f32236 cc15501	Leicestershire v Nottinghamshire
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 30th, 31st August, 1st September 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Nottinghamshire 3 (Batting 1, Bowling 2)
Umpires	PB Wight, TG Wilson
Close of play day 1	Nottinghamshire (1) 49/1 (Harris 22*, French 1*; 19 overs)
Close of play day 2	No play

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NE Briers	c Harris b Cooper	4
JF Steele	c Smedley b Allbrook	77
JC Balderstone	b Doshi	22
BF Davison	lbw b Allbrook	142
DI Gower	lbw b Doshi	20
+RW Tolchard	not out	21
PB Clift	c Rice b Cooper	0
J Birkenshaw	not out	28
*R Illingworth	did not bat
P Booth	did not bat
JP Agnew	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	326
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-36, 3-210, 4-266, 5-278, 6-285

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cooper	20	6	61	2	-	-
Mackintosh	17	5	49	0	-	-
Doshi	42	12	107	2	-	-
Allbrook	21	1	97	2	-	-

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Nottinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Harris	c and b Balderstone	48
PA Todd	st Tolchard b Illingworth	21
+BN French	c Tolchard b Booth	26
DW Randall	c Tolchard b Clift	52
CEB Rice	c Clift b Illingworth	0
*MJ Smedley	b Illingworth	1
RE Dexter	lbw b Illingworth	0
KS Mackintosh	c Briers b Illingworth	0
KE Cooper	lbw b Clift	6
ME Allbrook	lbw b Illingworth	3
DR Doshi	not out	4
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 77.1 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-95, 3-134, 4-136, 5-143, 6-143, 7-155, 8-155, 9-168, 10-172 (77.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Agnew	8	1	31	0	-	-
Booth	12	5	17	1	-	-
Clift	20	7	37	2	-	-
Illingworth	22.1	10	38	6	-	-
Steele	6	2	16	0	-	-
Balderstone	9	2	22	1	-	-

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Nottinghamshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Harris	lbw b Illingworth	12
PA Todd	c Illingworth b Balderstone	3
DW Randall	c Steele b Clift	15
CEB Rice	b Birkenshaw	12
*MJ Smedley	not out	0
RE Dexter	not out	0
+BN French	did not bat
KS Mackintosh	did not bat
KE Cooper	did not bat
ME Allbrook	did not bat
DR Doshi	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(4 wickets, 29.1 overs)	46
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-16, 3-46, 4-46

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Agnew	4	2	9	0	-	-
Clift	7.1	3	9	1	-	-
Illingworth	10	5	16	1	-	-
Balderstone	7	4	7	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	1	0	1	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
--> BF Davison (1) passed 15500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 71
--> BN French (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in County Championship matches
--> KE Cooper reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> PB Clift reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Nottinghamshire first innings

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