f31652 cc15241	Leicestershire v Kent
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 9th, 11th, 12th July 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Kent 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	TF Brooks, DJ Constant
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 43/0 (Briers 20*, Steele 21*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 140/4 (Ealham 3*, Tavaré 0*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GW Johnson	lbw b Higgs	3
GS Clinton	c Gower b Clift	88
CJC Rowe	c Tolchard b Clift	11
*Asif Iqbal	c and b Balderstone	49
AGE Ealham	c Clift b Steele	38
BD Julien	c Gower b Balderstone	21
JN Shepherd	lbw b Clift	28
CJ Tavaré	not out	46
CS Cowdrey	not out	7
+PR Downton	did not bat
KBS Jarvis	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 9 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-36, 3-109, 4-181, 5-216, 6-220, 7-292

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	16	4	39	1	-	-
Ward	15	3	53	0	-	-
Clift	22	5	65	3	-	-
Birkenshaw	9	2	23	0	-	-
Balderstone	17	3	59	2	-	-
Illingworth	10	3	12	0	-	-
Steele	11	2	40	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NE Briers	b Johnson	56
JF Steele	lbw b Shepherd	36
JC Balderstone	c Asif Iqbal b Johnson	49
BF Davison	c Tavaré b Johnson	50
DI Gower	c Downton b Shepherd	3
+RW Tolchard	c Johnson b Shepherd	15
*R Illingworth	c Tavaré b Shepherd	1
J Birkenshaw	not out	48
PB Clift	c Ealham b Johnson	24
A Ward	b Johnson	0
K Higgs	not out	2
Extras	(9 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	295
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-122, 3-188, 4-195, 5-207, 6-219, 7-220, 8-293, 9-293

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jarvis	8	1	18	0	-	-
Julien	14	3	38	0	-	-
Shepherd	32	8	80	4	-	-
Johnson	27	6	77	5	-	-
Asif Iqbal	8	1	22	0	-	-
Rowe	11	2	49	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CS Cowdrey	c Tolchard b Higgs	9
GS Clinton	c Tolchard b Balderstone	48
CJC Rowe	c Tolchard b Steele	61
CJ Tavaré	lbw b Birkenshaw	17
*Asif Iqbal	c Tolchard b Balderstone	16
AGE Ealham	lbw b Balderstone	17
GW Johnson	not out	58
BD Julien	c Balderstone b Ward	46
JN Shepherd	did not bat
+PR Downton	did not bat
KBS Jarvis	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 3 nb)	9
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 99.1 overs)	281
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-117, 3-137, 4-137, 5-157, 6-212, 7-281 (99.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	8	1	36	1	-	-
Ward	10.1	0	56	1	-	-
Clift	11	3	32	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	21	2	63	1	-	-
Balderstone	29	10	48	3	-	-
Illingworth	3	1	6	0	-	-
Steele	17	8	31	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NE Briers	lbw b Shepherd	44
JF Steele	b Julien	5
JC Balderstone	not out	89
BF Davison	c Johnson b Shepherd	5
DI Gower	b Shepherd	2
+RW Tolchard	not out	30
*R Illingworth	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
PB Clift	did not bat
A Ward	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	15
Total	(4 wickets, 64 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-94, 3-102, 4-106

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Julien	17	4	54	1	-	-
Shepherd	14	1	44	3	-	-
Johnson	17	5	40	0	-	-
Asif Iqbal	5	1	14	0	-	-
Rowe	11	3	23	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
--> GS Clinton (1) passed his previous highest score of 79 in County Championship matches
--> GS Clinton (1) passed his previous highest score of 79 in first-class matches
--> NE Briers (2) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 24
--> GW Johnson reached 250 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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