f32096 cc15383	Worcestershire v Leicestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 14th, 15th, 16th June 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Worcestershire 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Leicestershire 5 (Batting 4, Bowling 1)
Umpires	KE Palmer, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 36/1 (Steele 11*, Clift 3*; 14 overs)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 39/0 (Ormrod 11*, Turner 25*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Ormrod	b Steele	138
GM Turner	c and b Taylor	0
PA Neale	c Tolchard b Booth	22
EJO Hemsley	not out	141
BL D'Oliveira	not out	34
DN Patel	did not bat
+DJ Humphries	did not bat
*N Gifford	did not bat
VA Holder	did not bat
AP Pridgeon	did not bat
J Cumbes	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 9 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(3 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	349
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-60, 3-271

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	25	9	71	0	-	-
Taylor	20	3	90	1	-	-
Booth	15	3	47	1	-	-
Clift	20	6	41	0	-	-
Balderstone	10	1	30	0	-	-
Steele	5	1	25	1	-	-
Illingworth	5	0	31	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NE Briers	lbw b Holder	19
JF Steele	st Humphries b Gifford	133
PB Clift	c Neale b Gifford	37
B Dudleston	c Ormrod b Gifford	1
BF Davison	b Holder	52
JC Balderstone	c and b Cumbes	37
+RW Tolchard	not out	8
*R Illingworth	not out	4
P Booth	did not bat
LB Taylor	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 7 nb)	11
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 92 overs)	302
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-114, 3-116, 4-190, 5-280, 6-296

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	22	4	72	2	-	-
Pridgeon	16	3	50	0	-	-
Cumbes	21	4	84	1	-	-
Gifford	22	5	53	3	-	-
D'Oliveira	11	3	32	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Ormrod	not out	11
GM Turner	not out	25
PA Neale	did not bat
EJO Hemsley	did not bat
BL D'Oliveira	did not bat
DN Patel	did not bat
+DJ Humphries	did not bat
*N Gifford	did not bat
VA Holder	did not bat
AP Pridgeon	did not bat
J Cumbes	did not bat
Extras	(3 nb)	3
Total	(no wicket, 14 overs)	39

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	5	2	9	0	-	-
Taylor	5	0	16	0	-	-
Clift	4	2	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> NE Briers (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> JF Steele (1) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 88
--> N Gifford reached 1450 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> VA Holder reached 500 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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