f32146 cc15418	Leicestershire v Gloucestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 8th, 10th, 11th July 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 4 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 17 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Gloucestershire 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	A Jepson, J van Geloven
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 231/7 (Graveney 38*, Brain 0*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 57/1 (Sadiq Mohammad 24*, Zaheer Abbas 7*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Sadiq Mohammad	c and b Steele	60
AW Stovold	b Higgs	0
Zaheer Abbas	lbw b Higgs	10
AJ Hignell	b Clift	12
*MJ Procter	c Illingworth b Steele	89
JC Foat	c and b Steele	0
DA Graveney	c Shuttleworth b Steele	60
+AJ Brassington	c Tolchard b Clift	17
BM Brain	c Clift b Steele	14
J Davey	not out	0
JH Childs	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 nb)	5
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 94.5 overs)	267
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-26, 3-46, 4-158, 5-170, 6-173, 7-231, 8-267, 9-267 (94.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	17	6	40	2	-	-
Shuttleworth	15	2	76	0	-	-
Clift	6	2	14	2	-	-
Birkenshaw	21	7	44	0	-	-
Steele	26.5	11	54	5	-	-
Illingworth	5	0	23	0	-	-
Balderstone	4	2	11	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NE Briers	c Hignell b Brain	0
JF Steele	st Brassington b Childs	79
JC Balderstone	b Brain	0
BF Davison	lbw b Brain	22
DI Gower	c Brassington b Childs	6
+RW Tolchard	c Graveney b Childs	10
J Birkenshaw	c Brassington b Brain	15
PB Clift	c Zaheer Abbas b Childs	13
*R Illingworth	c Sadiq Mohammad b Childs	8
K Shuttleworth	c Procter b Childs	16
K Higgs	not out	13
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 78.4 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-1, 3-31, 4-52, 5-66, 6-99, 7-124, 8-143, 9-168, 10-187 (78.4 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	8	4	14	0	-	-
Brain	24	7	65	4	-	-
Davey	6	3	8	0	-	-
Childs	30.4	9	64	6	-	-
Graveney	10	2	31	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Sadiq Mohammad	b Balderstone	50
AW Stovold	lbw b Illingworth	25
Zaheer Abbas	c Higgs b Balderstone	39
AJ Hignell	c Higgs b Birkenshaw	3
*MJ Procter	c Davison b Steele	35
JC Foat	hit wkt b Birkenshaw	3
DA Graveney	c Birkenshaw b Balderstone	22
+AJ Brassington	c Steele b Balderstone	4
BM Brain	not out	2
J Davey	did not bat
JH Childs	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 69.5 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-118, 3-121, 4-121, 5-126, 6-160, 7-181, 8-187 (69.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	4	1	22	0	-	-
Shuttleworth	13	2	36	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	20	2	52	2	-	-
Steele	5	1	12	1	-	-
Illingworth	17	9	29	1	-	-
Balderstone	10.5	1	32	4	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NE Briers	lbw b Procter	14
JF Steele	b Childs	68
JC Balderstone	c Graveney b Davey	70
BF Davison	c Foat b Childs	4
DI Gower	c Davey b Childs	15
J Birkenshaw	c sub b Davey	38
*R Illingworth	not out	36
+RW Tolchard	not out	14
PB Clift	did not bat
K Shuttleworth	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(9 lb)	9
Total	(6 wickets, 68.3 overs)	268
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-118, 3-124, 4-160, 5-197, 6-224

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	18	3	59	1	-	-
Brain	6	1	13	0	-	-
Davey	6.3	2	29	2	-	-
Childs	23	4	114	3	-	-
Graveney	15	2	44	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
--> MJ Procter (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 85
--> K Shuttleworth (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 9
--> MJ Procter (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 26
--> R Illingworth reached 1500 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings

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