f30121 cc14667	Leicestershire v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1974
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 1st, 3rd, 4th June 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 5 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 17 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Gloucestershire 5 (Batting 3, Bowling 2)
Umpires	C Cook, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 65/1 (Dudleston 27*, Balderstone 28*; 25 overs)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 129/5 (Procter 65*, Brown 12*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Sadiq Mohammad	c McVicker b Birkenshaw	88
CA Milton	c Illingworth b Birkenshaw	25
RDV Knight	c Davison b Illingworth	17
MJ Procter	c and b Birkenshaw	5
Zaheer Abbas	c Dudleston b Birkenshaw	11
DR Shepherd	b Illingworth	53
*AS Brown	c RW Tolchard b Balderstone	9
DA Graveney	not out	50
+R Swetman	b Balderstone	4
JB Mortimore	b Birkenshaw	5
J Davey	not out	1
Extras	(9 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	278
Fall of wickets:
1-63, 2-116, 3-127, 4-142, 5-165, 6-183, 7-245, 8-258, 9-275

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	11	2	26	0	-	-
McVicker	8	2	22	0	-	-
Spencer	7	0	22	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	28	8	66	5	-	-
Illingworth	22	5	61	2	-	-
Balderstone	12	2	37	2	-	-
Steele	12	2	34	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Sadiq Mohammad b Graveney	105
JF Steele	c Zaheer Abbas b Davey	10
JC Balderstone	b Mortimore	28
BF Davison	st Swetman b Graveney	52
JG Tolchard	c Procter b Sadiq Mohammad	13
+RW Tolchard	lbw b Graveney	16
J Birkenshaw	not out	39
*R Illingworth	not out	16
NM McVicker	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	284
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-69, 3-166, 4-196, 5-229, 6-242

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	8	2	26	0	-	-
Davey	7	2	13	1	-	-
Mortimore	40	9	100	1	-	-
Graveney	36	10	107	3	-	-
Sadiq Mohammad	9	2	33	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Sadiq Mohammad	lbw b Birkenshaw	14
CA Milton	b Illingworth	14
RDV Knight	c Balderstone b Birkenshaw	0
MJ Procter	b Illingworth	102
Zaheer Abbas	c Davison b Illingworth	15
DR Shepherd	c Dudleston b Birkenshaw	1
*AS Brown	c Higgs b Balderstone	34
DA Graveney	b Birkenshaw	5
+R Swetman	lbw b Illingworth	6
JB Mortimore	not out	18
J Davey	b Illingworth	0
Extras	(4 b, 11 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 92.5 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-28, 3-40, 4-86, 5-99, 6-188, 7-188, 8-199, 9-217, 10-224 (92.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	4	1	10	0	-	-
McVicker	4	1	8	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	23	6	64	4	-	-
Illingworth	33.5	14	63	5	-	-
Balderstone	12	4	26	1	-	-
Steele	16	7	38	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Milton b Graveney	18
JF Steele	not out	74
JC Balderstone	b Sadiq Mohammad	54
BF Davison	b Brown	37
J Birkenshaw	b Brown	0
*R Illingworth	c Brown b Graveney	8
+RW Tolchard	not out	7
JG Tolchard	did not bat
NM McVicker	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
Extras	(13 b, 8 lb)	21
Total	(5 wickets, 74.4 overs)	219
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-119, 3-175, 4-175, 5-204

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	8	1	29	0	-	-
Davey	2	1	4	0	-	-
Mortimore	20	6	50	0	-	-
Graveney	26.4	7	72	2	-	-
Sadiq Mohammad	6	0	22	1	-	-
Brown	12	2	21	2	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> DA Graveney (1) passed his previous highest score of 32 in County Championship matches
--> DA Graveney (1) passed his previous highest score of 49 in First-Class matches
--> B Dudleston (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 28
--> JC Balderstone (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 21
--> J Birkenshaw reached 650 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings

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