f28884 cc14288	Leicestershire v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1971
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 28th, 30th, 31st August 1971 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 14 (Batting 9, Bowling 5); Northamptonshire 2 (Bowling 2)
Umpires	DJ Constant, CS Elliott
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 5/0 (Ackerman 5*, Cook 0*; 4 overs)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (1) 97/9 (Swinburne 1*, Lee 0*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	b Lee	6
JF Steele	c Johnson b Lee	123
BJ Booth	c Steele b Swinburne	42
CC Inman	c Swinburne b Steele	103
BF Davison	not out	100
*R Illingworth	not out	0
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
RB Matthews	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 87 overs)	381
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-105, 3-244, 4-376

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lee	22	4	88	2	-	-
Hodgson	16	3	55	0	-	-
Crump	16	2	67	0	-	-
Swinburne	12	2	54	1	-	-
Steele	15	5	71	1	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	6	0	39	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HM Ackerman	b McKenzie	9
G Cook	c and b Spencer	4
DS Steele	c Dudleston b Steele	9
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Inman b Steele	7
*PJ Watts	b Steele	44
BS Crump	c Dudleston b Birkenshaw	11
D Breakwell	c Dudleston b Illingworth	0
+LA Johnson	lbw b Illingworth	1
A Hodgson	b Steele	5
JW Swinburne	not out	1
PG Lee	st Tolchard b Steele	10
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 67.4 overs)	107
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-18, 3-29, 4-34, 5-53, 6-62, 7-66, 8-84, 9-97, 10-107 (67.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	8	2	15	1	-	-
Spencer	7	2	12	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	19	7	28	1	-	-
Steele	15.4	7	15	5	-	-
Illingworth	18	9	31	2	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HM Ackerman	c Davison b Spencer	0
G Cook	c Steele b McKenzie	3
DS Steele	not out	107
Mushtaq Mohammad	b Steele	84
*PJ Watts	c Dudleston b Steele	6
BS Crump	not out	41
D Breakwell	did not bat
+LA Johnson	did not bat
A Hodgson	did not bat
JW Swinburne	did not bat
PG Lee	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 3 nb)	6
Total	(4 wickets, 105 overs)	247
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-3, 3-142, 4-158

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	15	5	38	1	-	-
Spencer	4	0	13	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	30	6	64	0	-	-
Steele	25	7	55	2	-	-
Illingworth	21	6	47	0	-	-
Matthews	5	0	14	0	-	-
Davison	4	2	6	0	-	-
Dudleston	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CC Inman made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CC Inman made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> JF Steele (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 72
--> BF Davison (1) 100 in 63 minutes
--> DS Steele (2) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 59
--> JF Steele achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 5-43)
--> JF Steele achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 5-43)

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Davison's century was the fastest of the season and won him the Walter Lawrence Trophy.

 

 

 

 

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