f32152 cc15427	Middlesex v Leicestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 12th, 13th, 14th July 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 1 wicket
Points	Middlesex 16 (Bowling 4); Leicestershire 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4)
Umpires	FR Goodall, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 62/5 (Radley 19*, Gatting 6*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 29/0 (Brearley 14*, Radley 15*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	lbw b Gatting	19
JF Steele	c Tomlins b Gatting	23
JC Balderstone	not out	52
BF Davison	b Gatting	5
DI Gower	c Radley b Selvey	23
+RW Tolchard	b Selvey	5
J Birkenshaw	c Edmonds b Gatting	5
PB Clift	c Edmonds b Gatting	5
*R Illingworth	b Selvey	5
P Booth	c Gould b Edmonds	8
K Higgs	c Gould b Daniel	0
Extras	(3 b, 9 lb, 5 nb, 2 w)	19
Total	(all out, 70.5 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-54, 3-65, 4-101, 5-119, 6-124, 7-134, 8-147, 9-166, 10-169 (70.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	17.5	7	19	1	-	-
Selvey	23	6	56	3	-	-
Gatting	24	7	59	5	-	-
Edmonds	6	2	16	1	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JM Brearley	c Tolchard b Higgs	9
MJ Smith	b Higgs	16
CT Radley	c Steele b Clift	19
GD Barlow	c Steele b Higgs	0
KP Tomlins	lbw b Higgs	0
+IJ Gould	b Higgs	7
MW Gatting	b Higgs	53
PH Edmonds	c and b Clift	10
JE Emburey	c Steele b Clift	20
MWW Selvey	not out	8
WW Daniel	b Higgs	0
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	6
Total	(all out, 72.4 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-31, 3-31, 4-31, 5-39, 6-62, 7-74, 8-131, 9-147, 10-148 (72.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	28.4	11	44	7	-	-
Booth	6	0	27	0	-	-
Clift	22	7	42	3	-	-
Illingworth	8	4	10	0	-	-
Balderstone	8	1	19	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Barlow b Edmonds	27
JF Steele	c sub b Emburey	23
JC Balderstone	c Radley b Edmonds	4
BF Davison	run out	1
DI Gower	c Gould b Emburey	3
+RW Tolchard	not out	17
J Birkenshaw	c Emburey b Edmonds	13
PB Clift	c Gould b Edmonds	7
*R Illingworth	c Tomlins b Edmonds	0
P Booth	st Gould b Edmonds	0
K Higgs	b Edmonds	0
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 59.2 overs)	98
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-51, 3-52, 4-59, 5-62, 6-80, 7-94, 8-94, 9-98, 10-98 (59.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	7	3	12	0	-	-
Selvey	4	2	10	0	-	-
Gatting	7	1	10	0	-	-
Edmonds	18.2	6	34	7	-	-
Emburey	23	10	29	2	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JM Brearley	c Higgs b Balderstone	23
MJ Smith	b Balderstone	0
CT Radley	lbw b Steele	34
GD Barlow	c and b Steele	9
KP Tomlins	lbw b Steele	1
+IJ Gould	b Balderstone	2
MW Gatting	st Tolchard b Balderstone	11
PH Edmonds	lbw b Balderstone	23
JE Emburey	lbw b Higgs	0
MWW Selvey	not out	12
WW Daniel	not out	2
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(9 wickets, 49 overs)	120
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-65, 3-66, 4-66, 5-68, 6-73, 7-103, 8-106, 9-106

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	7	2	21	1	-	-
Booth	2	0	7	0	-	-
Illingworth	8	0	31	0	-	-
Balderstone	14	3	35	5	-	-
Steele	18	8	23	3	-	-

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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 12000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> PH Edmonds (2) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 20
--> MW Gatting achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 3-13)
--> MW Gatting achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire first innings
--> MWW Selvey reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> MW Gatting achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 3-13)
--> MW Gatting achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings
--> JF Steele reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex second innings

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