f31728 cc15309	Leicestershire v Northamptonshire
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 27th, 29th, 30th August 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Northamptonshire 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4)
Umpires	R Aspinall, WL Budd
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 29/6 (Tolchard 0*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 25/1 (Cook 15*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	b Ward	7
G Cook	c Birkenshaw b Booth	16
*DS Steele	retired hurt	25
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Ward b Birkenshaw	44
W Larkins	b Higgs	1
P Willey	lbw b Higgs	12
+G Sharp	c Birkenshaw b Higgs	1
Sarfraz Nawaz	b Booth	2
A Hodgson	not out	13
BS Bedi	c Dudleston b Higgs	38
BJ Griffiths	lbw b Higgs	0
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 84.5 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-33, 3-65, 4-83, 5-91, 6-96, 7-121, 8-170, 9-172 (84.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	26.5	7	51	5	-	-
Ward	11	4	25	1	-	-
Booth	21	8	43	2	-	-
Illingworth	10	5	9	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	16	4	31	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz	2
JF Steele	b Sarfraz Nawaz	7
JC Balderstone	b Sarfraz Nawaz	2
BF Davison	lbw b Hodgson	5
P Booth	lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz	2
+RW Tolchard	c Sharp b Griffiths	8
DI Gower	c Cook b Bedi	7
*R Illingworth	not out	119
J Birkenshaw	b Griffiths	4
A Ward	lbw b Griffiths	0
K Higgs	run out	98
Extras	(16 lb, 3 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 107.3 overs)	273
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-9, 3-16, 4-18, 5-29, 6-29, 7-38, 8-44, 9-45, 10-273 (107.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	21	5	27	4	-	-
Bedi	21	5	58	1	-	-
Griffiths	14	6	30	3	-	-
Hodgson	12.3	1	40	1	-	-
Willey	20	7	41	0	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	19	4	58	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	b Ward	9
G Cook	c Ward b Birkenshaw	126
Mushtaq Mohammad	lbw b Birkenshaw	21
W Larkins	c Balderstone b Booth	38
P Willey	b Booth	0
+G Sharp	c Steele b Balderstone	20
Sarfraz Nawaz	c Booth b Balderstone	35
*DS Steele	c Illingworth b Birkenshaw	0
A Hodgson	c Booth b Birkenshaw	6
BS Bedi	b Balderstone	6
BJ Griffiths	not out	0
Extras	(10 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 113 overs)	278
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-63, 3-149, 4-149, 5-220, 6-244, 7-250, 8-266, 9-272, 10-278 (113 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	7	4	9	0	-	-
Ward	15	1	53	1	-	-
Booth	16	5	33	2	-	-
Illingworth	3	2	4	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	30	12	55	4	-	-
Balderstone	29	10	66	3	-	-
Steele	7	3	23	0	-	-
Gower	4	1	12	0	-	-
Tolchard	2	0	6	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	not out	1
JF Steele	not out	1
JC Balderstone	did not bat
BF Davison	did not bat
P Booth	did not bat
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
DI Gower	did not bat
*R Illingworth	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
A Ward	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(no wicket, 3 overs)	3

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Larkins	2	1	2	0	-	-
Virgin	1	1	0	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
--> RW Tolchard (1) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 3
--> K Higgs (1) passed his previous highest score of 60 in County Championship matches
--> K Higgs (1) passed his previous highest score of 63 in First-Class matches
--> K Higgs (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 94
--> K Higgs (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 63
--> G Cook (2) passed his previous highest score of 122 in County Championship matches
--> G Cook (2) passed his previous highest score of 122 in First-Class matches
--> G Cook (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 37
--> G Cook (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 61
--> P Booth reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings
--> J Birkenshaw reached 800 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings
--> DS Steele retired hurt in the Northamptonshire first innings having scored 25 (team had lost 2 wickets)

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