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| Venue | FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 26th, 27th, 28th April 1972 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Cambridge University won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Leicestershire won by 8 wickets |
| Umpires | R Aspinall, AE Fagg |
| Close of play day 1 | Leicestershire (1) 3/0 (Dudleston 2*, Steele 1*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Cambridge University (2) 25/2 (Majid Khan 14*, Hodson 9*) |
| Cambridge University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RP Hodson | c RW Tolchard b Haywood | 84 | |||||
| W Snowden | c RW Tolchard b Stringer | 26 | |||||
| *Majid Khan | c Steele b Higgs | 54 | |||||
| PD Johnson | not out | 54 | |||||
| HKC Steele | lbw b Dudleston | 1 | |||||
| I Coomaraswamy | c RW Tolchard b Dudleston | 0 | |||||
| PH Edmonds | c Stringer b Dudleston | 15 | |||||
| +CRV Taylor | c Haywood b McKenzie | 4 | |||||
| J Spencer | not out | 10 | |||||
| MP Kendall | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ Hadley | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 3 lb, 4 nb, 2 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 110 overs) | 260 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-77, 2-167, 3-180, 4-184, 5-184, 6-204, 7-234 | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McKenzie | 19 | 2 | 54 | 1 | - | - | |
| Higgs | 16 | 2 | 47 | 1 | - | - | |
| Davison | 6 | 3 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stringer | 19 | 3 | 65 | 1 | - | - | |
| Steele | 20 | 10 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Illingworth | 12 | 6 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Haywood | 8 | 5 | 10 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dudleston | 10 | 6 | 16 | 3 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| B Dudleston | lbw b Spencer | 35 | |||||
| JF Steele | b Hadley | 9 | |||||
| BJ Booth | b Spencer | 31 | |||||
| BF Davison | c Majid Khan b Spencer | 82 | |||||
| *R Illingworth | c Majid Khan b Spencer | 0 | |||||
| JG Tolchard | b Spencer | 23 | |||||
| PR Haywood | not out | 49 | |||||
| +RW Tolchard | lbw b Steele | 11 | |||||
| PM Stringer | not out | 6 | |||||
| GD McKenzie | did not bat | ||||||
| K Higgs | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 103.3 overs) | 249 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18, 2-76, 3-77, 4-77, 5-180, 6-191, 7-225 | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Spencer | 25 | 11 | 28 | 5 | - | - | |
| Hadley | 15 | 3 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Steele | 11 | 3 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| Kendall | 23 | 3 | 81 | 0 | - | - | |
| Majid Khan | 16 | 3 | 41 | 0 | - | - | |
| Edmonds | 13.3 | 4 | 49 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cambridge University second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RP Hodson | c and b Stringer | 10 | |||||
| W Snowden | c Steele b McKenzie | 0 | |||||
| J Spencer | b Higgs | 2 | |||||
| *Majid Khan | c Stringer b Higgs | 18 | |||||
| PD Johnson | c and b Steele | 56 | |||||
| HKC Steele | lbw b Illingworth | 43 | |||||
| I Coomaraswamy | c Dudleston b Illingworth | 0 | |||||
| PH Edmonds | c Dudleston b Illingworth | 4 | |||||
| +CRV Taylor | c Stringer b Steele | 12 | |||||
| MP Kendall | not out | 1 | |||||
| RJ Hadley | lbw b Dudleston | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 1 nb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 75.5 overs) | 148 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-10, 3-30, 4-30, 5-93, 6-93, 7-99, 8-146, 9-147, 10-148 (75.5 ov) | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McKenzie | 12 | 3 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Higgs | 14 | 6 | 21 | 2 | - | - | |
| Stringer | 7 | 2 | 16 | 1 | - | - | |
| Steele | 19 | 12 | 14 | 2 | - | - | |
| Illingworth | 19 | 2 | 47 | 3 | - | - | |
| Dudleston | 4.5 | 2 | 11 | 1 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| B Dudleston | c and b Edmonds | 7 | |||||
| JF Steele | lbw b Majid Khan | 65 | |||||
| +RW Tolchard | not out | 59 | |||||
| BF Davison | not out | 22 | |||||
| BJ Booth | did not bat | ||||||
| *R Illingworth | did not bat | ||||||
| JG Tolchard | did not bat | ||||||
| PR Haywood | did not bat | ||||||
| PM Stringer | did not bat | ||||||
| GD McKenzie | did not bat | ||||||
| K Higgs | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 3 lb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 41.3 overs) | 162 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-31, 2-123 | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Spencer | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hadley | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Steele | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Majid Khan | 15 | 2 | 57 | 1 | - | - | |
| Edmonds | 17.3 | 1 | 58 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> W Snowden made his debut in First-Class matches
--> I Coomaraswamy made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> B Dudleston achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Cambridge University first innings (previous best was 3-75)
--> GD McKenzie reached 950 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Cambridge University second innings
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