f29775 cc14614	Northamptonshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1973
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 22nd, 23rd, 24th August 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Leicestershire 9 (Batting 7, Bowling 2)
Umpires	WL Budd, AGT Whitehead
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 35/0 (Virgin 24*, Milburn 6*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 96/1 (Dudleston 50*, Balderstone 13*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	lbw b Hodgson	15
JF Steele	c Virgin b Bedi	118
JC Balderstone	c Steele b Hodgson	0
BF Davison	lbw b Mushtaq Mohammad	101
MEJC Norman	not out	48
+RW Tolchard	b Cottam	63
JG Tolchard	not out	0
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
*K Higgs	did not bat
RB Matthews	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 7 nb)	15
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 94 overs)	360
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-53, 3-226, 4-250, 5-351

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	19	0	62	1	-	-
Dye	14	1	65	0	-	-
Hodgson	15	2	56	2	-	-
Bedi	25	6	92	1	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	21	3	70	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	b Birkenshaw	29
C Milburn	c RW Tolchard b Birkenshaw	44
DS Steele	b Birkenshaw	116
Mushtaq Mohammad	lbw b Matthews	11
G Cook	st RW Tolchard b Steele	41
*PJ Watts	b Steele	20
+G Sharp	b Birkenshaw	43
A Hodgson	c Davison b Steele	3
RMH Cottam	b Steele	7
JCJ Dye	not out	0
BS Bedi	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 9 lb, 10 nb, 1 w)	21
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 102.1 overs)	335
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-82, 3-108, 4-194, 5-226, 6-310, 7-323, 8-331, 9-335 (102.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	18	5	54	0	-	-
Higgs	18	5	48	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	34	7	100	4	-	-
Steele	14.1	1	47	4	-	-
Matthews	11	2	39	1	-	-
Balderstone	7	0	26	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	not out	118
JF Steele	run out	27
JC Balderstone	c Watts b Bedi	37
JG Tolchard	b Mushtaq Mohammad	0
BF Davison	not out	45
MEJC Norman	did not bat
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
*K Higgs	did not bat
RB Matthews	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 82 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-63, 2-141, 3-144

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	8	2	21	0	-	-
Dye	6	0	24	0	-	-
Hodgson	6	0	21	0	-	-
Bedi	33	12	79	1	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	21	4	61	1	-	-
Steele	8	1	21	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Davison b Birkenshaw	15
C Milburn	c Steele b Higgs	22
DS Steele	b Higgs	0
Mushtaq Mohammad	lbw b Birkenshaw	54
*PJ Watts	run out	33
G Cook	b Dudleston	23
+G Sharp	c JG Tolchard b Birkenshaw	14
A Hodgson	c and b Balderstone	0
RMH Cottam	b Birkenshaw	13
JCJ Dye	not out	8
BS Bedi	not out	0
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	4
Total	(9 wickets, 70 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-32, 3-57, 4-126, 5-128, 6-150, 7-150, 8-174, 9-186

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	6	2	18	0	-	-
Higgs	9	4	17	2	-	-
Birkenshaw	24	9	54	4	-	-
Steele	15	3	52	0	-	-
Matthews	3	2	10	0	-	-
Balderstone	6	2	12	1	-	-
Dudleston	7	0	19	1	-	-

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Notes
--> JF Steele (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 39
--> JF Steele (1) passed 3500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 79
--> BF Davison (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 62
--> DS Steele (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 5
--> G Sharp (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 18
--> B Dudleston (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 19
--> B Dudleston (2) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 56
--> B Dudleston (2) passed 7000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 41
--> JC Balderstone (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 33
--> BF Davison (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 15
--> C Milburn (2) passed 13000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 11
--> Mushtaq Mohammad (2) passed 22500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 53

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