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| Venue | Brush Ground, Loughborough on 5th, 6th, 7th July 1961 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Cambridge University won by 6 wickets |
| Umpires | R Aspinall, F Jakeman |
| Scorers | FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), RI Jefferson (Cambridge University), RI Jefferson (Cambridge University) |
| Close of play day 1 | Cambridge University (1) 56/0 (Craig 27*, Goodfellow 25*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Leicestershire (2) 73/1 (Hallam 31*, Jayasinghe 36*) |
| Leicestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *MR Hallam | lbw b Kirby | 115 | |||||
| DFX Munden | c Brearley b Kirby | 18 | |||||
| S Jayasinghe | lbw b Willard | 2 | |||||
| LR Gardner | c Craig b Reddy | 26 | |||||
| J Birkenshaw | b Willard | 61 | |||||
| +J Mitten | b Willard | 16 | |||||
| RL Pratt | b Kirby | 3 | |||||
| CT Spencer | b Brodrick | 21 | |||||
| RJ Barratt | b Kirby | 17 | |||||
| JS Savage | b Kirby | 0 | |||||
| BS Boshier | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (4 lb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 115.5 overs) | 283 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-59, 2-74, 3-112, 4-198, 5-232, 6-245, 7-247, 8-281, 9-281, 10-283 (115.5 ov) | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pearson | 16 | 0 | 48 | 0 | - | - | |
| Willard | 38 | 9 | 96 | 3 | - | - | |
| Kirby | 32 | 6 | 76 | 5 | - | - | |
| Brodrick | 22.5 | 12 | 35 | 1 | - | - | |
| Reddy | 7 | 2 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cambridge University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| EJ Craig | c Munden b Barratt | 101 | |||||
| A Goodfellow | b Savage | 81 | |||||
| JWT Wilcox | c Mitten b Pratt | 21 | |||||
| AR Lewis | c Boshier b Barratt | 55 | |||||
| NSK Reddy | run out | 3 | |||||
| +JM Brearley | not out | 24 | |||||
| *D Kirby | not out | 30 | |||||
| MJL Willard | did not bat | ||||||
| RH Thomson | did not bat | ||||||
| PD Brodrick | did not bat | ||||||
| AJG Pearson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (13 b, 9 lb) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 126 overs) | 337 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-185, 2-199, 3-250, 4-264, 5-292 | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Spencer | 23 | 3 | 42 | 0 | - | - | |
| Boshier | 19 | 4 | 60 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pratt | 13 | 3 | 27 | 1 | - | - | |
| Savage | 26 | 10 | 44 | 1 | - | - | |
| Barratt | 31 | 9 | 95 | 2 | - | - | |
| Birkenshaw | 14 | 3 | 47 | 0 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *MR Hallam | b Pearson | 64 | |||||
| DFX Munden | b Pearson | 5 | |||||
| S Jayasinghe | b Pearson | 41 | |||||
| LR Gardner | c Brearley b Pearson | 0 | |||||
| J Birkenshaw | b Pearson | 5 | |||||
| +J Mitten | b Pearson | 0 | |||||
| RL Pratt | c Brearley b Pearson | 12 | |||||
| CT Spencer | c Goodfellow b Pearson | 11 | |||||
| RJ Barratt | c Brearley b Pearson | 5 | |||||
| JS Savage | not out | 9 | |||||
| BS Boshier | c Willard b Pearson | 6 | |||||
| Extras | (2 lb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 62.3 overs) | 160 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-27, 2-79, 3-79, 4-95, 5-95, 6-109, 7-131, 8-137, 9-154, 10-160 (62.3 ov) | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pearson | 30.3 | 8 | 78 | 10 | - | - | |
| Willard | 19 | 6 | 41 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kirby | 11 | 1 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Reddy | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cambridge University second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| EJ Craig | not out | 80 | |||||
| A Goodfellow | lbw b Savage | 17 | |||||
| JWT Wilcox | c Spencer b Savage | 0 | |||||
| MJL Willard | c Spencer b Savage | 1 | |||||
| NSK Reddy | c Spencer b Savage | 9 | |||||
| +JM Brearley | not out | 0 | |||||
| AR Lewis | did not bat | ||||||
| *D Kirby | did not bat | ||||||
| RH Thomson | did not bat | ||||||
| PD Brodrick | did not bat | ||||||
| AJG Pearson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 31.1 overs) | 109 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-61, 2-61, 3-85, 4-105 | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Spencer | 8 | 1 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Boshier | 8 | 1 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Savage | 8 | 2 | 30 | 4 | - | - | |
| Barratt | 7.1 | 2 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> J Mitten made his debut in First-Class matches
--> J Birkenshaw (1) passed his previous highest score of 42 in First-Class matches
--> RJ Barratt (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in First-Class matches
--> A Goodfellow (1) passed his previous highest score of 62 in First-Class matches
--> D Kirby achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 4-33)
--> D Kirby achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire first innings
--> AJG Pearson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire second innings (previous best was 4-49)
--> AJG Pearson achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire second innings
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