f24230 cc12053	Leicestershire v Lancashire
	County Championship 1962
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 19th, 21st, 22nd May 1962 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 2; Lancashire 0
Umpires	R Aspinall, TW Spencer, FM Turner
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), GM Taylor (Lancashire)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 41/1 (Watson 22*, Wharton 3*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 97/2 (Watson 42*, Jayasinghe 18*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Pullar	b Spencer	4
BJ Booth	c Watson b Boshier	74
JD Bond	c Hallam b Spencer	0
PT Marner	b Boshier	7
DM Green	b van Geloven	35
R Collins	b Spencer	37
*JF Blackledge	c Mitten b Spencer	1
+G Clayton	c Jayasinghe b Spencer	6
JB Statham	c Mitten b van Geloven	5
T Greenhough	run out	5
C Hilton	not out	8
Extras	(10 b, 1 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 61 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-4, 3-31, 4-87, 5-140, 6-142, 7-164, 8-173, 9-179, 10-193 (61 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	22	5	57	5	-	-
Boshier	24	4	62	2	-	-
van Geloven	15	3	63	2	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	b Statham	12
*W Watson	b Marner	46
A Wharton	c Green b Marner	21
S Jayasinghe	b Collins	79
D Kirby	c Booth b Marner	15
LR Gardner	c Bond b Greenhough	7
J Birkenshaw	c Booth b Green	42
J van Geloven	c Greenhough b Collins	15
+J Mitten	b Hilton	7
CT Spencer	b Hilton	10
BS Boshier	not out	0
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 98.3 overs)	263
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-74, 3-115, 4-139, 5-158, 6-186, 7-218, 8-245, 9-259, 10-263 (98.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	6	0	15	1	-	-
Hilton	27.3	4	92	2	-	-
Marner	29	6	79	3	-	-
Greenhough	21	2	46	1	-	-
Collins	13	3	21	2	-	-
Green	2	1	1	1	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Pullar	b Boshier	1
BJ Booth	not out	7
JD Bond	c Wharton b van Geloven	10
PT Marner	c Spencer b Wharton	6
DM Green	not out	2
R Collins	did not bat
*JF Blackledge	did not bat
+G Clayton	did not bat
JB Statham	did not bat
T Greenhough	did not bat
C Hilton	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(3 wickets, 16 overs)	27
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-18, 3-25

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	3	0	4	0	-	-
Boshier	6	2	13	1	-	-
van Geloven	4	0	7	1	-	-
Wharton	2	1	2	1	-	-
Hallam	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> J Mitten made his debut in County Championship matches
--> S Jayasinghe (1) passed his previous highest score of 50 in County Championship matches
--> J van Geloven reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire first innings

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TW Spencer was replaced as umpire by FM Turner on the afternoon of day 3 because of illness

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