f32551 cc15523	Warwickshire v Leicestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1979
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 9th, 10th, 11th May 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Warwickshire 2 (Bowling 2); Leicestershire 5 (Batting 4, Bowling 1)
Umpires	C Cook, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Warwickshire (1) 47/4 (Oliver 11*, Humpage 13*; 24 overs)
Close of play day 2	No play

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NE Briers	c Kallicharran b Clifford	119
JF Steele	b Clifford	62
JC Balderstone	c Humpage b Clifford	26
BF Davison	c Kallicharran b Brown	23
DI Gower	b Clifford	26
+RW Tolchard	st Humpage b Clifford	11
PB Clift	not out	16
J Birkenshaw	not out	9
P Booth	did not bat
*K Higgs	did not bat
LB Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 3 nb)	9
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	301
Fall of wickets:
1-161, 2-191, 3-234, 4-250, 5-272, 6-281

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	9	1	25	0	-	-
Brown	19	6	45	1	-	-
Perryman	20	6	52	0	-	-
Ferreira	9	1	32	0	-	-
Clifford	35	10	102	5	-	-
Oliver	8	2	36	0	-	-

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DL Amiss	c Tolchard b Taylor	7
KD Smith	b Higgs	4
*J Whitehouse	lbw b Taylor	2
AI Kallicharran	c Davison b Taylor	0
PR Oliver	not out	11
+GW Humpage	not out	13
AM Ferreira	did not bat
DJ Brown	did not bat
RGD Willis	did not bat
SP Perryman	did not bat
CC Clifford	did not bat
Extras	(10 lb)	10
Total	(4 wickets, 25 overs)	47
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-14, 3-14, 4-21

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	9	3	16	3	-	-
Higgs	9	3	16	1	-	-
Booth	4	1	3	0	-	-
Clift	3	2	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> NE Briers (1) passed his previous highest score of 102 in County Championship matches
--> NE Briers (1) passed his previous highest score of 116 in First-Class matches
--> K Higgs reached 1250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Warwickshire first innings

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