f31715 cc15294	Warwickshire v Leicestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 13th, 15th, 16th August 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Warwickshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Warwickshire won by 5 wickets
Points	Warwickshire 20 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Leicestershire 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	DO Oslear, CG Pepper
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 45/2 (Balderstone 0*, Davison 5*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 169/6 (Tolchard 46*, Birkenshaw 29*)

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DL Amiss	b Higgs	32
RN Abberley	lbw b Booth	11
J Whitehouse	c Tolchard b Ward	133
AI Kallicharran	c Davison b Birkenshaw	75
PR Oliver	c Higgs b Birkenshaw	24
+GW Humpage	c Steele b Illingworth	16
*RB Kanhai	c Birkenshaw b Higgs	25
WA Bourne	not out	8
SP Perryman	did not bat
RL Savage	did not bat
DC Hopkins	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 97.5 overs)	329
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-43, 3-196, 4-236, 5-270, 6-321, 7-329 (97.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ward	10	1	49	1	-	-
Higgs	19.5	3	64	2	-	-
Booth	16	0	56	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	26	7	65	2	-	-
Balderstone	8	2	23	0	-	-
Steele	12	2	39	0	-	-
Illingworth	6	0	28	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	c Kallicharran b Savage	27
M Schepens	c Humpage b Perryman	12
JC Balderstone	c Humpage b Perryman	16
BF Davison	c Kallicharran b Savage	12
DI Gower	c and b Savage	2
+RW Tolchard	c Humpage b Savage	1
*R Illingworth	c Oliver b Perryman	6
J Birkenshaw	c Humpage b Perryman	2
P Booth	c Humpage b Perryman	9
A Ward	c Whitehouse b Perryman	0
K Higgs	not out	8
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 53.5 overs)	97
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-40, 3-54, 4-57, 5-63, 6-73, 7-75, 8-80, 9-80, 10-97 (53.5 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hopkins	4	1	9	0	-	-
Bourne	4	0	19	0	-	-
Savage	23	9	37	4	-	-
Perryman	22.5	10	30	6	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	c Oliver b Savage	13
M Schepens	c Oliver b Hopkins	4
JC Balderstone	b Savage	20
BF Davison	c and b Bourne	49
DI Gower	c Humpage b Savage	0
+RW Tolchard	lbw b Bourne	76
*R Illingworth	b Bourne	2
J Birkenshaw	b Bourne	76
P Booth	lbw b Hopkins	2
K Higgs	not out	11
A Ward	c and b Bourne	15
Extras	(9 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(all out, 121.5 overs)	286
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-37, 3-42, 4-46, 5-95, 6-123, 7-246, 8-258, 9-260, 10-286 (121.5 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hopkins	10	3	25	2	-	-
Bourne	31.5	9	68	5	-	-
Savage	39	7	103	3	-	-
Perryman	30	12	49	0	-	-
Oliver	11	3	23	0	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DL Amiss	lbw b Booth	8
RN Abberley	b Booth	16
J Whitehouse	b Illingworth	11
AI Kallicharran	c Higgs b Illingworth	11
PR Oliver	not out	1
+GW Humpage	b Birkenshaw	4
*RB Kanhai	not out	3
WA Bourne	did not bat
SP Perryman	did not bat
RL Savage	did not bat
DC Hopkins	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(5 wickets, 16.1 overs)	55
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-32, 3-42, 4-47, 5-52

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ward	5	1	22	0	-	-
Booth	5	1	15	2	-	-
Birkenshaw	3	1	11	1	-	-
Illingworth	3.1	2	6	2	-	-

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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
--> WA Bourne made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> WA Bourne made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> J Whitehouse (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 64
--> BF Davison (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 30
--> J Birkenshaw (2) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> K Higgs reached 1200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Warwickshire first innings
--> RL Savage reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> SP Perryman reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> RL Savage reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> WA Bourne achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire second innings (previous best was 4-39)
--> WA Bourne achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire second innings

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