f32060 cc15349	Northamptonshire v Leicestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 27th, 29th, 30th May 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 3 (Batting 2, Bowling 1); Leicestershire 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3)
Umpires	JF Crapp, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 38/3 (Davison 15*, Gower 2*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 116/4 (Willey 0*, Yardley 4*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	c and b Steele	96
W Larkins	c Higgs b Taylor	1
DS Steele	b Higgs	15
AJ Lamb	lbw b Clift	7
P Willey	c Clift b Balderstone	22
TJ Yardley	c Steele b Clift	9
RG Williams	not out	32
*PJ Watts	c Tolchard b Higgs	8
+G Sharp	c Steele b Higgs	13
TM Lamb	not out	9
BJ Griffiths	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 8 nb, 3 w)	18
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-29, 3-45, 4-107, 5-129, 6-166, 7-188, 8-212

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	25	7	42	3	-	-
Taylor	18	1	58	1	-	-
Clift	23	8	43	2	-	-
Steele	16	4	24	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	3	1	4	0	-	-
Balderstone	9	2	24	1	-	-
Illingworth	6	1	17	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	b Griffiths	0
JF Steele	c Yardley b Griffiths	13
JC Balderstone	b Griffiths	7
BF Davison	not out	180
DI Gower	c Cook b Steele	33
+RW Tolchard	not out	77
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
*R Illingworth	did not bat
PB Clift	did not bat
LB Taylor	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb)	7
Total	(4 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	317
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-13, 3-28, 4-108

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Griffiths	24	7	75	3	-	-
TM Lamb	23	3	82	0	-	-
Watts	3	0	16	0	-	-
Willey	26	4	50	0	-	-
Steele	20	5	62	1	-	-
Williams	4	0	25	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	b Steele	31
W Larkins	c Gower b Birkenshaw	60
DS Steele	b Illingworth	10
AJ Lamb	c Tolchard b Illingworth	1
P Willey	lbw b Birkenshaw	77
TJ Yardley	c Steele b Higgs	93
RG Williams	not out	14
*PJ Watts	c Taylor b Balderstone	9
+G Sharp	not out	0
TM Lamb	did not bat
BJ Griffiths	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 8 lb, 10 nb, 2 w)	26
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 137 overs)	321
Fall of wickets:
1-81, 2-111, 3-111, 4-112, 5-278, 6-303, 7-314

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	12	3	26	1	-	-
Taylor	9	0	36	0	-	-
Clift	15	6	56	0	-	-
Steele	23	9	38	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	32	12	47	2	-	-
Balderstone	27	4	73	1	-	-
Illingworth	19	11	19	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BF Davison	c and b Willey	45
DI Gower	c Larkins b Griffiths	9
B Dudleston	b TM Lamb	49
+RW Tolchard	not out	38
JC Balderstone	c AJ Lamb b TM Lamb	11
J Birkenshaw	c AJ Lamb b TM Lamb	10
JF Steele	not out	1
*R Illingworth	did not bat
PB Clift	did not bat
LB Taylor	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(12 lb)	12
Total	(5 wickets, 29 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-69, 3-142, 4-160, 5-172

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Griffiths	15	0	71	1	-	-
TM Lamb	7	0	43	3	-	-
Willey	7	0	49	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
--> LB Taylor made his debut in County Championship matches
--> JC Balderstone (1) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 6
--> BF Davison (1) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 139
--> RW Tolchard (1) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 63
--> TJ Yardley (2) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 37

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