Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Schweppes County Championship, 1978
Hampshire v Leicestershire
County Ground, Southampton
28,29,30 June 1978

Result: Leicestershire won by an innings and 101 runs
Points: Hampshire 3 (Bat: 0 Bowl: 3), Leicestershi 20 (Bat: 4 Bowl: 4)

Toss: Hampshire
Umpires: WL Budd and DJ Halfyard

Close of Play:

Hampshire 1st innings
BA Richards           c Tolchard         b Higgs                3
VP Terry              c Tolchard         b Higgs                5
DR Turner             c Birkenshaw       b Higgs                5
TE Jesty              c Davison          b Shuttleworth         5
JM Rice                                  b Clift                8
NG Cowley                                b Clift               13
MNS Taylor            c Steele           b Shuttleworth         2
*+GR Stephenson       c Higgs            b Booth               28
AME Roberts           lbw                b Shuttleworth        14
K Stevenson           c Tolchard         b Higgs               16
JW Southern           not out                                   1
Extras                (lb 4, w 2)                               6
Total                 (all out, 66 overs)                     106

FoW: 1-3, 2-16, 3-21, 4-21, 5-41, 6-46, 7-48, 8-69, 9-96, 10-106.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Booth                       14      4     27      1
Higgs                       21     11     22      4
Shuttleworth                19      7     27      3
Clift                       12      4     24      2

Leicestershire 1st innings
NE Briers             c Stevenson        b Roberts              0
JF Steele                                b Stevenson           31
B Dudleston           c Stephenson       b Roberts             10
BF Davison            c sub              b Jesty              144
K Shuttleworth                           b Stevenson            6
JC Balderstone        c Turner           b Cowley              15
+RW Tolchard          not out                                  50
J Birkenshaw                             b Cowley              29
PB Clift              not out                                   1
Extras                (lb 7, w 3, nb 4)                        14
Total                 (7 wickets declared, 97 overs)          300

DNB: P Booth, *K Higgs.

FoW: 1-0, 2-32, 3-78, 4-96, 5-168, 6-242, 7-296.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Roberts                     15      8     28      2
Taylor                      15      5     27      0
Stevenson                   15      3     61      2
Jesty                       11      2     29      1
Southern                    20      2     77      0
Cowley                      21      6     64      2

Hampshire 2nd innings
BA Richards           c Higgs            b Balderstone         29
VP Terry              c Shuttleworth     b Birkenshaw           8
DR Turner             c Clift            b Balderstone         11
TE Jesty              c Clift            b Balderstone          6
NG Cowley             c Shuttleworth     b Clift               13
JM Rice               st Tolchard        b Birkenshaw           3
MNS Taylor            c Shuttleworth     b Birkenshaw           2
*+GR Stephenson       not out                                  16
AME Roberts           c Dudleston        b Balderstone          0
K Stevenson           c Shuttleworth     b Balderstone          0
JW Southern                              b Balderstone          0
Extras                (b 4, lb 1)                               5
Total                 (all out, 65 overs)                      93

FoW: 1-38, 2-48, 3-58, 4-59, 5-66, 6-77, 7-77, 8-83, 9-93, 10-93.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Booth                        5      1     15      0
Higgs                        5      1      8      0
Clift                       10      7     17      1
Balderstone                 23     14     25      6
Birkenshaw                  22     14     23      3

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