f31543 cc15156	Leicestershire v Worcestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 11th, 12th, 13th May 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 4 (Bowling 4); Worcestershire 3 (Batting 1, Bowling 2)
Umpires	HD Bird, DJ Halfyard
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 137/5 (Illingworth 14*, Birkenshaw 0*; 46 overs)
Close of play day 2	No play

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	lbw b Clift	20
JA Ormrod	b Higgs	5
PA Neale	b Booth	30
EJO Hemsley	b Clift	58
BL D'Oliveira	lbw b Clift	29
CN Boyns	c Birkenshaw b Clift	3
+DJ Humphries	c Tolchard b Booth	0
JD Inchmore	not out	18
*N Gifford	b Booth	0
VA Holder	lbw b Clift	1
J Cumbes	c Tolchard b Booth	3
Extras	(10 lb, 5 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 58.2 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-34, 3-82, 4-142, 5-154, 6-155, 7-157, 8-162, 9-163, 10-182 (58.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	11	4	39	1	-	-
Booth	14.2	2	39	4	-	-
Clift	18	5	47	5	-	-
Birkenshaw	1	0	8	0	-	-
Ward	14	2	34	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DI Gower	b Inchmore	27
B Dudleston	b Gifford	58
JC Balderstone	b Inchmore	6
BF Davison	b Inchmore	12
+RW Tolchard	b Inchmore	4
*R Illingworth	not out	14
J Birkenshaw	not out	0
PB Clift	did not bat
P Booth	did not bat
A Ward	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 10 nb)	16
Total	(5 wickets, 46 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-43, 3-75, 4-81, 5-135

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	9	2	36	0	-	-
Inchmore	13	2	39	4	-	-
Cumbes	14	6	27	0	-	-
Boyns	9	1	19	0	-	-
Gifford	1	1	0	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> JD Inchmore reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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