f27876 cc13841	Leicestershire v Lancashire
	County Championship 1969
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 9th, 11th, 12th August 1969 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 3 (Batting 1, Bowling 2); Lancashire 4 (Batting 2, Bowling 2)
Umpires	A Jepson, TW Spencer
Scorers	WH Ashdown (Leicestershire), GM Taylor (Lancashire)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 167/5 (Norman 26*, Birkenshaw 7*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (1) 214/5 (Sullivan 49*, Bond 52*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	c Sullivan b Shuttleworth	1
BJ Booth	c Sullivan b Wood	60
B Dudleston	c Higgs b Hughes	46
CC Inman	b Higgs	2
PT Marner	c Wood b Higgs	18
MEJC Norman	c Higgs b Hughes	75
J Birkenshaw	b Simmons	27
+RW Tolchard	not out	14
GD McKenzie	c Bond b Hughes	4
J Cotton	not out	28
RJ Barratt	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 7 nb)	14
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 110 overs)	289
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-110, 3-114, 4-118, 5-139, 6-243, 7-247, 8-252

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	29	10	53	2	-	-
Shuttleworth	20	4	61	1	-	-
CH Lloyd	10	4	16	0	-	-
Sullivan	7	1	24	0	-	-
Hughes	16	7	48	3	-	-
Simmons	14	4	41	1	-	-
Wood	14	3	32	1	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Lloyd	c Tolchard b Birkenshaw	2
B Wood	c Barratt b Birkenshaw	1
H Pilling	c Tolchard b Birkenshaw	14
+FM Engineer	c Tolchard b Barratt	71
CH Lloyd	c Marner b Barratt	17
J Sullivan	not out	49
*JD Bond	not out	52
J Simmons	did not bat
DP Hughes	did not bat
K Shuttleworth	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(5 wickets, 64.4 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-10, 3-49, 4-101, 5-126

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	12	4	21	0	-	-
Cotton	7	2	23	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	22.4	3	87	3	-	-
Barratt	19	5	59	2	-	-
Marner	4	0	16	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> J Sullivan (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 40
--> J Birkenshaw reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Lancashire first innings

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