f30674	Leicestershire v Australians
	Australia in England 1975
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 26th, 28th, 29th July 1975 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 31 runs
Umpires	R Julian, DO Oslear
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 370 all out
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 69/0 (Dudleston 40*, Steele 21*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c GS Chappell b Hurst	9
JF Steele	run out	17
JC Balderstone	c Gilmour b Walker	9
BF Davison	c Walker b Higgs	189
PB Clift	run out	30
+RW Tolchard	c Hurst b IM Chappell	26
*R Illingworth	c Walker b Higgs	34
J Birkenshaw	b Hurst	26
GF Cross	c Marsh b Walters	0
P Booth	lbw b Hurst	7
TK Stretton	not out	5
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 11 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 94.4 overs)	370
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-28, 3-34, 4-104, 5-188, 6-319, 7-332, 8-356, 9-358, 10-370 (94.4 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hurst	21.4	6	86	3	-	-
Gilmour	12	1	42	0	-	-
Walker	15	3	53	1	-	-
Higgs	20	2	91	2	-	-
IM Chappell	9	1	23	1	-	-
GS Chappell	9	3	23	0	-	-
Walters	8	0	34	1	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Turner	st Tolchard b Birkenshaw	28
RB McCosker	c Dudleston b Booth	120
IM Chappell	c Davison b Birkenshaw	69
*GS Chappell	c Davison b Steele	39
R Edwards	not out	40
GJ Gilmour	not out	6
KD Walters	did not bat
+RW Marsh	did not bat
MHN Walker	did not bat
AG Hurst	did not bat
JD Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 95 overs)	313
Fall of wickets:
1-128, 2-173, 3-224, 4-298

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Booth	9	1	37	1	-	-
Stretton	8	3	14	0	-	-
Clift	5	0	24	0	-	-
Balderstone	20	1	72	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	23	4	71	2	-	-
Steele	12	3	39	1	-	-
Illingworth	15	5	29	0	-	-
Cross	3	0	16	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	b GS Chappell	80
JF Steele	not out	87
JC Balderstone	b GS Chappell	0
PB Clift	not out	31
BF Davison	did not bat
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
*R Illingworth	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
GF Cross	did not bat
P Booth	did not bat
TK Stretton	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 6 lb, 1 nb, 4 w)	19
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 59 overs)	217
Fall of wickets:
1-165, 2-165

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hurst	11	4	37	0	-	-
Gilmour	3	0	16	0	-	-
Walker	9	1	22	0	-	-
Higgs	24	4	80	0	-	-
GS Chappell	9	4	22	2	-	-
Walters	2	0	16	0	-	-
Edwards	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GJ Gilmour	c Davison b Birkenshaw	59
+RW Marsh	b Booth	3
A Turner	c Birkenshaw b Illingworth	11
R Edwards	c Tolchard b Birkenshaw	13
*GS Chappell	b Illingworth	13
KD Walters	not out	102
IM Chappell	run out	5
RB McCosker	c Steele b Illingworth	1
MHN Walker	c Tolchard b Balderstone	25
AG Hurst	run out	2
JD Higgs	b Balderstone	0
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 54 overs)	243
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-69, 3-77, 4-112, 5-164, 6-182, 7-187, 8-224, 9-243, 10-243 (54 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Booth	5	0	12	1	-	-
Stretton	3	0	31	0	-	-
Balderstone	15	1	54	2	-	-
Birkenshaw	7	0	33	2	-	-
Steele	6	1	24	0	-	-
Illingworth	18	0	80	3	-	-

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Notes
--> TK Stretton made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> BF Davison (1) passed his previous highest score of 142 in First-Class matches
--> BF Davison (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 97
--> PB Clift made his debut for Leicestershire in First-Class matches
--> PB Clift made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> JD Higgs was no-balled for throwing for Australians
--> A Turner retired hurt in the Australians first innings (team score 20/0) - he returned when the score was 128/1

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