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| Venue | FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 3rd, 5th, 6th May 1969 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Cambridge University won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | R Aspinall, F Jakeman |
| Scorers | WH Ashdown (Leicestershire), EB Wye (Cambridge University) |
| Close of play day 1 | Leicestershire (1) 36/3 (Booth 4*, Marner 4*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Cambridge University (2) 95/9 (Short 48*, Nevin 1*) |
| Cambridge University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +JI McDowall | b Birkenshaw | 62 | |||||
| HJC Taylor | b Spencer | 6 | |||||
| DR Owen-Thomas | c McKenzie b Knight | 6 | |||||
| RDV Knight | c Marner b Birkenshaw | 39 | |||||
| JE Hall | c Knight b Birkenshaw | 1 | |||||
| RL Short | c Hallam b Knight | 5 | |||||
| PC Howland | b Illingworth | 21 | |||||
| AN Bhatia | b Birkenshaw | 10 | |||||
| *AM Jorden | c Knight b Spencer | 18 | |||||
| CLA Wilkin | c Hallam b Spencer | 13 | |||||
| MRS Nevin | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 8 lb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 87.3 overs) | 193 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14, 2-38, 3-112, 4-119, 5-122, 6-130, 7-152, 8-162, 9-182, 10-193 (87.3 ov) | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McKenzie | 17 | 4 | 43 | 0 | - | - | |
| Spencer | 12.3 | 5 | 22 | 3 | - | - | |
| Birkenshaw | 28 | 12 | 54 | 4 | - | - | |
| Knight | 12 | 2 | 27 | 2 | - | - | |
| Illingworth | 18 | 6 | 35 | 1 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MR Hallam | b Jorden | 21 | |||||
| MEJC Norman | c Howland b Jorden | 2 | |||||
| BJ Booth | c Jorden b Bhatia | 43 | |||||
| CC Inman | c Howland b Jorden | 5 | |||||
| PT Marner | c Bhatia b Knight | 101 | |||||
| *R Illingworth | c McDowall b Bhatia | 39 | |||||
| BR Knight | c Short b Bhatia | 25 | |||||
| J Birkenshaw | not out | 11 | |||||
| +RW Tolchard | b Bhatia | 0 | |||||
| GD McKenzie | not out | 47 | |||||
| CT Spencer | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 12 lb, 5 nb) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 104 overs) | 313 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18, 2-27, 3-32, 4-147, 5-184, 6-247, 7-248, 8-250 | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jorden | 20 | 4 | 60 | 3 | - | - | |
| Knight | 19 | 3 | 43 | 1 | - | - | |
| Nevin | 20 | 6 | 56 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bhatia | 29 | 9 | 84 | 4 | - | - | |
| Wilkin | 16 | 2 | 51 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cambridge University second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +JI McDowall | b McKenzie | 0 | |||||
| HJC Taylor | lbw b Spencer | 0 | |||||
| DR Owen-Thomas | b Marner | 10 | |||||
| RDV Knight | c Marner b McKenzie | 8 | |||||
| JE Hall | c Tolchard b Marner | 7 | |||||
| RL Short | not out | 48 | |||||
| PC Howland | c McKenzie b Illingworth | 9 | |||||
| AN Bhatia | b Birkenshaw | 0 | |||||
| *AM Jorden | b McKenzie | 0 | |||||
| CLA Wilkin | b Marner | 4 | |||||
| MRS Nevin | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 4 lb, 2 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, 40 overs) | 95 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-0, 3-15, 4-28, 5-36, 6-58, 7-65, 8-70, 9-92 | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McKenzie | 13 | 8 | 15 | 3 | - | - | |
| Spencer | 7 | 1 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Birkenshaw | 4 | 0 | 15 | 1 | - | - | |
| Knight | 7 | 2 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Illingworth | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| Marner | 7 | 0 | 17 | 3 | - | - | |
Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> RL Short made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CLA Wilkin made his debut in First-Class matches
--> PC Howland (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in First-Class matches
--> BJ Booth (1) passed 12000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 35
--> RDV Knight (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> R Illingworth made his debut for Leicestershire in First-Class matches
--> GD McKenzie made his debut for Leicestershire in First-Class matches
--> J Birkenshaw reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Cambridge University first innings
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