f28835 cc14244	Worcestershire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1971
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 4th, 5th, 6th August 1971 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by an innings and 41 runs
Points	Worcestershire 4 (Bowling 4); Leicestershire 18 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	CS Elliott, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 178/5 (JG Tolchard 10*, RW Tolchard 15*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 135/5 (Slade 40*, Wilcock 1*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	b Holder	7
JF Steele	b Holder	10
MEJC Norman	st Wilcock b Griffith	16
CC Inman	c Holder b Griffith	37
BF Davison	c Turner b Griffith	67
JG Tolchard	b Carter	21
*+RW Tolchard	not out	45
J Birkenshaw	run out	23
GD McKenzie	c Wilcock b Holder	4
CT Spencer	not out	3
RB Matthews	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 13 nb)	17
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 78 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-25, 3-53, 4-140, 5-153, 6-207, 7-239, 8-246

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	26	4	77	3	-	-
Carter	22	2	78	1	-	-
Griffith	26	8	72	3	-	-
Slade	4	1	6	0	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GM Turner	c Dudleston b Matthews	3
PJ Stimpson	c RW Tolchard b McKenzie	0
TJ Yardley	c Davison b McKenzie	17
JA Ormrod	c Steele b McKenzie	0
DNF Slade	c RW Tolchard b McKenzie	2
K Griffith	c RW Tolchard b Matthews	0
+HG Wilcock	not out	4
VA Holder	b McKenzie	4
RGM Carter	c JG Tolchard b Matthews	7
RGA Headley	absent hurt
DER Stewart	absent hurt
Extras	(3 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 17.3 overs)	40
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 4-19, 5-24, 6-24, 7-28, 8-40 (17.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	9	3	16	5	-	-
Matthews	8.3	2	21	3	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GM Turner	c Steele b Birkenshaw	16
PJ Stimpson	c Davison b Steele	20
TJ Yardley	c Dudleston b McKenzie	8
JA Ormrod	c RW Tolchard b Steele	32
DNF Slade	not out	59
K Griffith	b McKenzie	8
+HG Wilcock	c RW Tolchard b Matthews	5
VA Holder	b McKenzie	4
RGM Carter	c JG Tolchard b Spencer	5
RGA Headley	absent hurt
DER Stewart	absent hurt
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	12
Total	(all out, 106 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-28, 3-69, 4-115, 5-128, 6-149, 7-158, 8-169 (106 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	33	14	48	3	-	-
Matthews	13	6	25	1	-	-
Spencer	9	4	9	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	34	10	63	1	-	-
Steele	17	12	12	2	-	-

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Notes
--> BF Davison (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 39
--> GM Turner (1) passed 8500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 2
--> JF Steele reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire second innings

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