f30600 cc14852	Leicestershire v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1975
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 7th, 9th, 10th June 1975 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 4 (Batting 4); Worcestershire 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3)
Umpires	R Aspinall, RE Barnard
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 65/2 (Cass 31*, Yardley 16*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 214/2 (Balderstone 64*, Davison 94*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Tolchard	b Inchmore	14
JF Steele	b Inchmore	1
JC Balderstone	c Yardley b D'Oliveira	103
BF Davison	c Ormrod b Brain	17
*R Illingworth	c Cass b D'Oliveira	88
+RW Tolchard	b Inchmore	36
J Birkenshaw	c Brain b D'Oliveira	17
GF Cross	b Inchmore	26
NM McVicker	not out	7
GD McKenzie	not out	3
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 6 lb, 6 nb)	19
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	331
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-31, 3-57, 4-230, 5-239, 6-276, 7-320, 8-325

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
D'Oliveira	28	9	71	3	-	-
Inchmore	14	0	63	4	-	-
Gifford	31	8	71	0	-	-
Brain	12	1	51	1	-	-
Cumbes	12	1	40	0	-	-
Hemsley	3	0	16	0	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KW Wilkinson	c Birkenshaw b McKenzie	2
GR Cass	not out	172
EJO Hemsley	run out	11
TJ Yardley	not out	124
JA Ormrod	did not bat
BL D'Oliveira	did not bat
JD Inchmore	did not bat
+HG Wilcock	did not bat
*N Gifford	did not bat
BM Brain	did not bat
J Cumbes	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 8 w)	13
Total	(2 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	322
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-53

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	15	3	44	1	-	-
Higgs	13	0	51	0	-	-
McVicker	10	1	51	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	24	6	77	0	-	-
Illingworth	7	3	18	0	-	-
Steele	8	4	12	0	-	-
Balderstone	13	4	27	0	-	-
Cross	10	2	29	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Tolchard	c Cass b Gifford	10
JF Steele	b Gifford	25
JC Balderstone	st Wilcock b Gifford	79
BF Davison	retired hurt	112
*R Illingworth	lbw b Inchmore	10
+RW Tolchard	not out	52
J Birkenshaw	not out	23
GF Cross	did not bat
NM McVicker	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 13 lb, 15 nb)	40
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 86 overs)	351
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-45, 3-251, 4-299

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
D'Oliveira	7	2	20	0	-	-
Inchmore	13	2	45	1	-	-
Gifford	34	4	111	3	-	-
Brain	20	2	85	0	-	-
Cumbes	12	1	50	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KW Wilkinson	c Balderstone b Birkenshaw	31
JA Ormrod	c Steele b Higgs	4
EJO Hemsley	c sub (DI Gower) b Higgs	0
TJ Yardley	c RW Tolchard b Birkenshaw	42
BL D'Oliveira	c Illingworth b Balderstone	51
GR Cass	c RW Tolchard b Birkenshaw	14
JD Inchmore	lbw b Higgs	18
+HG Wilcock	b Birkenshaw	16
*N Gifford	not out	0
BM Brain	not out	0
J Cumbes	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 9 nb)	13
Total	(8 wickets, 88 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-11, 3-74, 4-91, 5-153, 6-153, 7-189, 8-189

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	8	1	25	0	-	-
Higgs	13	2	39	3	-	-
Birkenshaw	29	16	36	4	-	-
Illingworth	1	0	10	0	-	-
Steele	9	3	26	0	-	-
Balderstone	28	11	40	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
--> GR Cass (1) passed his previous highest score of 104 in County Championship matches
--> GR Cass (1) passed his previous highest score of 104 in first-class matches
--> GR Cass (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 140
--> TJ Yardley (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 37
--> BF Davison (2) passed 8500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 104
--> TJ Yardley (2) passed 4500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 17
--> BL D'Oliveira (2) passed 15500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 30
--> JC Balderstone reached 100 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire second innings
--> J Birkenshaw reached 700 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Worcestershire second innings
--> BF Davison retired hurt in the Leicestershire second innings having scored 112 (team score 239/2)

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