f29292 cc14435	Leicestershire v Yorkshire
	County Championship 1972
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 12th, 14th, 15th August 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Yorkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 2 (Bowling 2); Yorkshire 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3)
Umpires	HD Bird, KE Palmer
Close of play day 1	Yorkshire (1) 310/7 (Boycott 204*, Nicholson 22*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 231 all out

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Boycott	not out	204
RG Lumb	run out	32
B Leadbeater	b Birkenshaw	1
PJ Squires	b Birkenshaw	3
RA Hutton	b Birkenshaw	0
C Johnson	lbw b Matthews	5
CM Old	st RW Tolchard b Birkenshaw	20
+DL Bairstow	b Birkenshaw	15
AG Nicholson	not out	22
MK Bore	did not bat
CC Clifford	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb, 5 w)	8
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 111 overs)	310
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-47, 3-109, 4-122, 5-166, 6-212, 7-278

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	21	6	58	0	-	-
Matthews	15	4	42	1	-	-
Stretton	18	3	57	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	39	9	81	5	-	-
Steele	14	4	47	0	-	-
Davison	4	0	17	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	lbw b Nicholson	0
JF Steele	c Bairstow b Clifford	21
MEJC Norman	c Hutton b Clifford	68
BF Davison	b Bore	1
PR Haywood	b Nicholson	25
*+RW Tolchard	b Old	13
JG Tolchard	b Nicholson	29
J Birkenshaw	c Hutton b Bore	5
GD McKenzie	c Bairstow b Hutton	39
TK Stretton	lbw b Nicholson	1
RB Matthews	not out	4
Extras	(10 lb, 9 nb, 6 w)	25
Total	(all out, 106.4 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-30, 3-31, 4-104, 5-118, 6-155, 7-172, 8-184, 9-211, 10-231 (106.4 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Old	18	8	46	1	-	-
Nicholson	29	9	55	4	-	-
Bore	29	17	52	2	-	-
Clifford	29	13	50	2	-	-
Hutton	1.4	0	3	1	-	-

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Yorkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Boycott	lbw b Matthews	12
RG Lumb	c RW Tolchard b Matthews	32
B Leadbeater	b Birkenshaw	38
PJ Squires	lbw b Steele	22
RA Hutton	c Davison b Birkenshaw	31
CM Old	c Dudleston b Birkenshaw	0
+DL Bairstow	not out	4
C Johnson	did not bat
AG Nicholson	did not bat
MK Bore	did not bat
CC Clifford	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 58.5 overs)	146
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-55, 3-94, 4-124, 5-126, 6-146 (58.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	15	0	39	0	-	-
Matthews	11	3	41	2	-	-
Birkenshaw	22.5	12	46	3	-	-
Steele	10	4	13	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Bairstow b Old	16
JF Steele	c Leadbeater b Bore	28
MEJC Norman	b Clifford	5
BF Davison	c Bairstow b Clifford	41
PR Haywood	not out	35
*+RW Tolchard	not out	9
JG Tolchard	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
TK Stretton	did not bat
RB Matthews	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 nb)	7
Total	(4 wickets, 40 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-44, 3-62, 4-127

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Old	7	4	15	1	-	-
Nicholson	6	0	18	0	-	-
Bore	12	4	37	1	-	-
Clifford	15	3	64	2	-	-

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Notes
--> G Boycott (1) passed 22000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 112
--> DL Bairstow (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 14
--> TK Stretton made his debut in County Championship matches
--> RA Hutton (2) passed 7000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 30
--> B Dudleston (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 13
--> JF Steele (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> BF Davison (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 6
--> J Birkenshaw reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Yorkshire first innings
--> AG Nicholson reached 750 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> AG Nicholson reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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