f30577 cc14830	Leicestershire v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1975
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 24th, 26th, 27th May 1975 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Leicestershire won by 142 runs
Points	Leicestershire 18 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Northamptonshire 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3)
Umpires	RE Barnard, WE Phillipson
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 18/2 (Virgin 12*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 163/5 (Tolchard 29*, Booth 4*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz	8
JF Steele	lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz	2
JC Balderstone	lbw b Dye	0
BF Davison	c Virgin b Dye	4
*R Illingworth	run out	48
+RW Tolchard	b Sarfraz Nawaz	106
J Birkenshaw	lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz	108
P Booth	b Mushtaq Mohammad	1
NM McVicker	not out	28
GD McKenzie	not out	12
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 10 nb)	14
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	331
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-7, 3-16, 4-16, 5-106, 6-287, 7-291, 8-293

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	29	5	90	4	-	-
Dye	17	2	45	2	-	-
Cottam	16	5	47	0	-	-
Bedi	24	3	80	0	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	14	4	55	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RT Virgin	lbw b McKenzie	15
P Willey	lbw b Booth	0
+G Sharp	lbw b Booth	4
DS Steele	b McKenzie	42
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Tolchard b McVicker	40
G Cook	c McKenzie b Birkenshaw	10
PJ Watts	b McKenzie	1
Sarfraz Nawaz	not out	35
RMH Cottam	c Birkenshaw b Higgs	6
BS Bedi	c sub b Higgs	10
JCJ Dye	lbw b Higgs	4
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 12 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 69.2 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-18, 3-27, 4-99, 5-117, 6-123, 7-126, 8-141, 9-168, 10-183 (69.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	19	3	47	3	-	-
Booth	14	5	54	2	-	-
Higgs	14.2	6	23	3	-	-
McVicker	14	3	24	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	8	2	19	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	b Sarfraz Nawaz	0
JF Steele	b Dye	0
JC Balderstone	b Bedi	35
BF Davison	c Sharp b Cottam	39
+RW Tolchard	not out	49
J Birkenshaw	c Sharp b Dye	50
P Booth	c and b Mushtaq Mohammad	9
NM McVicker	not out	1
*R Illingworth	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 60 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-3, 3-74, 4-80, 5-147, 6-182

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	11	5	35	1	-	-
Dye	9	2	32	2	-	-
Cottam	9	3	21	1	-	-
Bedi	19	6	55	1	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	12	3	40	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RT Virgin	lbw b Birkenshaw	53
P Willey	b Booth	12
DS Steele	b Steele	21
Mushtaq Mohammad	b Birkenshaw	2
G Cook	c Davison b McKenzie	0
PJ Watts	c Balderstone b Higgs	36
+G Sharp	c Davison b Birkenshaw	9
Sarfraz Nawaz	lbw b Balderstone	22
RMH Cottam	lbw b Steele	12
BS Bedi	lbw b Higgs	20
JCJ Dye	not out	1
Extras	(3 b, 4 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 80 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-74, 3-83, 4-92, 5-92, 6-114, 7-142, 8-155, 9-194, 10-195 (80 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	13	5	51	1	-	-
Booth	7	1	30	1	-	-
Higgs	8	0	18	2	-	-
McVicker	5	1	10	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	17	8	21	3	-	-
Steele	22	6	41	2	-	-
Balderstone	8	2	17	1	-	-

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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
--> RW Tolchard (1) passed 7500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 3
--> NM McVicker (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 22
--> BF Davison (2) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 15
--> RW Tolchard (2) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 44
--> RT Virgin (2) passed 17000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 3
--> Sarfraz Nawaz (2) passed 1500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 13
--> K Higgs reached 1300 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> JCJ Dye reached 600 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> RMH Cottam reached 950 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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