f30168 cc14705	Leicestershire v Yorkshire
	County Championship 1974
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 29th June, 1st, 2nd July 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Yorkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 7 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 16 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Yorkshire 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	TW Spencer, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 177/6 (Tolchard 11*, Birkenshaw 5*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 61/3 (Steele 21*, Norman 15*)

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Boycott	b Illingworth	8
PJ Sharpe	c Illingworth b Birkenshaw	26
B Leadbeater	c Davison b Illingworth	27
JH Hampshire	c Norman b Birkenshaw	10
PJ Squires	c Steele b Birkenshaw	6
CM Old	c Davison b Illingworth	0
RA Hutton	c McKenzie b Birkenshaw	4
+DL Bairstow	c Steele b Birkenshaw	5
GA Cope	not out	15
D Wilson	st Tolchard b Birkenshaw	4
AG Nicholson	c Higgs b Birkenshaw	3
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 54.3 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-53, 3-71, 4-71, 5-71, 6-79, 7-85, 8-86, 9-100, 10-108 (54.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	5	2	11	0	-	-
Higgs	4	1	12	0	-	-
Illingworth	23	10	29	3	-	-
Birkenshaw	22.3	6	56	7	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	b Old	4
JF Steele	b Cope	11
JC Balderstone	b Cope	83
BF Davison	lbw b Nicholson	36
MEJC Norman	c Boycott b Wilson	13
+RW Tolchard	not out	29
*R Illingworth	b Old	5
J Birkenshaw	b Nicholson	6
NM McVicker	b Old	20
GD McKenzie	b Old	4
K Higgs	c Sharpe b Wilson	0
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 3 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 78 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-30, 3-94, 4-117, 5-163, 6-170, 7-178, 8-211, 9-215, 10-220 (78 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Old	18	5	37	4	-	-
Nicholson	14	5	25	2	-	-
Wilson	24	7	74	2	-	-
Cope	22	3	75	2	-	-

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Yorkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Boycott	retired hurt	10
PJ Sharpe	lbw b Higgs	2
B Leadbeater	c Norman b Balderstone	39
JH Hampshire	c Dudleston b Illingworth	36
PJ Squires	c McKenzie b Illingworth	15
CM Old	c Higgs b Steele	23
RA Hutton	lbw b Illingworth	0
+DL Bairstow	c Davison b Balderstone	27
GA Cope	lbw b Balderstone	6
D Wilson	c McVicker b Balderstone	4
AG Nicholson	not out	8
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 93.4 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-68, 3-102, 4-109, 5-114, 6-126, 7-147, 8-159, 9-174 (93.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	9	3	23	0	-	-
Higgs	8	1	17	1	-	-
Illingworth	28	10	58	3	-	-
Birkenshaw	10	4	18	0	-	-
McVicker	3	0	12	0	-	-
Steele	17	10	17	1	-	-
Balderstone	18.4	9	25	4	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	b Old	0
JF Steele	not out	23
JC Balderstone	b Old	12
BF Davison	b Old	7
MEJC Norman	not out	15
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
*R Illingworth	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
NM McVicker	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 4 nb)	6
Total	(3 wickets, 21.2 overs)	63
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-24, 3-32

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Old	11	3	20	3	-	-
Hutton	10.2	0	37	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> PJ Sharpe (1) passed 15000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 10
--> BF Davison (1) passed 6500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 5
--> GA Cope reached 300 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> G Boycott retired hurt in the Yorkshire second innings having scored 10 (team had lost 1 wickets)

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