f28359 cc14056	Northamptonshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1970
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 12th, 13th, 14th August 1970 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 4 (Bowling 4); Leicestershire 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4)
Umpires	J Arnold, JG Langridge
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 36/2 (Prideaux 7*, Willey 2*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 192/3 (Inman 80*, Booth 17*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Breakwell b Crump	2
MEJC Norman	c Steele b Swinburne	29
*PT Marner	c Lightfoot b Swinburne	35
CC Inman	c Lightfoot b Swinburne	16
BJ Booth	c Reynolds b Swinburne	74
J Birkenshaw	c Sharp b Swinburne	10
+RW Tolchard	lbw b Breakwell	17
BF Davison	b Breakwell	0
JF Steele	lbw b Breakwell	16
PM Stringer	b Breakwell	8
JDD Pember	not out	4
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 95 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-53, 3-80, 4-85, 5-102, 6-125, 7-125, 8-171, 9-208, 10-214 (95 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Crump	19	7	31	1	-	-
Willey	10	4	27	0	-	-
Watts	4	0	13	0	-	-
Breakwell	28	13	54	4	-	-
Swinburne	31	10	84	5	-	-
Steele	3	1	2	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RM Prideaux	c Davison b Steele	7
HM Ackerman	c Dudleston b Birkenshaw	97
P Willey	c Norman b Steele	20
A Lightfoot	c Marner b Birkenshaw	24
BL Reynolds	b Birkenshaw	6
DS Steele	c and b Birkenshaw	9
PJ Watts	c Marner b Birkenshaw	2
BS Crump	lbw b Steele	0
D Breakwell	b Steele	1
+G Sharp	not out	1
JW Swinburne	b Birkenshaw	4
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(all out, 91.1 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-42, 3-102, 4-117, 5-151, 6-159, 7-160, 8-162, 9-183, 10-187 (91.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stringer	6	0	26	0	-	-
Pember	4	0	5	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	40.1	15	72	6	-	-
Davison	3	0	7	0	-	-
Steele	38	18	61	4	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	lbw b Swinburne	30
MEJC Norman	b Watts	40
*PT Marner	b Crump	4
CC Inman	c Willey b Breakwell	105
BJ Booth	b Willey	19
J Birkenshaw	c Watts b Swinburne	38
+RW Tolchard	not out	6
BF Davison	did not bat
JF Steele	did not bat
PM Stringer	did not bat
JDD Pember	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 10 lb, 2 nb)	22
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 70.2 overs)	264
Fall of wickets:
1-79, 2-83, 3-121, 4-208, 5-240, 6-264 (70.2 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Crump	8	4	13	1	-	-
Willey	14	1	46	1	-	-
Watts	10	4	29	1	-	-
Breakwell	17	4	52	1	-	-
Swinburne	21.2	2	102	2	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RM Prideaux	b Birkenshaw	16
HM Ackerman	st Tolchard b Birkenshaw	95
A Lightfoot	c Tolchard b Birkenshaw	25
P Willey	c Tolchard b Steele	4
BL Reynolds	lbw b Birkenshaw	0
DS Steele	c Dudleston b Steele	8
PJ Watts	c Davison b Birkenshaw	21
+G Sharp	c Marner b Birkenshaw	31
BS Crump	not out	35
D Breakwell	not out	0
JW Swinburne	did not bat
Extras	(14 b, 14 lb, 1 nb)	29
Total	(8 wickets, 94 overs)	264
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-50, 3-69, 4-70, 5-81, 6-108, 7-187, 8-262

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stringer	3	1	5	0	-	-
Pember	4	1	12	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	41	13	95	6	-	-
Davison	12	4	21	0	-	-
Steele	34	9	102	2	-	-

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Notes
--> PT Marner (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 29
--> PT Marner (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 29
--> CC Inman (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 6
--> BF Davison made his debut in County Championship matches
--> B Dudleston (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 26
--> MEJC Norman (2) passed 14000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 17
--> CC Inman (2) passed 10000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 46
--> CC Inman (2) passed 11500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 54
--> G Sharp (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in County Championship matches
--> G Sharp (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in first-class matches
--> JW Swinburne achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 4-71)
--> JW Swinburne achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 4-71)
--> J Birkenshaw reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings
--> J Birkenshaw reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings

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