f31036	Marylebone Cricket Club v Leicestershire
	Other First-Class matches in England 1976
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 21st, 22nd, 23rd April 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Marylebone Cricket Club won by 9 wickets
Umpires	KE Palmer, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Marylebone Cricket Club (1) 24/2 (Amiss 7*, Steele 0*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 164/1 (Dudleston 74*, Balderstone 39*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	b Woolmer	19
JF Steele	c Brearley b Willis	1
JC Balderstone	c Steele b Woolmer	24
BF Davison	lbw b Pocock	103
*R Illingworth	c Woolmer b Edmonds	20
+RW Tolchard	st Stovold b Edmonds	23
PB Clift	c Edmonds b Pocock	4
J Birkenshaw	not out	22
NM McVicker	c Slocombe b Pocock	3
P Booth	not out	8
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 11 lb, 8 nb)	20
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 100 overs)	247
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-48, 3-59, 4-121, 5-173, 6-192, 7-217, 8-229

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	19	4	29	1	-	-
Ward	17	6	40	0	-	-
Woolmer	19	7	30	2	-	-
Edmonds	18	7	48	2	-	-
Pocock	27	4	80	3	-	-

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Marylebone Cricket Club first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DL Amiss	b Clift	36
JM Brearley	lbw b Clift	17
PI Pocock	b Clift	0
DS Steele	b Clift	0
RA Woolmer	b Clift	3
*D Lloyd	lbw b Clift	0
PH Edmonds	lbw b Clift	23
PA Slocombe	not out	34
+AW Stovold	b Booth	31
RGD Willis	c Davison b Booth	0
A Ward	b Clift	1
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 61.5 overs)	149
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-24, 3-26, 4-46, 5-46, 6-59, 7-110, 8-143, 9-144, 10-149 (61.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Booth	21	4	63	2	-	-
Higgs	14	4	39	0	-	-
Clift	16.5	9	17	8	-	-
McVicker	10	3	26	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	not out	103
JF Steele	b Woolmer	33
JC Balderstone	run out	44
BF Davison	not out	26
*R Illingworth	did not bat
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
PB Clift	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
NM McVicker	did not bat
P Booth	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 14 nb)	20
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 79.2 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-71, 2-183

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	14	4	21	0	-	-
Ward	16	3	55	0	-	-
Woolmer	20	6	44	1	-	-
Edmonds	13	3	39	0	-	-
Pocock	16.2	5	47	0	-	-

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Marylebone Cricket Club second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DL Amiss	b Birkenshaw	164
JM Brearley	not out	137
DS Steele	not out	16
PI Pocock	did not bat
RA Woolmer	did not bat
*D Lloyd	did not bat
PH Edmonds	did not bat
PA Slocombe	did not bat
+AW Stovold	did not bat
RGD Willis	did not bat
A Ward	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 4 nb)	9
Total	(1 wicket, 76.5 overs)	326
Fall of wickets:
1-301 (Amiss)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Booth	9	0	51	0	-	-
Higgs	11	0	51	0	-	-
Clift	17	3	49	0	-	-
McVicker	8	3	36	0	-	-
Steele	10	1	35	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	13	1	52	1	-	-
Balderstone	7	1	34	0	-	-
Dudleston	1.5	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JF Steele (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> DL Amiss (2) passed 22000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 119
--> PH Edmonds reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> PB Clift achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Marylebone Cricket Club first innings (previous best was 7-38)

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