f32088 cc15373	Leicestershire v Yorkshire
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 10th, 12th, 13th June 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Yorkshire won by 4 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Yorkshire 19 (Batting 4, Bowling 3)
Umpires	WL Budd, DO Oslear
Close of play day 1	Yorkshire (1) 16/0 (Lumb 9*, Athey 6*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 89/1 (Briers 59*, Balderstone 21*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NE Briers	b Oldham	31
JF Steele	b Oldham	7
JC Balderstone	b Oldham	5
BF Davison	c Bairstow b Old	87
DI Gower	b Stevenson	49
+RW Tolchard	lbw b Stevenson	22
*R Illingworth	c Athey b Cope	35
PB Clift	not out	59
P Booth	st Bairstow b Carrick	10
K Higgs	not out	2
LB Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 8 lb, 7 nb)	20
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	327
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-37, 3-72, 4-175, 5-194, 6-221, 7-288, 8-321

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Old	28	6	67	1	-	-
Stevenson	21	2	95	2	-	-
Oldham	22	4	60	3	-	-
Carrick	10	2	35	1	-	-
Cope	19	8	50	1	-	-

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RG Lumb	c Tolchard b Taylor	50
CWJ Athey	lbw b Booth	19
C Johnson	c Tolchard b Taylor	35
*JH Hampshire	c Steele b Illingworth	29
K Sharp	c Steele b Clift	47
CM Old	c Briers b Clift	33
+DL Bairstow	lbw b Higgs	22
P Carrick	not out	28
GB Stevenson	b Taylor	36
GA Cope	b Booth	9
S Oldham	not out	1
Extras	(2 b, 9 lb, 2 nb)	13
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	322
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-92, 3-107, 4-139, 5-219, 6-222, 7-253, 8-321, 9-321

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	11	2	20	1	-	-
Booth	19	2	60	2	-	-
Clift	20	6	49	2	-	-
Taylor	25	5	95	3	-	-
Balderstone	4	0	19	0	-	-
Illingworth	21	4	66	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NE Briers	lbw b Oldham	102
JF Steele	lbw b Old	7
JC Balderstone	c Sharp b Stevenson	35
BF Davison	c Carrick b Old	40
DI Gower	b Cope	44
+RW Tolchard	lbw b Old	3
*R Illingworth	c and b Cope	7
PB Clift	not out	11
P Booth	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
LB Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(9 lb, 7 nb)	16
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 79.3 overs)	265
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-128, 3-180, 4-225, 5-234, 6-246, 7-265 (79.3 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Old	24	5	68	3	-	-
Stevenson	11	0	57	1	-	-
Oldham	13	3	45	1	-	-
Carrick	20	7	46	0	-	-
Cope	11.3	3	33	2	-	-

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Yorkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RG Lumb	c Balderstone b Illingworth	103
CWJ Athey	lbw b Clift	87
C Johnson	b Illingworth	0
*JH Hampshire	c Gower b Clift	8
K Sharp	lbw b Illingworth	32
CM Old	not out	15
+DL Bairstow	c Steele b Illingworth	17
P Carrick	not out	1
GB Stevenson	did not bat
GA Cope	did not bat
S Oldham	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb)	8
Total	(6 wickets, 55.4 overs)	271
Fall of wickets:
1-189, 2-190, 3-198, 4-211, 5-253, 6-260

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	6	0	31	0	-	-
Booth	5	1	15	0	-	-
Clift	14	2	58	2	-	-
Taylor	4	0	25	0	-	-
Balderstone	8	0	32	0	-	-
Illingworth	13.4	0	68	4	-	-
Steele	5	0	34	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
--> NE Briers (2) passed his previous highest score of 87 in County Championship matches
--> NE Briers (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> BF Davison (2) passed 14500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> DI Gower (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 7
--> P Booth reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Yorkshire first innings

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