f31538 cc15153	Yorkshire v Leicestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	Headingley, Leeds on 4th, 5th, 6th May 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Yorkshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Yorkshire 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Leicestershire 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	CG Pepper, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Yorkshire (1) 57/2 (Athey 22*, Johnson 12*)
Close of play day 2	Yorkshire (1) 225/7 (Hampshire 88*, Carrick 3*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	b Robinson	2
JF Steele	c Love b Old	3
JC Balderstone	c Bairstow b Old	3
BF Davison	lbw b Robinson	15
DI Gower	c Lumb b Robinson	5
+RW Tolchard	b Stevenson	28
*R Illingworth	c Old b Stevenson	1
J Birkenshaw	b Robinson	0
PB Clift	lbw b Robinson	0
A Ward	c Lumb b Stevenson	3
K Higgs	not out	0
Extras	(6 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 29.5 overs)	67
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-9, 3-13, 4-18, 5-61, 6-61, 7-62, 8-63, 9-67, 10-67 (29.5 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Old	10	3	18	2	-	-
Robinson	14.5	4	28	5	-	-
Stevenson	5	2	14	3	-	-

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RG Lumb	lbw b Clift	19
GA Cope	c Birkenshaw b Ward	2
CWJ Athey	c Steele b Illingworth	32
C Johnson	c Higgs b Illingworth	21
*JH Hampshire	lbw b Higgs	93
JD Love	c Tolchard b Higgs	2
CM Old	lbw b Higgs	44
+DL Bairstow	c Clift b Ward	7
P Carrick	lbw b Ward	6
GB Stevenson	b Higgs	7
AL Robinson	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 104.1 overs)	242
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-32, 3-73, 4-76, 5-79, 6-166, 7-205, 8-232, 9-242, 10-242 (104.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ward	25	3	88	3	-	-
Higgs	29.1	6	59	4	-	-
Clift	31	12	43	1	-	-
Illingworth	10	5	13	2	-	-
Steele	9	3	30	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Robinson b Old	2
JF Steele	not out	2
JC Balderstone	did not bat
BF Davison	did not bat
DI Gower	did not bat
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
*R Illingworth	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
PB Clift	did not bat
A Ward	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 9 overs)	4
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Dudleston, 9 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Old	5	2	4	1	-	-
Robinson	4	4	0	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
--> CWJ Athey (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> A Ward made his debut for Leicestershire in County Championship matches
--> K Higgs reached 1400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Yorkshire first innings

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