Middlesex Cricket Archive

f31685 cc15270	Leicestershire v Middlesex
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 30th July, 1st, 2nd August 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 61 runs
Points	Leicestershire 20 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Middlesex 5 (Batting 3, Bowling 2)
Umpires	DGL Evans, D Sang Hue
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 68/1 (Ross 14, Radley 14)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 127/4 (Balderstone 6*)

Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NE Briers	c Barlow b Emburey	62
JF Steele	c Smith b Edmonds	93
JC Balderstone	c Emburey b Edmonds	0
BF Davison	c Ross b Edmonds	53
DI Gower	c Radley b Emburey	46
+RW Tolchard	not out	20
J Birkenshaw	not out	5
*R Illingworth	did not bat
K Shuttleworth	did not bat
A Ward	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 11 lb, 10 nb)	27
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	306
Fall of wickets:
1-162, 2-163, 3-178, 4-267, 5-287

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	9	0	40	0	-	-
Selvey	10	3	26	0	-	-
Edmonds	41	5	104	3	-	-
Gatting	2	1	11	0	-	-
Emburey	34	10	86	2	-	-
Featherstone	4	0	12	0	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MJ Smith	c and b Birkenshaw	34
NPD Ross	st Tolchard b Illingworth	16
CT Radley	c and b Balderstone	34
GD Barlow	c Davison b Illingworth	4
MW Gatting	c Briers b Birkenshaw	71
NG Featherstone	b Birkenshaw	61
PH Edmonds	b Birkenshaw	0
+IJ Gould	c Higgs b Balderstone	8
JE Emburey	b Ward	16
MWW Selvey	c Tolchard b Ward	11
WW Daniel	not out	1
Extras	(7 lb, 3 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 96.4 overs)	266
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-73, 3-89, 4-97, 5-210, 6-210, 7-239, 8-239, 9-262, 10-266 (96.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ward	5.4	1	20	2	-	-
Higgs	4	1	12	0	-	-
Balderstone	33	12	79	2	-	-
Birkenshaw	24	6	69	4	-	-
Illingworth	17	2	48	2	-	-
Steele	10	4	15	0	-	-
Shuttleworth	3	0	13	0	-	-

Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NE Briers	st Gould b Edmonds	16
JF Steele	b Emburey	44
DI Gower	c Gould b Emburey	0
BF Davison	c and b Featherstone	61
JC Balderstone	b Featherstone	36
+RW Tolchard	not out	43
J Birkenshaw	b Edmonds	42
*R Illingworth	did not bat
K Shuttleworth	did not bat
A Ward	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb)	10
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 99.5 overs)	252
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-32, 3-109, 4-127, 5-184, 6-252 (99.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	3	1	4	0	-	-
Selvey	4	1	5	0	-	-
Edmonds	33.5	11	80	2	-	-
Emburey	42	9	103	2	-	-
Featherstone	17	3	50	2	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MJ Smith	c and b Steele	21
NPD Ross	b Ward	10
CT Radley	c Briers b Balderstone	84
GD Barlow	c Gower b Birkenshaw	12
MW Gatting	b Birkenshaw	24
NG Featherstone	c Birkenshaw b Balderstone	15
PH Edmonds	c Illingworth b Birkenshaw	14
+IJ Gould	b Balderstone	4
JE Emburey	c Higgs b Birkenshaw	28
MWW Selvey	b Balderstone	4
WW Daniel	not out	4
Extras	(6 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 74 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-53, 3-106, 4-140, 5-166, 6-177, 7-185, 8-199, 9-211, 10-231 (74 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ward	4	0	18	1	-	-
Higgs	4	0	24	0	-	-
Balderstone	23	5	53	4	-	-
Birkenshaw	24	3	78	4	-	-
Illingworth	12	4	33	0	-	-
Steele	7	3	14	1	-	-

Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> JF Steele (1) passed 8000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 16
--> JC Balderstone (2) passed 7500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 3
--> NPD Ross (2) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 4
--> JE Emburey reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings