f27261 cc13512	Leicestershire v Nottinghamshire
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 5th, 6th, 7th June 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 4 (Batting 2, Bowling 2); Nottinghamshire 8 (Batting 6, Bowling 2)
Umpires	CG Pepper, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 339/6 (Knight 82*, Tolchard 35*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 35/2 (Marner 2*, Tolchard 6*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	c Taylor b Forbes	99
BJ Booth	c Frost b Sobers	13
PT Marner	lbw b Sobers	0
*CC Inman	b Halfyard	47
J Birkenshaw	c Bolus b Taylor	41
BR Knight	not out	82
DJ Constant	b Forbes	12
+RW Tolchard	not out	35
AJ Matthews	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
RJ Barratt	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 4 nb)	10
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 114.3 overs)	339
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-16, 3-95, 4-194, 5-208, 6-242

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sobers	19	4	60	2	-	-
Forbes	25	5	56	2	-	-
Halfyard	23	3	89	1	-	-
Taylor	28	4	81	1	-	-
White	19.3	4	43	0	-	-

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Nottinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Bolus	c Inman b Marner	79
NW Hill	c Booth b Spencer	0
HI Moore	lbw b Spencer	53
MJ Smedley	not out	119
*GS Sobers	b Spencer	6
+DL Murray	c Tolchard b Spencer	12
G Frost	run out	59
MNS Taylor	c Knight b Spencer	0
RA White	not out	1
C Forbes	did not bat
DJ Halfyard	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb)	3
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 93 overs)	332
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-117, 3-134, 4-164, 5-172, 6-322, 7-327

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	20	2	68	5	-	-
Knight	19	0	76	0	-	-
Marner	13	0	52	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	19	4	64	0	-	-
Barratt	16	5	45	0	-	-
Matthews	6	1	24	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	c and b Forbes	23
BJ Booth	c Hill b Forbes	3
PT Marner	lbw b White	19
+RW Tolchard	c Murray b Halfyard	51
*CC Inman	b Forbes	87
J Birkenshaw	not out	17
BR Knight	not out	14
DJ Constant	did not bat
AJ Matthews	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
RJ Barratt	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	4
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 76 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-29, 3-68, 4-166, 5-194

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sobers	15	2	55	0	-	-
Forbes	19	5	40	3	-	-
Halfyard	15	3	57	1	-	-
Taylor	7	2	19	0	-	-
White	20	8	43	1	-	-

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Nottinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Bolus	c Inman b Knight	47
RA White	lbw b Spencer	21
HI Moore	run out	9
MJ Smedley	c Tolchard b Marner	5
+DL Murray	not out	16
*GS Sobers	not out	27
NW Hill	did not bat
G Frost	did not bat
MNS Taylor	did not bat
C Forbes	did not bat
DJ Halfyard	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 6 nb)	8
Total	(4 wickets, 33 overs)	133
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-75, 3-85, 4-89

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	8	1	24	1	-	-
Knight	7	0	31	1	-	-
Marner	8	1	30	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	6	1	19	0	-	-
Matthews	3	0	21	0	-	-
Constant	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> MEJC Norman (1) passed 14000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 38
--> JB Bolus (1) passed 11000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 7
--> JB Bolus (1) passed 14500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 20
--> HI Moore (1) passed 5500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 31
--> PT Marner (2) passed 12000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 7
--> CT Spencer reached 1150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Nottinghamshire first innings
--> PT Marner reached 300 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Nottinghamshire second innings

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