f31166 cc15067	Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1976
Venue	Trent Bridge, Nottingham on 17th, 19th July 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by an innings and 82 runs
Points	Nottinghamshire 3 (Bowling 3); Leicestershire 18 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	C Cook, BJ Meyer
Close of play day 1	Nottinghamshire (1) 47/4 (Todd 14*, Wilkinson 0*; 13 overs)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	c Smedley b Taylor	27
NE Briers	b Wilkinson	87
JC Balderstone	c Hassan b White	42
BF Davison	c Hassan b Wilkinson	50
*R Illingworth	b Cooper	38
+RW Tolchard	b Taylor	32
NM McVicker	c Wilkinson b Taylor	1
DI Gower	not out	18
J Birkenshaw	c Hassan b White	17
PB Clift	not out	0
P Booth	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	324
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-119, 3-199, 4-216, 5-283, 6-286, 7-298, 8-321

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	21	3	67	2	-	-
Rice	15	3	48	0	-	-
Taylor	17	2	48	3	-	-
Cooper	20	6	63	1	-	-
White	27	6	86	2	-	-

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Nottinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA Todd	b Illingworth	16
SB Hassan	b Clift	1
PD Johnson	c Tolchard b Booth	1
CEB Rice	c Tolchard b Clift	0
DW Randall	run out	30
PA Wilkinson	c Balderstone b Birkenshaw	0
*MJ Smedley	c Steele b Illingworth	12
+MJ Harris	c Illingworth b Birkenshaw	2
RA White	c McVicker b Illingworth	1
KE Cooper	c Davison b Illingworth	0
W Taylor	not out	7
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 37.2 overs)	73
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-2, 3-3, 4-47, 5-49, 6-49, 7-64, 8-65, 9-66, 10-73 (37.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Booth	6	2	15	1	-	-
Clift	5	0	31	2	-	-
Illingworth	13.2	9	5	4	-	-
Balderstone	1	1	0	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	12	5	19	2	-	-

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Nottinghamshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SB Hassan	c Clift b Birkenshaw	29
PA Todd	c Tolchard b Booth	5
PD Johnson	lbw b Clift	0
CEB Rice	c Steele b Birkenshaw	40
DW Randall	c Davison b Steele	13
*MJ Smedley	c Davison b Birkenshaw	1
+MJ Harris	c Gower b Illingworth	21
RA White	not out	44
KE Cooper	c Gower b Birkenshaw	5
PA Wilkinson	b Booth	4
W Taylor	c McVicker b Booth	0
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 54.3 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-18, 3-62, 4-80, 5-92, 6-94, 7-117, 8-136, 9-169, 10-169 (54.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Booth	6.3	0	44	3	-	-
Clift	6	1	19	1	-	-
Illingworth	16	6	34	1	-	-
Balderstone	6	4	3	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	18	7	44	4	-	-
Steele	2	0	18	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> NE Briers made his debut in County Championship matches
--> NE Briers (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in First-Class matches
--> W Taylor reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> R Illingworth reached 1950 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Nottinghamshire first innings

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