f23874 cc11929	Leicestershire v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 22nd, 24th, 25th July 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 4 (Batting 2); Northamptonshire 0
Umpires	WFF Price, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 51/3 (Subba Row 18*, Andrew 0*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 182/2 (Watson 104*, van Geloven 65*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	lbw b Larter	11
*W Watson	lbw b Larter	64
A Wharton	c Reynolds b Allen	38
J van Geloven	c Scott b Allen	31
D Kirby	b Dilley	12
LR Gardner	c Andrew b Larter	27
GF Cross	b Larter	4
+R Julian	c Crump b Scott	15
CT Spencer	b Larter	24
JS Savage	not out	11
BS Boshier	b Larter	0
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 95.5 overs)	248
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-96, 3-122, 4-157, 5-165, 6-171, 7-202, 8-223, 9-248, 10-248 (95.5 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Larter	19.5	4	55	6	-	-
Dilley	21	3	78	1	-	-
Lightfoot	4	0	15	0	-	-
Allen	26	12	37	2	-	-
Crump	17	5	36	0	-	-
Scott	8	2	16	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	b van Geloven	11
BL Reynolds	lbw b Spencer	4
PJ Watts	lbw b Boshier	18
*R Subba Row	lbw b Savage	41
+KV Andrew	c Hallam b Savage	24
A Lightfoot	c and b Savage	3
BS Crump	c Julian b Boshier	21
ME Scott	b Savage	0
MHJ Allen	b Boshier	7
MR Dilley	lbw b Savage	1
JDF Larter	not out	0
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 78.1 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-15, 3-51, 4-97, 5-103, 6-114, 7-114, 8-131, 9-136, 10-136 (78.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	20	4	46	1	-	-
Boshier	19.1	7	30	3	-	-
van Geloven	12	5	20	1	-	-
Savage	27	16	34	5	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	c Andrew b Larter	7
*W Watson	retired hurt	104
A Wharton	lbw b Larter	0
J van Geloven	b Dilley	70
D Kirby	not out	6
LR Gardner	not out	7
GF Cross	did not bat
+R Julian	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
JS Savage	did not bat
BS Boshier	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 73 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-9, 3-188

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Larter	21	5	43	2	-	-
Dilley	21	3	48	1	-	-
Allen	8	0	42	0	-	-
Crump	10	3	36	0	-	-
Watts	13	4	25	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	c Julian b Spencer	0
BL Reynolds	c Cross b Boshier	107
PJ Watts	c Savage b Boshier	2
*R Subba Row	lbw b van Geloven	66
A Lightfoot	b Spencer	11
BS Crump	c Cross b Spencer	0
ME Scott	c Hallam b Spencer	0
+KV Andrew	not out	21
MHJ Allen	not out	4
MR Dilley	did not bat
JDF Larter	did not bat
Extras	(12 lb, 2 nb)	14
Total	(7 wickets, 86 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-5, 3-142, 4-179, 5-183, 6-183, 7-198

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	17	4	46	4	-	-
Boshier	19	2	43	2	-	-
van Geloven	21	6	57	1	-	-
Savage	26	10	61	0	-	-
Wharton	3	2	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JS Savage (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 1
--> PJ Watts (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 7
--> W Watson (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 64
--> BL Reynolds (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 83
--> W Watson retired hurt in the Leicestershire second innings having scored 104 (team score 182/2)

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