f23914 cc11965	Warwickshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 5th, 7th, 8th August 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Warwickshire won by 2 wickets
Points	Warwickshire 12; Leicestershire 4 (Batting 2)
Umpires	LH Gray, RSM Lay
Close of play day 1	Warwickshire (1) 0/0 (Kennedy 0*, Riley 0*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 113/5 (Kirby 58*, Cross 15*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	b Bannister	0
D Kirby	b Cartwright	34
A Wharton	c Thompson b Miller	95
LR Gardner	c Miller b Cartwright	14
*W Watson	c Kennedy b Cartwright	39
J van Geloven	b Cartwright	6
GF Cross	c and b Miller	0
RL Pratt	b Bannister	37
+R Julian	lbw b Miller	1
RJ Barratt	b Cartwright	1
JS Savage	not out	5
Extras	(8 b, 6 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 98.1 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-65, 3-101, 4-169, 5-185, 6-194, 7-194, 8-200, 9-205, 10-246 (98.1 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bannister	12.1	2	27	2	-	-
Thompson	21	5	46	0	-	-
Bridge	15	7	41	0	-	-
Cartwright	28	13	66	5	-	-
Miller	22	6	52	3	-	-

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JM Kennedy	c Hallam b Pratt	43
TMN Riley	c and b Pratt	20
WJP Stewart	c Barratt b van Geloven	26
*MJK Smith	c Watson b Pratt	5
TW Cartwright	c Watson b Pratt	11
RE Hitchcock	lbw b Pratt	1
+AC Smith	c Gardner b Savage	8
JD Bannister	c Pratt b Savage	3
WB Bridge	lbw b Savage	9
R Miller	b Savage	39
RG Thompson	not out	3
Extras	(13 b, 8 lb, 2 w)	23
Total	(all out, 79.5 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-91, 3-104, 4-111, 5-113, 6-132, 7-132, 8-135, 9-164, 10-191 (79.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
van Geloven	24	9	36	1	-	-
Pratt	25	4	55	5	-	-
Kirby	5	2	16	0	-	-
Savage	22.5	7	57	4	-	-
Barratt	3	2	4	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	b Bannister	5
D Kirby	b Miller	70
A Wharton	c Bridge b Bannister	6
LR Gardner	b Bannister	6
*W Watson	c AC Smith b Cartwright	4
J van Geloven	lbw b Bridge	15
GF Cross	b Miller	24
RL Pratt	not out	8
+R Julian	not out	19
RJ Barratt	did not bat
JS Savage	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb)	9
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 69 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-19, 3-42, 4-53, 5-76, 6-131, 7-142

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bannister	14	2	28	3	-	-
Thompson	11	2	19	0	-	-
Bridge	16	3	61	1	-	-
Cartwright	15	5	30	1	-	-
Miller	11	5	17	2	-	-
Hitchcock	2	0	2	0	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RE Hitchcock	b Pratt	5
JM Kennedy	c Cross b van Geloven	46
WJP Stewart	c Hallam b Savage	47
*MJK Smith	c Julian b van Geloven	24
TW Cartwright	lbw b van Geloven	2
+AC Smith	c Hallam b van Geloven	33
R Miller	c Gardner b van Geloven	23
TMN Riley	not out	8
JD Bannister	b van Geloven	0
WB Bridge	not out	10
RG Thompson	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 20 lb, 3 nb)	24
Total	(8 wickets, 50.5 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-104, 3-128, 4-130, 5-135, 6-202, 7-204, 8-204

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
van Geloven	23.5	3	85	6	-	-
Pratt	13	1	50	1	-	-
Savage	12	0	45	1	-	-
Wharton	2	0	18	0	-	-

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Notes
--> A Wharton (1) passed 19500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 71
--> RL Pratt (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> WJP Stewart (1) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 1
--> R Miller (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in First-Class matches
--> R Miller (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in County Championship matches
--> D Kirby (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 54
--> R Miller achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 2-44)
--> R Miller achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 2-44)
--> JS Savage reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Warwickshire first innings
--> WB Bridge reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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