f31074 cc14998	Leicestershire v Derbyshire
	County Championship 1976
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 19th, 20th, 21st May 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Derbyshire 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3)
Umpires	R Julian, DO Oslear
Scorers	LW Barratt (Leicestershire), C Beardmore (Derbyshire)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 236/5 (Tolchard 13*, Birkenshaw 4*; 77 overs)
Close of play day 2	Derbyshire (1) 35/2 (Barlow 14*, Morris 7*; 12.5 overs)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Russell b Barlow	8		30	-	-
JF Steele	lbw b Hendrick	0		3	-	-
JC Balderstone	c Taylor b Ward	83		239	9	-
BF Davison	c Sharpe b Russell	106		202	12	-
*R Illingworth	b Russell	5		37	-	-
+RW Tolchard	not out	46			4	-
J Birkenshaw	c Taylor b Hendrick	13		57	1	-
PB Clift	c Morris b Ward	4		6	1	-
NM McVicker	c Taylor b Ward	14		39	1	-
P Booth	not out	6			-	-
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 2 lb, 10 nb)	21
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 376 minutes, 98 overs)	306
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Steele), 2-14 (Dudleston), 3-208 (Davison), 4-212 (Balderstone), 5-228 (Illingworth), 6-247 (Birkenshaw), 7-253 (Clift), 8-288 (McVicker)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hendrick	25	2	66	2	-	-
Ward	27	5	82	3	-	9
Barlow	16	2	49	1	-	1
Russell	18	5	44	2	-	-
Miller	8	1	32	0	-	-
Swarbrook	4	2	12	0	-	-

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Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJ Sharpe	c Higgs b Clift	10		31	1	-
A Hill	b Higgs	3		18	-	-
EJ Barlow	lbw b Steele	39		84	3	2
A Morris	c Higgs b Steele	14		77	1	-
AJ Borrington	c Steele b Birkenshaw	3		30	-	-
G Miller	lbw b Balderstone	50		145	3	-
FW Swarbrook	lbw b Clift	19			-	-
*+RW Taylor	c and b Higgs	30		52	3	-
PE Russell	b Clift	2		23	-	-
A Ward	b Clift	1		10	-	-
M Hendrick	not out	2		7	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 281 minutes, 96.4 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Hill), 2-24 (Sharpe), 3-54 (Morris), 4-69 (Barlow), 5-77 (Borrington), 6-135 (Swarbrook), 7-155 (Miller), 8-179 (Taylor), 9-179 (Russell), 10-182 (Ward, 96.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Booth	3	0	5	0	-	-
Higgs	12	5	24	2	-	2
Clift	17.4	5	35	4	-	-
Steele	24	11	49	2	-	-
Birkenshaw	13	7	23	1	-	-
Illingworth	17	8	17	0	-	-
Balderstone	10	3	20	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Russell b Miller	20		63	2	-
JF Steele	c Swarbrook b Miller	19		52	2	-
JC Balderstone	b Swarbrook	5		19	-	-
BF Davison	not out	6		11	1	-
*R Illingworth	not out	0		2	-	-
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
PB Clift	did not bat
NM McVicker	did not bat
P Booth	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb, 1 w)	2
Total	(3 wickets, 22 overs)	52
Fall of wickets:
1-39 (Steele), 2-46 (Dudleston), 3-52 (Balderstone)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hendrick	4	2	4	0	1	-
Ward	4	0	15	0	-	1
Miller	7	3	18	2	-	-
Swarbrook	7	3	13	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
--> EJ Barlow (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in County Championship matches
--> G Miller (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 33
--> K Higgs reached 1350 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed RW Taylor, his 2nd wicket in the Derbyshire first innings

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