f29604 cc14483	Leicestershire v Sussex
	County Championship 1973
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 16th, 17th, 18th May 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 9 (Batting 6, Bowling 3); Sussex 2 (Bowling 2)
Umpires	R Aspinall, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 223 all out
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 370/7 (RW Tolchard 62*, Birkenshaw 3*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MA Buss	lbw b Higgs	3
GA Greenidge	c RW Tolchard b McKenzie	3
RM Prideaux	c RW Tolchard b Davison	14
PJ Graves	c Illingworth b Birkenshaw	52
*AW Greig	lbw b Illingworth	32
MG Griffith	b Higgs	43
+AW Mansell	c Higgs b Balderstone	20
JRT Barclay	c Higgs b Birkenshaw	5
JA Snow	c Davison b Higgs	32
J Spencer	c Steele b McKenzie	14
UC Joshi	not out	2
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 120.2 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-11, 3-31, 4-97, 5-107, 6-144, 7-171, 8-184, 9-217, 10-223 (120.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	25.2	10	43	2	-	-
Higgs	23	6	38	3	-	-
Davison	4	0	24	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	28	8	53	2	-	-
Illingworth	21	9	21	1	-	-
Balderstone	15	5	26	1	-	-
Dudleston	4	1	15	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Greig b Joshi	133
JF Steele	c Griffith b Barclay	19
JC Balderstone	c and b Joshi	99
BF Davison	c Graves b Joshi	2
*R Illingworth	c Griffith b Snow	12
+RW Tolchard	not out	73
JG Tolchard	c Mansell b Snow	19
PR Haywood	lbw b Spencer	2
J Birkenshaw	run out	13
GD McKenzie	c Mansell b Spencer	1
K Higgs	not out	6
Extras	(6 b, 13 lb, 1 nb)	20
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 121 overs)	399
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-264, 3-269, 4-274, 5-288, 6-352, 7-358, 8-382, 9-397

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Snow	24	7	72	2	-	-
Greig	29	5	76	0	-	-
Buss	6	0	27	0	-	-
Joshi	36	8	105	3	-	-
Barclay	7	1	33	1	-	-
Spencer	19	2	66	2	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MA Buss	c Higgs b Illingworth	27
GA Greenidge	c Higgs b Steele	89
RM Prideaux	not out	51
PJ Graves	run out	20
*AW Greig	c RW Tolchard b Steele	9
MG Griffith	c and b Steele	8
+AW Mansell	not out	0
JRT Barclay	did not bat
JA Snow	did not bat
J Spencer	did not bat
UC Joshi	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(5 wickets, 98 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-137, 3-178, 4-192, 5-204

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	5	0	17	0	-	-
Higgs	2	0	13	0	-	-
Davison	4	1	6	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	23	3	62	0	-	-
Illingworth	23	10	39	1	-	-
Balderstone	19	9	43	0	-	-
Steele	22	14	24	3	-	-

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Notes
--> JC Balderstone (1) passed his previous highest score of 90 in First-Class matches
--> JC Balderstone (1) passed his previous highest score of 90 in County Championship matches
--> GD McKenzie (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> R Illingworth reached 1300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex second innings

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