f31745 cc15322	Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	Trent Bridge, Nottingham on 7th, 8th, 9th September 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by an innings and 5 runs
Points	Nottinghamshire 1 (Batting 1); Leicestershire 20 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	R Julian, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Nottinghamshire (1) 50/2 (Hassan 14*, Randall 6*)
Close of play day 2	Nottinghamshire (2) 62/2 (Randall 28*, Rice 29*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+B Dudleston	c Rice b Doshi	93
JF Steele	run out	1
JC Balderstone	not out	178
BF Davison	not out	51
DI Gower	did not bat
RW Tolchard	did not bat
*R Illingworth	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
P Booth	did not bat
A Ward	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(2 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	326
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-220

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rice	12	3	55	0	-	-
Cooper	15	2	61	0	-	-
Doshi	44	8	111	1	-	-
Birch	4	0	26	0	-	-
White	25	5	70	0	-	-

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Nottinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SB Hassan	c Birkenshaw b Higgs	23
PA Todd	c Steele b Booth	25
+BN French	lbw b Booth	0
DW Randall	c Dudleston b Booth	11
CEB Rice	c Birkenshaw b Higgs	4
*MJ Smedley	c Davison b Illingworth	41
HT Tunnicliffe	b Ward	14
JD Birch	b Birkenshaw	24
RA White	c Tolchard b Illingworth	7
KE Cooper	b Illingworth	0
DR Doshi	not out	1
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 6 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 78.5 overs)	162
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-43, 3-67, 4-67, 5-74, 6-98, 7-140, 8-156, 9-161, 10-162 (78.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ward	13	4	34	1	-	-
Higgs	17	6	25	2	-	-
Booth	17	5	26	3	-	-
Birkenshaw	22	7	42	1	-	-
Illingworth	9.5	3	23	3	-	-

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Nottinghamshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SB Hassan	c Dudleston b Ward	0
PA Todd	c Birkenshaw b Higgs	3
DW Randall	c Dudleston b Birkenshaw	28
CEB Rice	c Gower b Balderstone	64
*MJ Smedley	c Ward b Illingworth	20
HT Tunnicliffe	st Dudleston b Balderstone	8
JD Birch	c Dudleston b Illingworth	7
RA White	c Gower b Balderstone	5
+BN French	not out	2
KE Cooper	b Balderstone	0
DR Doshi	c Dudleston b Illingworth	18
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 62.2 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-8, 3-67, 4-108, 5-122, 6-127, 7-139, 8-139, 9-140, 10-159 (62.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ward	6	2	15	1	-	-
Higgs	9	2	22	1	-	-
Booth	6	1	15	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	10	2	40	1	-	-
Illingworth	19.2	7	30	3	-	-
Balderstone	12	5	33	4	-	-

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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
--> B Dudleston (1) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 48
--> JC Balderstone (1) passed his previous highest score of 168 in First-Class matches
--> JC Balderstone (1) passed his previous highest score of 168 in County Championship matches
--> JC Balderstone (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 3
--> DR Doshi (2) equalled his previous highest score of 18 in County Championship matches
--> J Birkenshaw reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Nottinghamshire second innings

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