f32727 cc15666	Leicestershire v Northamptonshire
	Schweppes County Championship 1979
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 25th, 27th, 28th August 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Northamptonshire 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2)
Umpires	DJ Dennis, AGT Whitehead
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 53/0 (Dudleston 22*, Steele 26*; 21 overs)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 88/1 (Willey 59*, Williams 11*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	lbw b Shuttleworth	18
P Willey	b Taylor	67
RG Williams	c Dudleston b Shuttleworth	9
AJ Lamb	b Clift	178
TJ Yardley	c Gower b Clift	18
RM Carter	lbw b Clift	0
+G Sharp	b Steele	35
*PJ Watts	st Dudleston b Birkenshaw	9
A Hodgson	c Shuttleworth b Birkenshaw	0
TM Lamb	run out	0
BJ Griffiths	not out	1
Extras	(14 b, 16 lb, 1 nb)	31
Total	(all out, 95.5 overs)	366
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-80, 3-144, 4-193, 5-193, 6-315, 7-350, 8-352, 9-364, 10-366 (95.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	14	2	50	1	-	-
Higgs	15	2	48	0	-	-
Shuttleworth	8	0	40	2	-	-
Clift	23.5	8	68	3	-	-
Cook	10	1	38	0	-	-
Balderstone	9	1	39	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	10	2	29	2	-	-
Steele	6	0	23	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+B Dudleston	lbw b Williams	93
JF Steele	c Cook b TM Lamb	46
JC Balderstone	c Willey b Griffiths	34
BF Davison	c AJ Lamb b Griffiths	35
DI Gower	not out	84
PB Clift	c Watts b Hodgson	29
J Birkenshaw	not out	17
K Shuttleworth	did not bat
NGB Cook	did not bat
*K Higgs	did not bat
LB Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 10 lb, 3 nb)	19
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 104 overs)	357
Fall of wickets:
1-119, 2-172, 3-196, 4-264, 5-318

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Griffiths	22	4	60	2	-	-
Hodgson	17	2	83	1	-	-
Willey	25	4	73	0	-	-
TM Lamb	18	4	67	1	-	-
Williams	22	5	55	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	b Cook	16
P Willey	c Higgs b Cook	69
RG Williams	run out	11
AJ Lamb	b Cook	12
TJ Yardley	c Gower b Shuttleworth	57
RM Carter	c Davison b Birkenshaw	9
+G Sharp	b Cook	32
*PJ Watts	c Steele b Cook	13
A Hodgson	c Davison b Cook	5
TM Lamb	not out	6
BJ Griffiths	b Clift	5
Extras	(5 b, 10 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 127.2 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-89, 3-105, 4-122, 5-142, 6-194, 7-224, 8-230, 9-241, 10-250 (127.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	1	1	0	0	-	-
Higgs	4	0	17	0	-	-
Shuttleworth	11	2	19	1	-	-
Clift	4.2	1	12	1	-	-
Cook	43	17	72	6	-	-
Balderstone	31	10	50	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	22	3	47	1	-	-
Steele	11	6	18	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+B Dudleston	b Griffiths	11
BF Davison	lbw b Willey	25
JC Balderstone	c Watts b Griffiths	1
DI Gower	c Watts b Hodgson	17
J Birkenshaw	not out	23
JF Steele	not out	4
PB Clift	did not bat
K Shuttleworth	did not bat
NGB Cook	did not bat
*K Higgs	did not bat
LB Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(4 wickets, 36 overs)	87
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-31, 3-31, 4-70

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Griffiths	8	2	25	2	-	-
Hodgson	6	2	14	1	-	-
Willey	12	6	12	1	-	-
Williams	10	2	30	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
--> Leicestershire score at 100 overs in the first innings was 329-5
--> P Willey (1) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 57
--> AJ Lamb (1) passed his previous highest score of 140 in County Championship matches
--> AJ Lamb (1) passed his previous highest score of 140 in First-Class matches
--> AJ Lamb (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 137
--> JF Steele (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 36
--> JC Balderstone (1) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> RG Williams reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> BJ Griffiths reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> NGB Cook achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Northamptonshire second innings (previous best was 3-44)
--> NGB Cook achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Northamptonshire second innings
--> NGB Cook achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire second innings (previous best was 3-55)
--> NGB Cook achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire second innings

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