f27377 cc13609	Worcestershire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1968
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 24th, 25th, 26th July 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Worcestershire won by 8 wickets
Points	Worcestershire 16 (Batting 1, Bowling 5); Leicestershire 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	J Arnold, OW Herman
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 127/1 (Turner 43*, Ormrod 30*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 24/0 (Headley 12*, Turner 8*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	c Barker b Holder	2
MEJC Norman	b Holder	7
BJ Booth	b Carter	63
CC Inman	b Carter	8
PT Marner	c Headley b Gifford	6
J Birkenshaw	run out	6
B Dudleston	c Hemsley b Carter	23
+RW Tolchard	not out	24
RJ Barratt	c Headley b Carter	0
J Cotton	lbw b Holder	11
CT Spencer	b Holder	2
Extras	(1 lb, 5 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 63.2 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-13, 3-32, 4-45, 5-59, 6-116, 7-128, 8-128, 9-156, 10-158 (63.2 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	15.2	2	51	4	-	-
Carter	16	4	44	4	-	-
Gifford	23	5	41	1	-	-
D'Oliveira	9	2	16	0	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGA Headley	b Birkenshaw	46
GM Turner	b Birkenshaw	59
JA Ormrod	b Barratt	40
ARP Barker	lbw b Barratt	7
BL D'Oliveira	b Birkenshaw	0
EJO Hemsley	b Barratt	34
TJ Yardley	b Barratt	0
*+R Booth	b Barratt	1
N Gifford	not out	13
VA Holder	run out	1
RGM Carter	run out	0
Extras	(4 lb, 5 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 89.2 overs)	210
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-142, 3-152, 4-152, 5-158, 6-158, 7-168, 8-199, 9-202, 10-210 (89.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cotton	11	1	37	0	-	-
Spencer	14	3	35	0	-	-
Marner	5	1	19	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	35	16	76	3	-	-
Barratt	24.2	9	34	5	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	lbw b D'Oliveira	23
MEJC Norman	c Headley b Holder	5
BJ Booth	c Hemsley b D'Oliveira	42
CC Inman	c Headley b Carter	24
PT Marner	b Holder	39
J Birkenshaw	st Booth b D'Oliveira	18
B Dudleston	c Ormrod b Gifford	2
+RW Tolchard	c Ormrod b D'Oliveira	0
RJ Barratt	b D'Oliveira	10
J Cotton	st Booth b D'Oliveira	5
CT Spencer	not out	11
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 71.2 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-44, 3-95, 4-99, 5-149, 6-158, 7-158, 8-168, 9-170, 10-184 (71.2 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	11	3	31	2	-	-
Carter	10	1	30	1	-	-
Gifford	25	11	53	1	-	-
D'Oliveira	25.2	5	65	6	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGA Headley	c Norman b Cotton	45
GM Turner	not out	71
JA Ormrod	b Birkenshaw	6
ARP Barker	not out	5
BL D'Oliveira	did not bat
EJO Hemsley	did not bat
TJ Yardley	did not bat
*+R Booth	did not bat
N Gifford	did not bat
VA Holder	did not bat
RGM Carter	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb)	9
Total	(2 wickets, 49.2 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-87, 2-106

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cotton	9	2	22	1	-	-
Spencer	2	1	6	0	-	-
Marner	5	2	16	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	22	8	57	1	-	-
Barratt	11.2	2	26	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RGA Headley (1) passed 13000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 13
--> BJ Booth (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 27
--> PT Marner (2) passed 14500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 2
--> RJ Barratt (2) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 9
--> GM Turner (2) passed his previous highest score of 66 in County Championship matches
--> J Birkenshaw reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> RJ Barratt achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Worcestershire first innings (previous best was 5-45)
--> N Gifford reached 750 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> BL D'Oliveira reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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