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| Venue | FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 25th, 26th, 27th April 1979 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | WL Budd, CT Spencer |
| Scorers | LW Barratt (Leicestershire), HF Shipp (Cambridge University) |
| Close of play day 1 | Leicestershire (1) 29/0 (Dudleston 17*, Steele 9*; 15.5 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Leicestershire (1) 88/1 (Steele 33*, Balderstone 0*) |
| Leicestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| B Dudleston | c Greig b Pringle | 52 | |||||
| JF Steele | not out | 33 | |||||
| JC Balderstone | not out | 0 | |||||
| DI Gower | did not bat | ||||||
| BF Davison | did not bat | ||||||
| +RW Tolchard | did not bat | ||||||
| PB Clift | did not bat | ||||||
| P Booth | did not bat | ||||||
| K Shuttleworth | did not bat | ||||||
| LB Taylor | did not bat | ||||||
| *K Higgs | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 1 w) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, declared, 39.3 overs) | 88 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-88 (Dudleston) | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Surridge | 8 | 5 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Greig | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Holliday | 9 | 2 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Popplewell | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pringle | 11.3 | 5 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cooper | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cambridge University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AM Mubarak | lbw b Taylor | 9 | |||||
| NHC Cooper | b Steele | 32 | |||||
| JPC Mills | lbw b Higgs | 3 | |||||
| DC Holliday | c Tolchard b Booth | 3 | |||||
| AR Dewes | c Steele b Balderstone | 64 | |||||
| TDW Edwards | b Steele | 2 | |||||
| DR Pringle | c Higgs b Steele | 0 | |||||
| *IA Greig | c Booth b Steele | 5 | |||||
| NFM Popplewell | c and b Steele | 6 | |||||
| +PR Cottrell | not out | 10 | |||||
| D Surridge | c Davison b Steele | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 1 nb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 60.4 overs) | 137 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-13, 3-19, 4-100, 5-107, 6-107, 7-117, 8-121, 9-135, 10-137 (60.4 ov) | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Taylor | 6 | 3 | 12 | 1 | - | - | |
| Higgs | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | - | - | |
| Booth | 6 | 0 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Shuttleworth | 7 | 1 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Steele | 19.4 | 7 | 36 | 6 | - | - | |
| Clift | 7 | 1 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Balderstone | 10 | 4 | 9 | 1 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DI Gower | c and b Pringle | 72 | |||||
| JC Balderstone | c Cottrell b Popplewell | 15 | |||||
| BF Davison | lbw b Popplewell | 3 | |||||
| +RW Tolchard | not out | 24 | |||||
| PB Clift | not out | 16 | |||||
| B Dudleston | did not bat | ||||||
| JF Steele | did not bat | ||||||
| P Booth | did not bat | ||||||
| K Shuttleworth | did not bat | ||||||
| LB Taylor | did not bat | ||||||
| *K Higgs | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 1 lb, 1 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 43 overs) | 135 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-50, 2-62, 3-105 | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Surridge | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Greig | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Holliday | 9 | 2 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Popplewell | 9 | 2 | 27 | 2 | - | - | |
| Pringle | 16 | 6 | 35 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mubarak | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mills | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> AR Dewes (1) passed his previous highest score of 38 in First-Class matches
--> DI Gower (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> NHC Cooper made his debut for Cambridge University in First-Class matches
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