f32667 cc15614	Leicestershire v Middlesex
	Schweppes County Championship 1979
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 25th, 26th, 27th July 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Middlesex won by 2 runs
Points	Leicestershire 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Middlesex 15 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	JVC Griffiths, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 186/4 (Gower 39*, Briers 10*; 66 overs)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 289/7 (Emburey 12*, Selvey 4*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JM Brearley	c Tolchard b Clift	42
MJ Smith	c Balderstone b Taylor	7
CT Radley	c Higgs b Shuttleworth	7
GD Barlow	lbw b Clift	11
RO Butcher	c Tolchard b Shuttleworth	1
+IJ Gould	lbw b Shuttleworth	0
PH Edmonds	c Shuttleworth b Taylor	11
JE Emburey	lbw b Higgs	8
MWW Selvey	c Tolchard b Higgs	0
WW Daniel	not out	0
WG Merry	c Tolchard b Taylor	0
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 44.2 overs)	97
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-46, 3-70, 4-71, 5-71, 6-73, 7-95, 8-97, 9-97, 10-97 (44.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	11.2	2	29	3	-	-
Higgs	13	5	20	2	-	-
Shuttleworth	11	4	19	3	-	-
Clift	9	2	19	2	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	lbw b Selvey	10
JF Steele	c and b Edmonds	33
JC Balderstone	lbw b Daniel	56
BF Davison	c Edmonds b Daniel	13
DI Gower	c Selvey b Emburey	98
NE Briers	c Radley b Emburey	16
+RW Tolchard	c Emburey b Edmonds	20
K Shuttleworth	run out	7
*K Higgs	c Gould b Selvey	9
PB Clift	b Emburey	1
LB Taylor	not out	9
Extras	(15 lb, 14 nb, 2 w)	31
Total	(all out, 107.2 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-71, 3-92, 4-142, 5-219, 6-262, 7-278, 8-285, 9-286, 10-303 (107.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	22	4	73	2	-	-
Selvey	15.2	5	36	2	-	-
Merry	9	1	19	0	-	-
Edmonds	39	9	102	2	-	-
Emburey	22	9	42	3	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JM Brearley	c Tolchard b Shuttleworth	16
MJ Smith	c Tolchard b Taylor	0
CT Radley	c Higgs b Taylor	81
GD Barlow	c Gower b Balderstone	19
RO Butcher	c Tolchard b Taylor	106
+IJ Gould	c Tolchard b Shuttleworth	35
PH Edmonds	c Briers b Balderstone	1
JE Emburey	b Shuttleworth	20
MWW Selvey	c Higgs b Balderstone	19
WW Daniel	b Shuttleworth	0
WG Merry	not out	4
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	16
Total	(all out, 95.2 overs)	317
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-31, 3-58, 4-220, 5-239, 6-241, 7-280, 8-311, 9-311, 10-317 (95.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	23	4	55	3	-	-
Higgs	15	5	35	0	-	-
Shuttleworth	18	4	60	4	-	-
Steele	13	5	53	0	-	-
Balderstone	23.2	3	81	3	-	-
Dudleston	3	0	17	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	b Daniel	5
JF Steele	lbw b Daniel	8
JC Balderstone	b Daniel	6
BF Davison	c and b Emburey	14
DI Gower	c Radley b Edmonds	1
NE Briers	c Radley b Daniel	0
+RW Tolchard	b Emburey	40
PB Clift	c Radley b Edmonds	1
K Shuttleworth	c Butcher b Emburey	12
*K Higgs	b Edmonds	4
LB Taylor	not out	2
Extras	(1 b, 9 lb, 6 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 49.1 overs)	109
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-19, 3-27, 4-32, 5-38, 6-45, 7-50, 8-74, 9-93, 10-109 (49.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	14	1	42	4	-	-
Selvey	2	0	2	0	-	-
Edmonds	17	5	29	3	-	-
Emburey	16.1	4	20	3	-	-

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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
--> Leicestershire score at 100 overs in the first innings was 258-8
--> JF Steele (1) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> CT Radley (2) passed 18000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 70
--> RO Butcher (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30
--> WW Daniel reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> LB Taylor completed a hat-trick in the Middlesex second innings (Edmonds, Merry (in the first innings), Smith)
--> JE Emburey reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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