f31635 cc15226	Kent v Leicestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	Mote Park, Maidstone on 2nd, 4th, 5th July 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by an innings and 2 runs
Points	Kent 20 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Leicestershire 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	R Aspinall, AGT Whitehead
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 46/2 (Balderstone 12*, Davison 15*; 16 overs)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 80/5 (Tolchard 26*, Illingworth 4*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Woolmer	c and b Clift	30
GS Clinton	c Illingworth b Shuttleworth	2
CJC Rowe	b Clift	53
*Asif Iqbal	c and b Balderstone	116
AGE Ealham	c Tolchard b Shuttleworth	0
+APE Knott	c Briers b Higgs	109
BD Julien	c Balderstone b Clift	48
JN Shepherd	b Balderstone	7
RW Hills	b Higgs	18
DL Underwood	not out	1
KBS Jarvis	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 99.4 overs)	399
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-80, 3-89, 4-94, 5-287, 6-333, 7-349, 8-398, 9-399 (99.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	22.4	6	51	2	-	-
Shuttleworth	17	0	50	2	-	-
Clift	21	2	82	3	-	-
Steele	10	2	40	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	8	0	63	0	-	-
Illingworth	8	2	35	0	-	-
Balderstone	13	0	63	2	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	c Knott b Julien	8
NE Briers	lbw b Jarvis	8
JC Balderstone	c Knott b Julien	68
BF Davison	c Knott b Shepherd	38
DI Gower	c Knott b Shepherd	0
+RW Tolchard	c Knott b Jarvis	0
*R Illingworth	c Woolmer b Julien	20
J Birkenshaw	c Asif Iqbal b Julien	30
PB Clift	c Julien b Underwood	18
K Shuttleworth	c Jarvis b Woolmer	29
K Higgs	not out	1
Extras	(1 lb, 9 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 88.1 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-17, 3-80, 4-80, 5-91, 6-125, 7-180, 8-181, 9-217, 10-230 (88.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jarvis	27	8	88	2	-	-
Julien	23	10	43	4	-	-
Shepherd	24	9	57	2	-	-
Underwood	7	2	13	1	-	-
Woolmer	7.1	3	19	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	lbw b Julien	35
NE Briers	c and b Julien	1
JC Balderstone	c Knott b Shepherd	5
BF Davison	c Asif Iqbal b Jarvis	3
DI Gower	c Woolmer b Jarvis	2
+RW Tolchard	c Shepherd b Woolmer	68
*R Illingworth	c Knott b Woolmer	33
K Higgs	c Knott b Shepherd	0
J Birkenshaw	not out	10
PB Clift	c Knott b Woolmer	0
K Shuttleworth	b Shepherd	3
Extras	(2 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	7
Total	(all out, 61.1 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-20, 3-29, 4-32, 5-65, 6-152, 7-154, 8-154, 9-156, 10-167 (61.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jarvis	15	4	54	2	-	-
Julien	15	5	38	2	-	-
Shepherd	18.1	4	55	3	-	-
Underwood	1	1	0	0	-	-
Woolmer	8	5	7	3	-	-
Asif Iqbal	1	0	1	0	-	-
Hills	3	0	5	0	-	-

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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
--> APE Knott (1) passed 13500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 20
--> R Illingworth (1) passed 23500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> JF Steele (2) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> RW Tolchard (2) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 57
--> JN Shepherd reached 750 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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