f32047 cc15342	Leicestershire v Warwickshire
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 24th, 25th, 26th May 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Warwickshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3); Warwickshire 4 (Batting 3, Bowling 1)
Umpires	R Aspinall, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Warwickshire (1) 102/4 (Kallicharran 57*, Humpage 14*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 205/1 (Steele 89*, Balderstone 53*; 67 overs)

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DL Amiss	c Higgs b Booth	5
KD Smith	c Higgs b Ward	7
*J Whitehouse	c Tolchard b Higgs	0
AI Kallicharran	b Clift	129
RN Abberley	lbw b Higgs	11
+GW Humpage	c Davison b Clift	110
SJ Rouse	lbw b Birkenshaw	0
EE Hemmings	not out	6
DC Hopkins	b Clift	0
RW Flower	did not bat
SP Perryman	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 95.3 overs)	278
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-10, 3-23, 4-82, 5-255, 6-260, 7-278, 8-278 (95.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ward	4	1	8	1	-	-
Higgs	16	4	36	2	-	-
Clift	16.3	4	60	3	-	-
Booth	16	1	57	1	-	-
Illingworth	9	6	9	0	-	-
Balderstone	11	1	32	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	15	1	50	1	-	-
Steele	8	2	16	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	b Flower	56
JF Steele	c Perryman b Hemmings	99
JC Balderstone	b Hemmings	101
BF Davison	lbw b Hemmings	40
+RW Tolchard	not out	36
J Birkenshaw	not out	26
*R Illingworth	did not bat
PB Clift	did not bat
P Booth	did not bat
A Ward	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	10
Total	(4 wickets, innings closed, 104 overs)	368
Fall of wickets:
1-112, 2-243, 3-290, 4-319

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rouse	16	1	54	0	-	-
Hopkins	7	1	16	0	-	-
Perryman	23	2	98	0	-	-
Flower	27	4	98	1	-	-
Hemmings	31	5	92	3	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DL Amiss	lbw b Illingworth	40
KD Smith	not out	102
*J Whitehouse	not out	13
AI Kallicharran	did not bat
RN Abberley	did not bat
+GW Humpage	did not bat
SJ Rouse	did not bat
EE Hemmings	did not bat
DC Hopkins	did not bat
RW Flower	did not bat
SP Perryman	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(1 wicket, 78 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-91

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	4	1	4	0	-	-
Clift	12	4	24	0	-	-
Booth	2	0	10	0	-	-
Illingworth	17	4	33	1	-	-
Balderstone	13	4	14	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	20	4	51	0	-	-
Steele	10	3	19	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
--> JC Balderstone (1) passed 8000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 44
--> DL Amiss (2) passed 26500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 4
--> KD Smith (2) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 100
--> PB Clift reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Warwickshire first innings

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