f32212 cc15479	Leicestershire v Lancashire
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 19th, 21st August 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Leicestershire won by an innings and 29 runs
Points	Leicestershire 20 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Lancashire 2 (Bowling 2)
Umpires	DJ Constant, FR Goodall
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 43/1 (Kennedy 38*, Abrahams 3*; 10 overs)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NE Briers	c Lyon b Croft	3
JF Steele	b Reidy	30
JC Balderstone	c Lyon b Reidy	21
BF Davison	c Lyon b Croft	37
DI Gower	c Kennedy b Croft	24
+RW Tolchard	not out	77
PB Clift	c sub b Arrowsmith	52
J Birkenshaw	not out	70
*R Illingworth	did not bat
P Booth	did not bat
JP Agnew	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 10 nb)	14
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	328
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-54, 3-67, 4-106, 5-126, 6-222

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Croft	21	4	55	3	-	-
Ratcliffe	22	7	70	0	-	-
Reidy	14	2	62	2	-	-
Arrowsmith	34	11	87	1	-	-
Simmons	9	0	40	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Lloyd	b Agnew	1
A Kennedy	b Clift	42
J Abrahams	lbw b Illingworth	29
CH Lloyd	c Balderstone b Illingworth	11
*FC Hayes	c Davison b Illingworth	1
BW Reidy	c sub b Birkenshaw	29
J Simmons	c Steele b Illingworth	4
+J Lyon	b Birkenshaw	0
RM Ratcliffe	not out	15
R Arrowsmith	b Illingworth	9
CEH Croft	run out	2
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 68.1 overs)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-51, 3-66, 4-74, 5-88, 6-104, 7-105, 8-130, 9-141, 10-147 (68.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Agnew	5	0	19	1	-	-
Booth	2	0	16	0	-	-
Clift	17	4	37	1	-	-
Illingworth	29.1	10	44	5	-	-
Birkenshaw	15	4	27	2	-	-

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Lancashire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Lloyd	lbw b Clift	31
A Kennedy	c Birkenshaw b Clift	11
J Abrahams	c Tolchard b Clift	0
*FC Hayes	c Gower b Clift	22
CH Lloyd	b Birkenshaw	7
BW Reidy	c Tolchard b Clift	11
J Simmons	lbw b Clift	6
+J Lyon	c Gower b Birkenshaw	28
RM Ratcliffe	st Tolchard b Illingworth	26
R Arrowsmith	not out	6
CEH Croft	b Agnew	2
Extras	(2 nb)	2
Total	(all out, 62.4 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-26, 3-64, 4-65, 5-77, 6-88, 7-89, 8-139, 9-145, 10-152 (62.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Agnew	11.4	1	30	1	-	-
Booth	6	0	31	0	-	-
Clift	19	5	29	6	-	-
Illingworth	4	0	10	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	18	4	41	2	-	-
Balderstone	4	1	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> JP Agnew made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JP Agnew made his debut in County Championship matches
--> JF Steele (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 16
--> RW Tolchard (1) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 52
--> PB Clift (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 13
--> A Kennedy (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> PB Clift reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Lancashire second innings
--> PB Clift achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Lancashire second innings (previous best was 5-39)

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