f32167 cc15439	Leicestershire v Kent
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 26th, 27th, 28th July 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 5 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 4 (Batting 3, Bowling 1); Kent 18 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	R Aspinall, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 181/5 (Tolchard 37*, Birkenshaw 29*; 70 overs)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 47/0 (Steele 20*, Dudleston 23*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	b Jarvis	0
B Dudleston	b Hills	13
JC Balderstone	c Tavaré b Hills	34
BF Davison	b Hills	31
+RW Tolchard	c and b Johnson	58
PB Clift	c Shepherd b Woolmer	25
J Birkenshaw	c Downton b Shepherd	30
*R Illingworth	not out	25
P Booth	b Jarvis	24
LB Taylor	run out	0
K Higgs	not out	2
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 7 nb)	14
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-30, 3-75, 4-84, 5-125, 6-183, 7-223, 8-254, 9-254

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jarvis	17	3	49	2	-	-
Shepherd	26	10	60	1	-	-
Hills	23	9	56	3	-	-
Underwood	15	5	38	0	-	-
Woolmer	7	1	19	1	-	-
Johnson	12	5	20	1	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Woolmer	lbw b Higgs	10
CJC Rowe	c Tolchard b Clift	24
CJ Tavaré	not out	100
*AGE Ealham	c sub b Higgs	44
CS Cowdrey	lbw b Birkenshaw	12
JN Shepherd	not out	5
GW Johnson	did not bat
RW Hills	did not bat
+PR Downton	did not bat
DL Underwood	did not bat
KBS Jarvis	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 64.2 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-52, 3-132, 4-186

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	19	4	32	2	-	-
Taylor	12	2	46	0	-	-
Booth	15	2	54	0	-	-
Clift	11.2	3	32	1	-	-
Steele	2	0	14	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	5	0	17	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	c Cowdrey b Underwood	88
B Dudleston	c Downton b Hills	46
JC Balderstone	c and b Woolmer	20
BF Davison	b Underwood	45
+RW Tolchard	not out	15
PB Clift	not out	5
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
*R Illingworth	did not bat
P Booth	did not bat
LB Taylor	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 5 nb)	10
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 73 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-83, 2-122, 3-180, 4-229

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jarvis	5	0	14	0	-	-
Shepherd	18	3	45	0	-	-
Hills	15	2	62	1	-	-
Underwood	17	6	52	2	-	-
Woolmer	6	3	9	1	-	-
Johnson	12	2	37	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Woolmer	c Higgs b Taylor	14
CJC Rowe	c and b Taylor	60
CJ Tavaré	c Davison b Clift	24
*AGE Ealham	c Davison b Taylor	61
CS Cowdrey	not out	69
JN Shepherd	c Steele b Balderstone	8
GW Johnson	not out	40
RW Hills	did not bat
+PR Downton	did not bat
DL Underwood	did not bat
KBS Jarvis	did not bat
Extras	(9 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(5 wickets, 52.5 overs)	286
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-66, 3-149, 4-164, 5-173

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	9.5	1	50	0	-	-
Taylor	15	0	65	3	-	-
Clift	9	1	44	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	10	0	47	0	-	-
Balderstone	9	2	70	1	-	-

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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
--> CJC Rowe (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 12
--> AGE Ealham (1) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29

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