f32567 cc15540	Leicestershire v Kent
	Schweppes County Championship 1979
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 2nd, 4th, 5th June 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 8 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Kent 16 (Batting 2, Bowling 2)
Umpires	JVC Griffiths, KE Palmer
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 1/0 (Woolmer 1*, Rowe 0*; 3 overs)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 34/2 (Balderstone 9*, Davison 0*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NE Briers	c Woolmer b Hills	8
JF Steele	lbw b Shepherd	35
JC Balderstone	b Shepherd	11
BF Davison	b Shepherd	32
DI Gower	lbw b Dilley	56
+RW Tolchard	c Hills b Shepherd	61
PB Clift	not out	36
P Booth	not out	5
NGB Cook	did not bat
*K Higgs	did not bat
LB Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 97 overs)	252
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-43, 3-76, 4-97, 5-174, 6-239

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dilley	15	3	40	1	-	-
Shepherd	24	3	84	4	-	-
Hills	17	6	47	1	-	-
Woolmer	7	0	11	0	-	-
Underwood	21	11	32	0	-	-
Johnson	13	2	30	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Woolmer	lbw b Higgs	14
CJC Rowe	c Steele b Higgs	10
CJ Tavaré	lbw b Higgs	4
CS Cowdrey	run out	53
*AGE Ealham	c Gower b Higgs	64
JN Shepherd	b Higgs	0
GW Johnson	c Booth b Clift	53
+APE Knott	c Briers b Steele	16
RW Hills	b Taylor	9
DL Underwood	c Steele b Clift	7
GR Dilley	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 99.2 overs)	245
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-26, 3-36, 4-150, 5-150, 6-165, 7-209, 8-234, 9-243, 10-245 (99.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	24	5	58	1	-	-
Higgs	24	10	37	5	-	-
Booth	11	5	29	0	-	-
Clift	15.2	3	42	2	-	-
Cook	15	4	46	0	-	-
Steele	10	2	18	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NE Briers	b Dilley	24
JF Steele	c Ealham b Dilley	0
JC Balderstone	c and b Underwood	51
BF Davison	c Tavaré b Shepherd	1
DI Gower	c Knott b Underwood	56
+RW Tolchard	c Underwood b Rowe	10
PB Clift	c Tavaré b Underwood	27
P Booth	b Rowe	14
NGB Cook	c Johnson b Underwood	5
*K Higgs	b Underwood	1
LB Taylor	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 3 nb, 2 w)	6
Total	(all out, 89.2 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-34, 3-35, 4-130, 5-146, 6-146, 7-176, 8-192, 9-194, 10-195 (89.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dilley	14	2	42	2	-	-
Shepherd	15	5	44	1	-	-
Hills	8	1	33	0	-	-
Underwood	29.2	14	38	5	-	-
Johnson	4	2	6	0	-	-
Rowe	19	9	26	2	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Woolmer	not out	88
CJC Rowe	c Briers b Clift	42
CJ Tavaré	c Higgs b Clift	25
+APE Knott	not out	38
CS Cowdrey	did not bat
*AGE Ealham	did not bat
JN Shepherd	did not bat
GW Johnson	did not bat
RW Hills	did not bat
DL Underwood	did not bat
GR Dilley	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(2 wickets, 30.1 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-77, 2-155

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	11	1	58	0	-	-
Higgs	8	0	34	0	-	-
Booth	2.1	0	26	0	-	-
Clift	6	0	53	2	-	-
Cook	1	0	8	0	-	-
Steele	2	0	14	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
--> PB Clift (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> APE Knott (2) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 25
--> CJC Rowe reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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