f31700 cc15284	Leicestershire v Derbyshire
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 10th, 11th, 12th August 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Leicestershire won by 9 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 19 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Derbyshire 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	BJ Meyer, KE Palmer
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 89/2 (Balderstone 46*, Davison 10*)
Close of play day 2	Derbyshire (2) 104/5 (Cartwright 34*, Harvey-Walker 1*)

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Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Hill	st RW Tolchard b Birkenshaw	17
JG Wright	c and b Balderstone	44
*EJ Barlow	c Balderstone b Birkenshaw	48
AJ Borrington	not out	79
H Cartwright	c Higgs b Balderstone	4
+RW Taylor	c Balderstone b Steele	11
AJ Harvey-Walker	c Ward b Balderstone	4
FW Swarbrook	c Booth b Balderstone	3
J Walters	c Booth b Illingworth	28
CJ Tunnicliffe	c Birkenshaw b Illingworth	2
K Stevenson	not out	2
Extras	(7 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	14
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-93, 3-143, 4-157, 5-180, 6-184, 7-188, 8-238, 9-249

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	4	0	5	0	-	-
Booth	6	2	8	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	31	8	67	2	-	-
Illingworth	16	2	53	2	-	-
Balderstone	28	6	71	4	-	-
Steele	15	4	38	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	c and b Tunnicliffe	18
JG Tolchard	c Taylor b Tunnicliffe	0
JC Balderstone	c Wright b Swarbrook	49
BF Davison	c Taylor b Tunnicliffe	24
DI Gower	c and b Swarbrook	16
+RW Tolchard	lbw b Tunnicliffe	35
J Birkenshaw	c Barlow b Harvey-Walker	9
*R Illingworth	not out	36
P Booth	c Taylor b Harvey-Walker	32
A Ward	not out	3
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 14 lb, 5 nb, 8 w)	32
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	254
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-44, 3-107, 4-107, 5-133, 6-156, 7-188, 8-233

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tunnicliffe	25	9	56	4	-	-
Stevenson	18	5	52	0	-	-
Swarbrook	41	20	64	2	-	-
Harvey-Walker	13	2	45	2	-	-
Barlow	3	0	5	0	-	-

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Derbyshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Hill	lbw b Ward	7
JG Wright	c RW Tolchard b Birkenshaw	16
*EJ Barlow	b Ward	0
AJ Borrington	lbw b Illingworth	36
H Cartwright	b Illingworth	34
+RW Taylor	c RW Tolchard b Illingworth	0
AJ Harvey-Walker	c Davison b Steele	12
FW Swarbrook	c Balderstone b Illingworth	1
J Walters	b Steele	21
CJ Tunnicliffe	not out	1
K Stevenson	c Balderstone b Illingworth	2
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 5 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 67.5 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-14, 3-35, 4-98, 5-98, 6-105, 7-135, 8-135, 9-140, 10-143 (67.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	3	2	4	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	22	8	45	1	-	-
Illingworth	18.5	7	32	5	-	-
Balderstone	6	2	14	0	-	-
Steele	9	3	13	2	-	-
Ward	9	2	22	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	not out	71
JG Tolchard	b Swarbrook	54
JC Balderstone	not out	13
BF Davison	did not bat
DI Gower	did not bat
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
*R Illingworth	did not bat
P Booth	did not bat
A Ward	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(1 wicket, 48.4 overs)	149
Fall of wickets:
1-127 (JG Tolchard)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tunnicliffe	4	0	17	0	-	-
Swarbrook	20	12	25	1	-	-
Harvey-Walker	14	2	54	0	-	-
Barlow	3	1	8	0	-	-
Walters	6	1	26	0	-	-
Hill	1	0	4	0	-	-
Borrington	0.4	0	4	0	-	-

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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
--> A Ward reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Derbyshire second innings
--> A Ward reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Derbyshire second innings

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