f25879 cc12875	Leicestershire v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1965
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 10th, 12th, 13th July 1965 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 0; Northamptonshire 2
Umpires	FC Gardner, N Oldfield
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), J Mercer (Northamptonshire)
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 258/7 (PJ Watts 38*, Scott 6*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 8/1 (Norman 2*, Milburn 1*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	c and b Spencer	114
BL Reynolds	c Booth b Greensword	4
C Milburn	c Spencer b Greensword	24
DS Steele	run out	54
R Wills	c Marner b Savage	1
PJ Watts	not out	59
PD Watts	c Birkenshaw b Spencer	4
BS Crump	c Marner b Savage	0
ME Scott	c Hallam b Spencer	8
MK Kettle	b van Geloven	12
*+KV Andrew	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 9 lb)	13
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 99.4 overs)	293
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-80, 3-205, 4-206, 5-210, 6-226, 7-227, 8-260, 9-293 (99.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	28	3	102	3	-	-
van Geloven	30.4	8	72	1	-	-
Greensword	10	3	25	2	-	-
Savage	25	5	63	2	-	-
Birkenshaw	6	1	18	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	c PD Watts b Crump	0
BJ Booth	c PD Watts b Scott	50
J Birkenshaw	c Andrew b PJ Watts	5
S Jayasinghe	c PJ Watts b Scott	36
CC Inman	b Scott	6
PT Marner	c and b Scott	3
S Greensword	b Scott	10
J van Geloven	not out	4
+R Julian	c Norman b Scott	1
CT Spencer	b Crump	12
JS Savage	c Kettle b Scott	1
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(all out, 74.2 overs)	146
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-27, 3-87, 4-101, 5-115, 6-127, 7-128, 8-130, 9-143, 10-146 (74.2 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Crump	23	8	35	2	-	-
Kettle	8	3	10	0	-	-
PJ Watts	8	3	17	1	-	-
PD Watts	16	4	25	0	-	-
Scott	19.2	9	41	7	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	not out	2
BL Reynolds	c Booth b van Geloven	5
C Milburn	not out	1
DS Steele	did not bat
R Wills	did not bat
PJ Watts	did not bat
PD Watts	did not bat
BS Crump	did not bat
ME Scott	did not bat
MK Kettle	did not bat
*+KV Andrew	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 4 overs)	8
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Reynolds)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	2	1	4	0	-	-
van Geloven	2	0	4	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> MEJC Norman (1) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> S Jayasinghe (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 21

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