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f35948 cc16828	Leicestershire v Middlesex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1985
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 4th, 5th, 6th September 1985 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Middlesex won by 10 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Middlesex 23 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	JH Hampshire, R Julian
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 158 all out
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (1) 275/8 (Hughes 13, Cowans 3)

Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IP Butcher	b Daniel	11
JC Balderstone	c Butcher b Cowans	19
*DI Gower	c Slack b Cowans	49			11	-
P Willey	c Brown b Cowans	9
JJ Whitaker	c Downton b Daniel	7
NE Briers	lbw b Cowans	0
PB Clift	lbw b Cowans	30
PAJ DeFreitas	c Radley b Hughes	11
+P Whitticase	c Downton b Williams	15
LB Taylor	not out	1
GJF Ferris	lbw b Cowans	1
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 50.3 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-57, 3-86, 4-97, 5-97, 6-97, 7-120, 8-155, 9-155, 10-158 (50.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	17	3	52	2	-	-
Williams	15	2	39	1	-	-
Cowans	9.3	1	31	6	-	-
Hughes	6	1	27	1	-	-
Emburey	3	1	4	0	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WN Slack	lbw b Taylor	38
KR Brown	c DeFreitas b Taylor	5
*MW Gatting	b Ferris	39
RO Butcher	run out	1
CT Radley	b Clift	87
+PR Downton	c Whitticase b Ferris	32
JE Emburey	c Whitticase b Clift	1
NF Williams	lbw b Taylor	30
SP Hughes	not out	18
NG Cowans	b Ferris	12
WW Daniel	c Willey b DeFreitas	2
Extras	(18 b, 15 nb)	33
Total	(all out, 100.1 overs)	298
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-47, 3-50, 4-118, 5-210, 6-215, 7-226, 8-271, 9-288, 10-298 (100.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ferris	25	1	84	3	-	-
Taylor	30	4	68	3	-	-
DeFreitas	18.1	3	54	1	-	-
Clift	21	7	50	2	-	-
Willey	6	0	24	0	-	-

Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IP Butcher	b Daniel	0
JC Balderstone	c Brown b Cowans	14
*DI Gower	b Daniel	18
P Willey	b Daniel	0
JJ Whitaker	c Hughes b Daniel	89
NE Briers	b Williams	8
PB Clift	lbw b Cowans	34
PAJ DeFreitas	b Daniel	11
+P Whitticase	lbw b Daniel	0
LB Taylor	not out	5
GJF Ferris	lbw b Daniel	0
Extras	(3 lb, 3 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 52.1 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-24, 3-24, 4-47, 5-94, 6-139, 7-177, 8-179, 9-183, 10-185 (52.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	14.1	1	62	7	-	-
Williams	11	1	51	1	-	-
Cowans	8	1	32	2	-	-
Hughes	8	3	23	0	-	-
Emburey	11	3	14	0	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WN Slack	not out	13
KR Brown	not out	25
*MW Gatting	did not bat
RO Butcher	did not bat
CT Radley	did not bat
+PR Downton	did not bat
JE Emburey	did not bat
NF Williams	did not bat
SP Hughes	did not bat
NG Cowans	did not bat
WW Daniel	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(no wicket, 14.1 overs)	49

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
DeFreitas	6	1	12	0	-	-
Clift	5	1	12	0	-	-
Balderstone	2	1	3	0	-	-
Gower	1.1	0	13	0	-	-

Notes
--> Middlesex score at 100 overs in the first innings was 298-9
--> JC Balderstone (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 7
--> JC Balderstone (1) passed 18500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> WN Slack (1) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32
--> JJ Whitaker (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 22
--> JJ Whitaker (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 40
--> KR Brown (2) passed his previous highest score of 20 in County Championship matches
--> NG Cowans achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 6-64)
--> NG Cowans reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> NG Cowans achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 6-64)