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f31171 cc15071	Middlesex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1976
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 21st, 22nd, 23rd July 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 301 runs
Points	Middlesex 4 (Bowling 4); Leicestershire 17 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	AE Fagg, P Rochford
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 39/2 (Brearley 20, Edmonds 6; 15 overs)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 28/1 (Smith 13, Edmonds 3)

Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	b Gatting	34
NE Briers	b Gatting	15
DI Gower	b Selvey	0
BF Davison	lbw b Gatting	4
*R Illingworth	run out	55
+RW Tolchard	lbw b Edmonds	77
M Schepens	c Butcher b Titmus	39
J Birkenshaw	c Smith b Edmonds	15
PB Clift	lbw b Titmus	0
NM McVicker	not out	12
P Booth	b Edmonds	1
Extras	(12 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 99.4 overs)	270
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-34, 3-45, 4-78, 5-158, 6-239, 7-243, 8-243, 9-267, 10-270 (99.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	17	1	51	0	-	-
Selvey	26	3	65	1	-	-
Gatting	16	2	44	3	-	-
Edmonds	25.4	7	48	3	-	-
Titmus	15	1	44	2	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	b Booth	6
*JM Brearley	b Clift	20
MW Gatting	b Booth	6
PH Edmonds	b Clift	21
GD Barlow	lbw b Booth	2
NG Featherstone	not out	35
RO Butcher	lbw b McVicker	7
+NPD Ross	b McVicker	0
FJ Titmus	c Tolchard b McVicker	2
MWW Selvey	c Gower b McVicker	9
AA Jones	b McVicker	0
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 44.1 overs)	114
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-24, 3-42, 4-45, 5-65, 6-76, 7-76, 8-86, 9-102, 10-114 (44.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Booth	14	3	29	3	-	-
Clift	22	4	52	2	-	-
McVicker	8.1	0	27	5	-	-

Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	lbw b Selvey	4
NE Briers	c Butcher b Selvey	2
DI Gower	not out	102
BF Davison	not out	124
*R Illingworth	did not bat
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
M Schepens	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
PB Clift	did not bat
NM McVicker	did not bat
P Booth	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 74.3 overs)	244
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-8

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	11.3	0	42	0	-	-
Selvey	12	2	53	2	-	-
Gatting	6	0	21	0	-	-
Edmonds	22	4	50	0	-	-
Titmus	19	5	45	0	-	-
Featherstone	4	0	21	0	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	c Tolchard b McVicker	43
*JM Brearley	c Birkenshaw b Booth	10
PH Edmonds	b Booth	3
MW Gatting	lbw b Clift	0
GD Barlow	c Birkenshaw b Clift	3
NG Featherstone	c Steele b McVicker	8
RO Butcher	c Steele b McVicker	19
+NPD Ross	lbw b Illingworth	6
FJ Titmus	c Steele b McVicker	0
MWW Selvey	not out	2
AA Jones	c McVicker b Illingworth	2
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 31.3 overs)	99
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-33, 3-38, 4-44, 5-69, 6-80, 7-93, 8-95, 9-95, 10-99 (31.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Booth	9	0	35	2	-	-
Clift	13	3	44	2	-	-
McVicker	7	3	13	4	-	-
Illingworth	2.3	0	4	2	-	-

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
--> R Illingworth (1) passed 23000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 36
--> RW Tolchard (1) passed 9000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 60
--> M Schepens (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in first-class matches
--> M Schepens (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in County Championship matches
--> J Birkenshaw (1) passed 10500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 4
--> DI Gower (2) passed his previous highest score of 32 in County Championship matches
--> DI Gower (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> DI Gower (2) passed his previous highest score of 89 in first-class matches
--> DI Gower (2) made his first century in first-class matches
--> BF Davison (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 49
--> MWW Selvey reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> PB Clift reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> P Booth achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 3-41)