f29750 cc14592	Leicestershire v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1973
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 8th, 9th, 10th August 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3); Northamptonshire 5 (Batting 3, Bowling 2)
Umpires	JG Langridge, GH Pope
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 34/2 (Steele 17*, Davison 12*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 35/2 (Steele 14*, Sharp 4*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Higgs b McKenzie	15
P Willey	b McKenzie	2
DS Steele	c Higgs b Booth	41
Mushtaq Mohammad	c and b Steele	96
C Milburn	st Tolchard b Steele	41
*PJ Watts	b McKenzie	18
G Cook	lbw b McKenzie	6
+G Sharp	lbw b McKenzie	5
RMH Cottam	not out	6
BS Bedi	c Norman b McKenzie	0
JCJ Dye	b Higgs	3
Extras	(2 lb, 6 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 95.1 overs)	241
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-21, 3-131, 4-200, 5-203, 6-224, 7-229, 8-238, 9-238, 10-241 (95.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	21	3	47	6	-	-
Higgs	17.1	6	31	1	-	-
Booth	9	1	22	1	-	-
Steele	22	6	47	2	-	-
Birkenshaw	19	3	60	0	-	-
Balderstone	7	1	26	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	lbw b Dye	5
JF Steele	c Steele b Bedi	33
JC Balderstone	c Sharp b Dye	0
BF Davison	lbw b Bedi	16
MEJC Norman	c Watts b Bedi	66
+RW Tolchard	c Virgin b Cottam	70
PR Haywood	b Mushtaq Mohammad	3
J Birkenshaw	c Steele b Dye	28
P Booth	c Sharp b Cottam	0
GD McKenzie	c Watts b Bedi	3
*K Higgs	not out	10
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb, 5 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 106.3 overs)	249
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-11, 3-41, 4-66, 5-190, 6-197, 7-225, 8-225, 9-237, 10-249 (106.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	29	8	65	2	-	-
Dye	19.3	2	40	3	-	-
Bedi	35	10	76	4	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	20	7	44	1	-	-
Steele	3	0	9	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	lbw b McKenzie	9
P Willey	c and b Higgs	3
DS Steele	c Tolchard b McKenzie	26
+G Sharp	lbw b Higgs	40
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Tolchard b Birkenshaw	26
C Milburn	c Higgs b Birkenshaw	20
*PJ Watts	not out	45
G Cook	b Birkenshaw	0
RMH Cottam	c Norman b Steele	13
BS Bedi	not out	8
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 7 nb)	13
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 70 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-18, 3-72, 4-98, 5-124, 6-141, 7-141, 8-181

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	19	1	43	2	-	-
Higgs	15	3	28	2	-	-
Booth	3	1	8	0	-	-
Steele	4	1	19	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	22	8	65	3	-	-
Balderstone	7	1	27	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Virgin b Bedi	21
JF Steele	lbw b Cottam	34
JC Balderstone	c Virgin b Bedi	0
BF Davison	lbw b Cottam	16
MEJC Norman	lbw b Cottam	19
+RW Tolchard	c Cook b Mushtaq Mohammad	22
J Birkenshaw	c Virgin b Mushtaq Mohammad	26
PR Haywood	c Virgin b Bedi	7
P Booth	lbw b Mushtaq Mohammad	0
GD McKenzie	not out	5
*K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(9 wickets, 65 overs)	155
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-47, 3-67, 4-72, 5-115, 6-124, 7-139, 8-148, 9-155 (65 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	17	5	38	3	-	-
Dye	2	0	6	0	-	-
Bedi	26	8	56	3	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	20	5	50	3	-	-

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Notes
--> PR Haywood made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> PR Haywood made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> MEJC Norman (2) passed 15000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 8
--> RMH Cottam reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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