f27291 cc13535	Yorkshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Bramall Lane, Sheffield on 15th, 17th, 18th June 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Yorkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Yorkshire won by 143 runs
Points	Yorkshire 18 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Leicestershire 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	H Mellows, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 18/1 (Norman 8*)
Close of play day 2	Yorkshire (2) 106/3 (Hampshire 55*, Illingworth 24*)

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Boycott	not out	114
PJ Sharpe	c and b Knight	29
DEV Padgett	c Norman b Spencer	42
JH Hampshire	c Tolchard b Knight	11
K Taylor	b Knight	1
R Illingworth	c Tolchard b Knight	0
+JG Binks	c Spencer b Knight	9
RA Hutton	lbw b Knight	1
*FS Trueman	c Tolchard b Knight	27
D Wilson	c Constant b Knight	50
PM Stringer	b Birkenshaw	2
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 93.4 overs)	297
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-129, 3-150, 4-158, 5-158, 6-175, 7-183, 8-223, 9-291, 10-297 (93.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	26	2	107	1	-	-
Knight	37	11	82	8	-	-
Marner	17	2	65	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	13.4	5	32	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	c Padgett b Hutton	42
BJ Booth	c Binks b Hutton	8
+RW Tolchard	c Binks b Hutton	4
PT Marner	b Stringer	9
CC Inman	c Binks b Trueman	50
*MR Hallam	b Wilson	20
BR Knight	c Hampshire b Stringer	40
J Birkenshaw	not out	27
DJ Constant	c Binks b Stringer	0
AJ Matthews	b Illingworth	9
CT Spencer	b Trueman	22
Extras	(2 lb, 6 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 86 overs)	239
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-50, 3-65, 4-69, 5-127, 6-154, 7-188, 8-188, 9-204, 10-239 (86 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	15	0	62	2	-	-
Hutton	19	7	51	3	-	-
Stringer	16	6	34	3	-	-
Wilson	16	6	38	1	-	-
Illingworth	17	5	37	1	-	-
Taylor	3	1	9	0	-	-

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Yorkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Boycott	c Tolchard b Knight	5
K Taylor	b Spencer	4
DEV Padgett	c Spencer b Birkenshaw	18
JH Hampshire	c Norman b Matthews	96
R Illingworth	not out	100
+JG Binks	run out	0
D Wilson	not out	0
PJ Sharpe	did not bat
RA Hutton	did not bat
*FS Trueman	did not bat
PM Stringer	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 55.3 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-11, 3-30, 4-214, 5-215

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	19	3	74	1	-	-
Knight	21	4	63	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	12	3	49	1	-	-
Matthews	3.3	0	37	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	c Padgett b Trueman	2
BJ Booth	c Boycott b Trueman	26
PT Marner	b Trueman	0
CC Inman	c Sharpe b Hutton	16
*MR Hallam	c Binks b Trueman	0
BR Knight	lbw b Trueman	5
J Birkenshaw	c Stringer b Illingworth	60
+RW Tolchard	not out	17
DJ Constant	c Trueman b Illingworth	0
AJ Matthews	c Sharpe b Trueman	11
CT Spencer	c Padgett b Illingworth	1
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 43.3 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-12, 3-44, 4-44, 5-45, 6-68, 7-121, 8-121, 9-142, 10-143 (43.3 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	13	7	20	6	-	-
Hutton	10	2	62	1	-	-
Stringer	5	0	38	0	-	-
Wilson	5	4	1	0	-	-
Illingworth	10.3	4	17	3	-	-

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Notes
--> G Boycott (1) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 93
--> PJ Sharpe (1) passed 13500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> CT Spencer (1) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 7
--> R Illingworth (2) passed 16000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 97

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