f32231 cc15496	Leicestershire v Northamptonshire
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 26th, 28th, 29th August 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3); Northamptonshire 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3)
Umpires	PB Wight, TG Wilson
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 39/0 (Cook 18*, Larkins 21*; 19 overs)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 71/3 (Davison 44*, Schepens 0*)

---

Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NE Briers	b Willey	40
JF Steele	b Griffiths	0
JC Balderstone	lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz	51
BF Davison	c Willey b Williams	70
M Schepens	c and b Steele	38
*+RW Tolchard	c Steele b Griffiths	34
PB Clift	lbw b Griffiths	30
J Birkenshaw	not out	17
P Booth	not out	16
NGB Cook	did not bat
JP Agnew	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 8 lb, 10 nb, 2 w)	26
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	322
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-80, 3-116, 4-198, 5-234, 6-284, 7-291

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	17	4	60	1	-	-
Griffiths	20	3	59	3	-	-
TM Lamb	8	2	26	0	-	-
Willey	22	6	42	1	-	-
Steele	15	3	54	1	-	-
Williams	18	1	55	1	-	-

---

Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	c Balderstone b Agnew	18
W Larkins	c Schepens b Clift	42
DS Steele	b Agnew	3
AJ Lamb	c Birkenshaw b Agnew	2
P Willey	c Birkenshaw b Steele	61
RG Williams	lbw b Clift	4
*PJ Watts	not out	57
Sarfraz Nawaz	c and b Birkenshaw	6
+VA Flynn	not out	6
TM Lamb	did not bat
BJ Griffiths	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-50, 3-53, 4-75, 5-81, 6-161, 7-172

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Agnew	16	4	51	3	-	-
Booth	25	10	46	0	-	-
Clift	24	14	27	2	-	-
Cook	2	0	5	0	-	-
Balderstone	11	6	13	0	-	-
Steele	11	3	20	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	11	3	37	1	-	-

---

Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NE Briers	lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz	0
JF Steele	b Sarfraz Nawaz	0
JC Balderstone	run out	23
BF Davison	lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz	54
M Schepens	c and b Steele	39
*+RW Tolchard	b Willey	1
NGB Cook	c Cook b Willey	31
PB Clift	c Cook b Willey	28
J Birkenshaw	not out	1
P Booth	did not bat
JP Agnew	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 7 nb)	9
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 69.4 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-4, 3-66, 4-84, 5-140, 6-155, 7-170, 8-186 (69.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	12	1	30	3	-	-
Griffiths	9	0	35	0	-	-
TM Lamb	5	0	16	0	-	-
Willey	25.4	7	44	3	-	-
Steele	18	5	52	1	-	-

---

Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	c Balderstone b Steele	61
W Larkins	lbw b Balderstone	33
DS Steele	c and b Cook	4
AJ Lamb	not out	26
P Willey	not out	9
RG Williams	did not bat
*PJ Watts	did not bat
Sarfraz Nawaz	did not bat
+VA Flynn	did not bat
TM Lamb	did not bat
BJ Griffiths	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(3 wickets, 70.2 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-77, 3-112

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Agnew	4	0	21	0	-	-
Booth	3	0	7	0	-	-
Clift	10	4	19	0	-	-
Cook	19	11	28	1	-	-
Balderstone	22	8	47	1	-	-
Steele	3	1	3	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	9.2	5	8	0	-	-

---

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
--> NGB Cook made his debut in County Championship matches
--> VA Flynn made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> VA Flynn made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> P Booth (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> P Willey (1) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> M Schepens (2) equalled his previous highest score of 39 in County Championship matches
--> M Schepens (2) equalled his previous highest score of 39 in First-Class matches
--> BJ Griffiths reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> JP Agnew achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 1-19)
--> JP Agnew achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 1-19)

---

 

 

 

 

This page was created by the CricketArchive Oracles