f31179 cc15078	Leicestershire v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1976
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 24th, 26th, 27th July 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 4 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 16 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Gloucestershire 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	WE Phillipson, AGT Whitehead
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 59/6 (Illingworth 22*, Birkenshaw 11*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 97/7 (Graveney 0*, Brassington 0*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Sadiq Mohammad	b Clift	25
AW Stovold	c Steele b Clift	16
Zaheer Abbas	run out	177
AJ Hignell	c McVicker b Booth	13
MJ Procter	c Davison b Booth	14
DR Shepherd	c Tolchard b McVicker	4
*AS Brown	b Birkenshaw	28
DA Graveney	run out	2
+AJ Brassington	not out	4
J Davey	c Tolchard b Booth	9
JH Childs	c Tolchard b Clift	5
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 87.5 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-57, 3-128, 4-153, 5-166, 6-267, 7-282, 8-285, 9-298, 10-303 (87.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Booth	18	5	47	3	-	-
Clift	23.5	4	73	3	-	-
McVicker	16	1	72	1	-	-
Illingworth	3	0	15	0	-	-
Steele	14	3	31	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	13	2	59	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	lbw b Davey	4
JF Steele	b Procter	5
NE Briers	b Procter	4
BF Davison	c Hignell b Procter	4
+RW Tolchard	c Shepherd b Procter	1
*R Illingworth	c Brassington b Procter	26
M Schepens	c Brassington b Davey	3
J Birkenshaw	st Brassington b Procter	62
PB Clift	b Procter	47
NM McVicker	not out	20
P Booth	b Childs	16
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 7 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 71.4 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-15, 3-20, 4-20, 5-25, 6-31, 7-71, 8-163, 9-164, 10-208 (71.4 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	24	6	82	7	-	-
Davey	16	3	42	2	-	-
Brown	2	0	4	0	-	-
Graveney	21	11	35	0	-	-
Childs	8.4	2	29	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Stovold	c Birkenshaw b Illingworth	50
AJ Hignell	c Tolchard b Booth	7
Zaheer Abbas	c Schepens b Birkenshaw	2
DR Shepherd	c Davison b Steele	12
MJ Procter	c Schepens b Illingworth	16
*AS Brown	c Clift b Birkenshaw	0
DA Graveney	c and b Steele	13
Sadiq Mohammad	lbw b Illingworth	0
+AJ Brassington	lbw b Birkenshaw	20
J Davey	c Steele b Illingworth	0
JH Childs	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 83.5 overs)	130
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-50, 3-68, 4-97, 5-97, 6-97, 7-97, 8-119, 9-120, 10-130 (83.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Booth	8	3	18	1	-	-
Clift	1	0	7	0	-	-
McVicker	3	1	10	0	-	-
Illingworth	32	14	40	4	-	-
Steele	14	7	18	2	-	-
Birkenshaw	25.5	11	27	3	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	lbw b Childs	5
JF Steele	c Hignell b Sadiq Mohammad	21
NE Briers	lbw b Procter	31
BF Davison	b Childs	16
J Birkenshaw	not out	74
+RW Tolchard	c Brown b Childs	50
*R Illingworth	lbw b Childs	9
NM McVicker	not out	7
M Schepens	did not bat
PB Clift	did not bat
P Booth	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	13
Total	(6 wickets, 83.1 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-31, 3-66, 4-100, 5-194, 6-215

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	19.1	4	67	1	-	-
Davey	4	1	13	0	-	-
Graveney	15	4	40	0	-	-
Childs	34	11	66	4	-	-
Sadiq Mohammad	11	3	27	1	-	-

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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
--> Zaheer Abbas (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 67
--> P Booth reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> MJ Procter reached 450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 7th wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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