f30197 cc14726	Leicestershire v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1974
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 13th, 15th, 16th July 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 5 (Batting 3, Bowling 2); Northamptonshire 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2)
Umpires	R Aspinall, DGL Evans
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 358/6 innings closed
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 64/0 (Dudleston 41*, Steele 20*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	lbw b McKenzie	76
A Tait	c Steele b McKenzie	0
DS Steele	b Higgs	29
G Cook	c Steele b Birkenshaw	33
P Willey	not out	100
*PJ Watts	c Balderstone b Illingworth	83
+G Sharp	st Tolchard b Balderstone	16
C Milburn	not out	2
RMH Cottam	did not bat
JW Swinburne	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 12 lb, 6 nb)	19
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	358
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-84, 3-116, 4-168, 5-333, 6-356

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	17	1	55	2	-	-
Higgs	23	3	84	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	20	4	49	1	-	-
McVicker	17	5	45	0	-	-
Balderstone	8	1	33	1	-	-
Steele	6	1	21	0	-	-
Illingworth	9	0	52	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	run out	135
JF Steele	lbw b Dye	30
JC Balderstone	st Sharp b Swinburne	11
BF Davison	b Dye	20
NM McVicker	c Virgin b Swinburne	23
MEJC Norman	not out	15
+RW Tolchard	not out	4
*R Illingworth	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 5 nb)	14
Total	(5 wickets, 88.1 overs)	252
Fall of wickets:
1-90, 2-125, 3-156, 4-201, 5-244

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	22	6	48	0	-	-
Dye	19.1	6	55	2	-	-
Steele	7	4	14	0	-	-
Swinburne	24	6	72	2	-	-
Willey	2	0	20	0	-	-
Milburn	12	5	28	0	-	-
Watts	2	1	1	0	-	-

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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
--> G Cook (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> PJ Watts (1) passed 12000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 52
--> B Dudleston (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 129
--> NM McVicker (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9

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