f25354	Leicestershire v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1964
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 8th, 9th, 10th July 1964 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	T Drinkwater, CG Pepper
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), DK Sherwood (Australians)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 311/7 (Birkenshaw 68*, Smith 21*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 39/2 (Booth 9*, Inman 13*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	b Potter	39
BJ Booth	c Simpson b Veivers	22
GF Cross	c Simpson b Veivers	53
CC Inman	c Veivers b McKenzie	47
S Jayasinghe	c Simpson b Veivers	20
J Birkenshaw	not out	68
J van Geloven	c McKenzie b Veivers	5
+GW Burch	b McKenzie	27
RC Smith	not out	21
JS Savage	did not bat
HWJ Jeffery	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb)	9
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 95 overs)	311
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-75, 3-153, 4-171, 5-184, 6-194, 7-269

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	19	3	56	2	-	-
Corling	12	2	33	0	-	-
Veivers	43	12	122	4	-	-
Potter	8	1	41	1	-	-
Sellers	6	2	22	0	-	-
Simpson	5	0	23	0	-	-
Connolly	2	1	5	0	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IR Redpath	c Hallam b Savage	24
*RB Simpson	c Booth b Cross	117
J Potter	b Cross	78
BC Booth	c Hallam b van Geloven	0
PJP Burge	c Birkenshaw b Smith	45
+BN Jarman	c Jayasinghe b Birkenshaw	36
TR Veivers	c Inman b Smith	14
GD McKenzie	c Booth b Birkenshaw	39
RHD Sellers	b van Geloven	24
GE Corling	not out	5
AN Connolly	absent hurt
Extras	(15 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	24
Total	(all out, 97.3 overs)	406
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-227, 3-229, 4-237, 5-318, 6-319, 7-356, 8-393, 9-406 (97.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jeffery	8	2	20	0	-	-
Cross	18	3	51	2	-	-
Savage	26	3	104	1	-	-
van Geloven	18.3	1	60	2	-	-
Smith	16	2	89	2	-	-
Birkenshaw	11	1	58	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	c Burge b Veivers	12
BJ Booth	c Corling b Sellers	70
GF Cross	b Corling	0
CC Inman	c Jarman b McKenzie	93
S Jayasinghe	c Veivers b Simpson	11
J Birkenshaw	c Simpson b Potter	47
J van Geloven	c McKenzie b Sellers	0
+GW Burch	run out	2
RC Smith	c Potter b Sellers	4
JS Savage	not out	4
HWJ Jeffery	st Jarman b Simpson	6
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 107.4 overs)	257
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-24, 3-162, 4-186, 5-194, 6-199, 7-206, 8-206, 9-250, 10-257 (107.4 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	19	4	31	1	-	-
Corling	12	1	37	1	-	-
Veivers	25	8	79	1	-	-
Potter	4	3	1	1	-	-
Sellers	29	8	70	3	-	-
Simpson	18.4	6	31	2	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RHD Sellers	not out	22
*RB Simpson	not out	34
IR Redpath	did not bat
J Potter	did not bat
BC Booth	did not bat
PJP Burge	did not bat
+BN Jarman	did not bat
TR Veivers	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
GE Corling	did not bat
AN Connolly	did not bat
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(no wicket, 10 overs)	60

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Booth	4	0	28	0	-	-
Jayasinghe	4	1	16	0	-	-
Burch	1	0	3	0	-	-
Inman	1	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> HWJ Jeffery made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> S Jayasinghe (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> RB Simpson (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 100
--> RC Smith reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Australians first innings
--> RHD Sellers reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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