f30205 cc14733	Northamptonshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1974
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 17th, 18th, 19th July 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by 9 wickets
Points	Northamptonshire 17 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Leicestershire 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	AEG Rhodes, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 43/1 (Tait 19*, Steele 8*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 92/4 (Tolchard 1*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	retired hurt	1
JF Steele	b Bedi	28
JC Balderstone	c Cook b Dye	140
BF Davison	lbw b Dye	1
MEJC Norman	c Cottam b Bedi	16
+RW Tolchard	lbw b Dye	0
J Birkenshaw	b Willey	5
NM McVicker	b Bedi	12
P Booth	c Sharp b Bedi	4
GD McKenzie	b Bedi	1
*K Higgs	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 88 overs)	216
Fall of wickets:
1-71, 2-76, 3-115, 4-127, 5-156, 6-200, 7-214, 8-215, 9-216 (88 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dye	21	8	39	3	-	-
Cottam	18	4	42	0	-	-
Bedi	31	11	69	5	-	-
Milburn	3	0	15	0	-	-
Watts	7	2	17	0	-	-
Willey	8	2	26	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Tolchard b Higgs	15
A Tait	c Balderstone b Birkenshaw	63
DS Steele	c Tolchard b Booth	20
G Cook	c Steele b Booth	2
P Willey	c Tolchard b McKenzie	22
*PJ Watts	c McKenzie b Steele	63
C Milburn	b Balderstone	25
+G Sharp	st Tolchard b Steele	5
RMH Cottam	lbw b Booth	1
JCJ Dye	not out	11
BS Bedi	c Davison b McKenzie	24
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb, 6 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 104 overs)	265
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-89, 3-97, 4-122, 5-128, 6-176, 7-226, 8-228, 9-230, 10-265 (104 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	21	3	64	2	-	-
Higgs	19	8	31	1	-	-
Booth	22	4	57	3	-	-
Birkenshaw	21	4	49	1	-	-
McVicker	11	0	27	0	-	-
Balderstone	4	1	14	1	-	-
Steele	6	3	9	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	c Cottam b Dye	2
MEJC Norman	c Sharp b Bedi	21
JC Balderstone	c Cottam b Bedi	42
BF Davison	c Cook b Bedi	26
+RW Tolchard	c Cottam b Bedi	10
J Birkenshaw	b Cottam	4
NM McVicker	b Cottam	8
B Dudleston	not out	2
P Booth	lbw b Cottam	2
GD McKenzie	c Virgin b Cottam	0
*K Higgs	c Cook b Cottam	0
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 56.4 overs)	117
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-47, 3-85, 4-92, 5-105, 6-109, 7-113, 8-117, 9-117, 10-117 (56.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dye	11	3	33	1	-	-
Cottam	20.4	5	43	5	-	-
Bedi	23	6	41	4	-	-
Steele	2	2	0	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	not out	35
A Tait	b Booth	28
DS Steele	not out	3
G Cook	did not bat
P Willey	did not bat
*PJ Watts	did not bat
C Milburn	did not bat
+G Sharp	did not bat
RMH Cottam	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
BS Bedi	did not bat
Extras	(2 nb, 1 w)	3
Total	(1 wicket, 21.5 overs)	69
Fall of wickets:
1-54

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	5	1	15	0	-	-
Higgs	4	0	14	0	-	-
Booth	6	1	19	1	-	-
McVicker	6.5	0	18	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
--> JC Balderstone (1) passed his previous highest score of 105 in County Championship matches
--> JC Balderstone (1) passed his previous highest score of 105 in first-class matches
--> A Tait (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 41
--> BF Davison (2) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 9
--> A Tait (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 15
--> BS Bedi reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> P Booth achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 2-18)
--> B Dudleston retired hurt in the Leicestershire first innings having scored 1 (team had lost 0 wickets)

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