f32186 cc15457	Kent v Leicestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 5th, 7th, 8th August 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 120 runs
Points	Kent 18 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Leicestershire 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	BJ Meyer, KE Palmer
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 39/2 (Balderstone 7*, Davison 9*; 18 overs)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 48/0 (Woolmer 22*, Rowe 21*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Woolmer	c Steele b Birkenshaw	137
CJC Rowe	c Tolchard b Taylor	8
CJ Tavaré	c Dudleston b Balderstone	46
Asif Iqbal	not out	104
*AGE Ealham	c Clift b Birkenshaw	0
JN Shepherd	b Clift	0
CS Cowdrey	lbw b Clift	9
GW Johnson	run out	8
+PR Downton	lbw b Birkenshaw	4
DL Underwood	not out	4
KBS Jarvis	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb, 5 nb, 3 w)	18
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	338
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-122, 3-263, 4-263, 5-264, 6-296, 7-317, 8-323

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	17	2	60	0	-	-
Taylor	10	1	29	1	-	-
Clift	20	2	68	2	-	-
Balderstone	16	5	39	1	-	-
Illingworth	10	2	37	0	-	-
Steele	8	2	31	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	19	1	56	3	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Johnson b Jarvis	9
JF Steele	b Shepherd	7
JC Balderstone	c Downton b Jarvis	90
BF Davison	b Woolmer	106
DI Gower	lbw b Woolmer	4
+RW Tolchard	b Underwood	8
J Birkenshaw	not out	15
*R Illingworth	not out	2
PB Clift	did not bat
LB Taylor	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	255
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-21, 3-209, 4-215, 5-231, 6-249

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jarvis	23	2	59	2	-	-
Shepherd	22	9	45	1	-	-
Underwood	28	11	57	1	-	-
Johnson	19	5	57	0	-	-
Woolmer	8	1	23	2	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Woolmer	c sub b Balderstone	50
CJC Rowe	c and b Balderstone	26
CJ Tavaré	c Higgs b Balderstone	8
Asif Iqbal	not out	33
*AGE Ealham	c Illingworth b Balderstone	9
JN Shepherd	b Higgs	21
CS Cowdrey	did not bat
GW Johnson	did not bat
+PR Downton	did not bat
DL Underwood	did not bat
KBS Jarvis	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 59 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-80, 3-109, 4-122, 5-157 (59 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	4	0	18	1	-	-
Taylor	2	0	12	0	-	-
Balderstone	23	5	49	4	-	-
Illingworth	14	5	19	0	-	-
Steele	4	3	7	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	12	1	42	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Downton b Shepherd	8
JF Steele	b Shepherd	17
JC Balderstone	b Johnson	14
BF Davison	c Asif Iqbal b Underwood	32
J Birkenshaw	c Tavaré b Underwood	0
DI Gower	c Downton b Johnson	0
+RW Tolchard	b Johnson	7
*R Illingworth	lbw b Underwood	5
PB Clift	b Johnson	0
LB Taylor	b Underwood	15
K Higgs	not out	7
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 5 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 50 overs)	120
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-34, 3-76, 4-76, 5-76, 6-81, 7-90, 8-90, 9-91, 10-120 (50 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jarvis	9	2	24	0	-	-
Shepherd	11	2	22	2	-	-
Underwood	14	7	21	4	-	-
Johnson	11	7	17	4	-	-
Asif Iqbal	5	1	21	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
--> RA Woolmer (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 120
--> RA Woolmer (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 16
--> Asif Iqbal (1) passed 19000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 56
--> JC Balderstone (1) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> BF Davison (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 20
--> BF Davison (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 4
--> BF Davison (1) passed 15000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 77
--> RA Woolmer (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 22
--> CJ Tavaré (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 5
--> KBS Jarvis reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> KBS Jarvis reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> DL Underwood reached 1700 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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