     29      2
Briers                       4      0     12      0
Clift                        6      0     24      2

Leicestershire innings
J Birkenshaw          c McEwan           b Lever                6
NE Briers                                b Turner              12
B Dudleston           c Hardie           b Turner               8
+RW Tolchard          lbw                b East                 5
BF Davison                               b East                23
M Schepens                               b Turner               8
PB Clift                                 b Pont                 4
JF Steele                                b Lever                6
P Booth                                  b Fletcher             6
*K Higgs              c East             b Lever                3
LB Taylor             not out                                   1
Extras                (b 2, lb 11, w 9)                        22
Total                 (all out, 39.4 overs)                   104

FoW: 1-17, 2-20, 3-37, 4-63, 5-78,
     6-84, 7-88, 8-92, 9-98, 10-104.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lever                        8      3     10      3
Phillip                      7      2     11      0
Turner                       8      3     15      3
Pont                         8      1     22      1
East                         8      1     20      2
Fletcher                     0.4    0      4      1

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