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Format: CricInfo Version 2 
Schweppes County Championship, 1977Leicestershire v Middlesex
 Grace Road, Leicester
 30 July, 1,2 August 1977 (3-day match)
 
Result: Leicestershire won by 61 runsPoints: Leicestershire 20, Middlesex 5
 
Toss:Umpires: DGL Evans and D Sang Hue
 
Close of Play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Leicestershire 1st innings
NE Briers             c Barlow           b Emburey             62
JF Steele             c Smith            b Edmonds             93
JC Balderstone        c Emburey          b Edmonds              0
BF Davison            c Ross             b Edmonds             53
DI Gower              c Radley           b Emburey             46
+RW Tolchard          not out                                  20
J Birkenshaw          not out                                   5
Extras                (b 6, lb 11, nb 10)                      27
Total                 (5 wickets, 100 overs)                  306
DNB: *R Illingworth, K Shuttleworth, A Ward, K Higgs.
FoW: 1-162, 2-163, 3-178, 4-267, 5-287.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Daniel                       9      0     40      0
Selvey                      10      3     26      0
Edmonds                     41      5    104      3
Gatting                      2      1     11      0
Emburey                     34     10     86      2
Featherstone                 4      0     12      0
Middlesex 1st innings
*MJ Smith                            c & b Birkenshaw          34
NPD Ross              st Tolchard        b Illingworth         16
CT Radley                            c & b Balderstone         34
GD Barlow             c Davison          b Illingworth          4
MW Gatting            c Briers           b Birkenshaw          71
NG Featherstone                          b Birkenshaw          61
PH Edmonds                               b Birkenshaw           0
+IJ Gould             c Higgs            b Balderstone          8
JE Emburey                               b Ward                16
MWW Selvey            c Tolchard         b Ward                11
WW Daniel             not out                                   1
Extras                (lb 7, nb 3)                             10
Total                 (all out, 96.4 overs)                   266
FoW: 1-41, 2-73, 3-89, 4-97, 5-210,
     6-210, 7-239, 8-239, 9-262, 10-266.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Ward                         5.4    1     20      2
Higgs                        4      1     12      0
Balderstone                 33     12     79      2
Birkenshaw                  24      6     69      4
Illingworth                 17      2     48      2
Steele                      10      4     15      0
Shuttleworth                 3      0     13      0
Leicestershire 2nd innings
NE Briers             st Gould           b Edmonds             16
JF Steele                                b Emburey             44
JC Balderstone                           b Featherstone        36
BF Davison                           c & b Featherstone        61
DI Gower              c Gould            b Emburey              0
+RW Tolchard          not out                                  43
J Birkenshaw                             b Edmonds             42
Extras                (b 6, lb 4)                              10
Total                 (6 wickets declared, 99.5 overs)        252
DNB: *R Illingworth, K Shuttleworth, A Ward, K Higgs.
FoW: 1-29, 2-32, 3-109, 4-127, 5-184, 6-252.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Daniel                       3      1      4      0
Selvey                       4      1      5      0
Edmonds                     33.5   11     80      2
Emburey                     42      9    103      2
Featherstone                17      3     50      2
Middlesex 2nd innings (target: 293 runs)
*MJ Smith                            c & b Steele              21
NPD Ross                                 b Ward                10
CT Radley             c Briers           b Balderstone         84
GD Barlow             c Gower            b Birkenshaw          12
MW Gatting                               b Birkenshaw          24
NG Featherstone       c Birkenshaw       b Balderstone         15
PH Edmonds            c Illingworth      b Birkenshaw          14
+IJ Gould                                b Balderstone          4
JE Emburey            c Higgs            b Birkenshaw          28
MWW Selvey                               b Balderstone          4
WW Daniel             not out                                   4
Extras                (lb 6, w 1, nb 4)                        11
Total                 (all out, 74 overs)                     231
FoW: 1-24, 2-53, 3-106, 4-140, 5-166,
     6-177, 7-185, 8-199, 9-211, 10-231.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Ward                         4      0     18      1
Higgs                        4      0     24      0
Balderstone                 23      5     53      4
Birkenshaw                  24      3     78      4
Illingworth                 12      4     33      0
Steele                       7      3     14      1
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