f31233 cc15124	Leicestershire v Kent
	County Championship 1976
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 25th, 26th, 27th August 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Leicestershire won by 7 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 17 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Kent 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	HD Bird, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 107/3 (Davison 55*, Illingworth 10*; 34 overs)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 163/9 (Elms 22*, Sayer 9*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GW Johnson	c Davison b Booth	5
+D Nicholls	c Tolchard b Higgs	11
CJ Tavaré	c Tolchard b McVicker	10
*MH Denness	c Higgs b McVicker	68
AGE Ealham	c Booth b Clift	29
JN Shepherd	c Clift b Balderstone	87
CJC Rowe	c Tolchard b Booth	11
RW Hills	b Clift	15
RB Elms	c Illingworth b Balderstone	1
JMH Graham-Brown	not out	7
DM Sayer	lbw b Clift	2
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 5 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 83.2 overs)	255
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-16, 3-46, 4-89, 5-150, 6-211, 7-238, 8-246, 9-246, 10-255 (83.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Booth	17	3	53	2	-	-
Higgs	15	3	35	1	-	-
McVicker	14	5	59	2	-	-
Clift	15.2	1	48	3	-	-
Illingworth	1	0	12	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	1	0	8	0	-	-
Steele	10	2	20	0	-	-
Balderstone	10	7	11	2	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NE Briers	lbw b Shepherd	4
JF Steele	b Sayer	2
JC Balderstone	b Johnson	33
BF Davison	c Tavaré b Hills	89
*R Illingworth	c Denness b Johnson	14
+RW Tolchard	run out	10
J Birkenshaw	b Shepherd	43
PB Clift	c Johnson b Shepherd	31
NM McVicker	b Hills	30
P Booth	not out	7
K Higgs	b Shepherd	1
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 90.3 overs)	278
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-10, 3-79, 4-119, 5-145, 6-175, 7-216, 8-269, 9-269, 10-278 (90.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shepherd	26.3	6	62	4	-	-
Sayer	17	1	63	1	-	-
Hills	19	4	51	2	-	-
Johnson	23	7	63	2	-	-
Rowe	5	1	25	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+D Nicholls	c Steele b Higgs	4
CJ Tavaré	lbw b McVicker	32
CJC Rowe	c Davison b Higgs	11
*MH Denness	c Tolchard b Higgs	5
AGE Ealham	b Clift	12
JN Shepherd	b Balderstone	38
RW Hills	b Balderstone	14
GW Johnson	c Tolchard b Clift	0
RB Elms	not out	26
JMH Graham-Brown	b Clift	3
DM Sayer	c Higgs b McVicker	9
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	13
Total	(all out, 62.2 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-36, 3-45, 4-55, 5-88, 6-116, 7-121, 8-125, 9-130, 10-167 (62.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Booth	8	2	27	0	-	-
Higgs	13	1	37	3	-	-
McVicker	9.2	1	31	2	-	-
Clift	15	0	45	3	-	-
Illingworth	3	3	0	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	1	1	0	0	-	-
Balderstone	13	5	14	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NE Briers	lbw b Johnson	29
JF Steele	c Graham-Brown b Denness	60
JC Balderstone	b Rowe	22
BF Davison	not out	17
*R Illingworth	not out	4
+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	(6 b, 1 lb, 8 nb)	15
Total	(3 wickets, 44 overs)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-106, 3-142

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sayer	8	1	26	0	-	-
Hills	5	1	11	0	-	-
Johnson	7	2	13	1	-	-
Rowe	7	3	11	1	-	-
Elms	4	0	18	0	-	-
Graham-Brown	12	1	46	0	-	-
Denness	1	0	7	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
--> DM Sayer made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> DM Sayer made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> AGE Ealham (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 23
--> JN Shepherd (2) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> NM McVicker reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent first innings
--> PB Clift reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent first innings
--> PB Clift reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent first innings
--> K Higgs reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent second innings

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