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| Venue | FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 25th, 26th, 27th April 1973 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Cambridge University won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Leicestershire won by an innings and 41 runs |
| Umpires | HD Bird, CS Elliott |
| Scorers | LW Barratt (Leicestershire), HJ Hart (Cambridge University) |
| Close of play day 1 | Leicestershire (1) 59/0 (Dudleston 33*, Steele 25*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Cambridge University (2) 13/3 (Aworth 6*, Hodson 3*) |
| Cambridge University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RP Hodson | run out | 1 | |||||
| W Snowden | c Dudleston b McKenzie | 37 | |||||
| CJ Aworth | c Dudleston b Steele | 2 | |||||
| *PH Edmonds | c Davison b Illingworth | 6 | |||||
| S Wright | st Dudleston b Steele | 26 | |||||
| JP Mellor | lbw b Spencer | 22 | |||||
| CRJ Marlow | c Steele b Illingworth | 4 | |||||
| RK Baker | c Davison b Spencer | 19 | |||||
| +CRV Taylor | b McKenzie | 9 | |||||
| J Roundell | b McKenzie | 2 | |||||
| RJ Hadley | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 7 lb, 4 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 90.5 overs) | 141 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-19, 3-28, 4-71, 5-79, 6-86, 7-119, 8-132, 9-140, 10-141 (90.5 ov) | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McKenzie | 12.5 | 8 | 7 | 3 | - | - | |
| Higgs | 13 | 5 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Spencer | 17 | 9 | 21 | 2 | - | - | |
| Steele | 20 | 9 | 28 | 2 | - | - | |
| Illingworth | 18 | 7 | 25 | 2 | - | - | |
| Booth | 8 | 2 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Davison | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +B Dudleston | st Taylor b Edmonds | 121 | |||||
| JF Steele | c Aworth b Edmonds | 62 | |||||
| JG Tolchard | b Hadley | 9 | |||||
| BF Davison | c Aworth b Hodson | 13 | |||||
| *R Illingworth | not out | 34 | |||||
| PR Haywood | c Taylor b Hodson | 2 | |||||
| BJ Booth | b Marlow | 2 | |||||
| M Schepens | b Roundell | 4 | |||||
| GD McKenzie | not out | 4 | |||||
| CT Spencer | did not bat | ||||||
| K Higgs | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 8 lb, 8 nb, 2 w) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 122 overs) | 272 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-167, 2-204, 3-212, 4-227, 5-237, 6-257, 7-268 | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hadley | 22 | 6 | 44 | 1 | - | - | |
| Roundell | 19 | 5 | 58 | 1 | - | - | |
| Edmonds | 45 | 15 | 64 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hodson | 29 | 6 | 78 | 2 | - | - | |
| Marlow | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cambridge University second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| W Snowden | b McKenzie | 0 | |||||
| RK Baker | b Higgs | 0 | |||||
| CJ Aworth | b Booth | 16 | |||||
| *PH Edmonds | lbw b Higgs | 3 | |||||
| RP Hodson | lbw b Higgs | 8 | |||||
| S Wright | b Spencer | 14 | |||||
| JP Mellor | lbw b Steele | 1 | |||||
| CRJ Marlow | c Davison b Booth | 0 | |||||
| +CRV Taylor | b Davison | 24 | |||||
| J Roundell | not out | 10 | |||||
| RJ Hadley | b Illingworth | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (8 b, 2 lb, 3 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 76 overs) | 90 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-0, 3-6, 4-21, 5-41, 6-46, 7-46, 8-46, 9-87, 10-90 (76 ov) | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McKenzie | 14 | 4 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| Higgs | 11 | 5 | 14 | 3 | - | - | |
| Spencer | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | - | - | |
| Steele | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | - | - | |
| Illingworth | 16 | 13 | 9 | 1 | - | - | |
| Booth | 10 | 5 | 11 | 2 | - | - | |
| Davison | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | - | |
| Schepens | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> JP Mellor made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CRJ Marlow made his debut in First-Class matches
--> M Schepens made his debut in First-Class matches
--> S Wright (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in First-Class matches
--> RK Baker (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> B Dudleston (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 22
--> JF Steele reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Cambridge University first innings
--> R Illingworth reached 1800 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Cambridge University second innings
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