f32676 cc15621	Leicestershire v Worcestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1979
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 28th, 30th, 31st July 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 5 (Batting 3, Bowling 2); Worcestershire 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	JVC Griffiths, J van Geloven
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 275/8 (Shuttleworth 25*, Cook 1*; 77 overs)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (1) 380/7 (Hemsley 89*, Holder 0*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	lbw b Cumbes	68
NE Briers	c Humphries b Cumbes	23
JC Balderstone	c Inchmore b Younis Ahmed	22
BF Davison	b Cumbes	66
DI Gower	c Ormrod b Holder	4
+RW Tolchard	c Humphries b Holder	17
PB Clift	c Turner b Holder	0
K Shuttleworth	b Inchmore	35
GJ Parsons	c Humphries b Inchmore	17
NGB Cook	not out	7
*K Higgs	c Humphries b Holder	3
Extras	(8 lb, 25 nb)	33
Total	(all out, 82.2 overs)	295
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-107, 3-194, 4-200, 5-224, 6-228, 7-228, 8-272, 9-290, 10-295 (82.2 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	27.2	4	79	4	-	-
Inchmore	25	6	93	2	-	-
Cumbes	24	5	74	3	-	-
Younis Ahmed	6	1	16	1	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	c Tolchard b Cook	120
JA Ormrod	c Dudleston b Cook	44
PA Neale	c Tolchard b Shuttleworth	11
EJO Hemsley	c Tolchard b Shuttleworth	93
Younis Ahmed	c Tolchard b Parsons	47
DN Patel	b Shuttleworth	17
+DJ Humphries	c Balderstone b Parsons	39
JD Inchmore	c Tolchard b Higgs	2
VA Holder	not out	9
*N Gifford	c Cook b Clift	2
J Cumbes	c Briers b Clift	8
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 5 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 116.5 overs)	404
Fall of wickets:
1-133, 2-158, 3-182, 4-249, 5-287, 6-377, 7-380, 8-387, 9-392, 10-404 (116.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	16	4	50	1	-	-
Shuttleworth	26	4	100	3	-	-
Clift	12.5	2	51	2	-	-
Parsons	18	7	48	2	-	-
Cook	30	9	83	2	-	-
Balderstone	14	3	60	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Hemsley b Inchmore	0
NE Briers	c Gifford b Inchmore	1
JC Balderstone	lbw b Inchmore	22
BF Davison	c Ormrod b Gifford	4
DI Gower	c Hemsley b Gifford	32
+RW Tolchard	not out	27
PB Clift	not out	23
K Shuttleworth	did not bat
GJ Parsons	did not bat
NGB Cook	did not bat
*K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 14 nb, 4 w)	22
Total	(5 wickets, 54 overs)	131
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-12, 3-23, 4-63, 5-76

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	10	3	23	0	-	-
Inchmore	16	6	38	3	-	-
Cumbes	2	1	3	0	-	-
Gifford	20	8	33	2	-	-
Patel	6	1	12	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
--> Worcestershire score at 100 overs in the first innings was 364-5
--> BF Davison (1) passed 17000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> K Shuttleworth (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> GM Turner (1) passed 28000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 85
--> BF Davison (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 1
--> N Gifford reached 1300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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