f23759 cc11845	Northamptonshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Town Ground, Kettering on 10th, 12th, 13th June 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 8 wickets
Points	Northamptonshire 0; Leicestershire 14 (Batting 2)
Umpires	N Oldfield, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 142/6 (Cromack 1*, Julian 40*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 124/7 (PJ Watts 14*, Allen 12*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	c Wharton b Savage	26
C Milburn	c Savage b Boshier	25
BL Reynolds	b Savage	0
PJ Watts	c and b Cromack	36
D Ramsamooj	c Hallam b Savage	5
BS Crump	b Savage	0
PD Watts	c Wharton b Cromack	3
JG Williamson	c Julian b Birkenshaw	25
MHJ Allen	lbw b Savage	12
*+KV Andrew	not out	10
M Ashenden	b Savage	0
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 77.2 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-44, 3-55, 4-61, 5-69, 6-77, 7-118, 8-135, 9-148, 10-152 (77.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	8	1	21	0	-	-
Boshier	6	1	25	1	-	-
Savage	31.2	16	48	6	-	-
Cromack	23	10	36	2	-	-
Birkenshaw	9	2	12	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	lbw b Allen	29
*W Watson	b Allen	31
A Wharton	c Williamson b Allen	44
LR Gardner	c Milburn b Allen	23
J van Geloven	lbw b Allen	5
J Birkenshaw	b PD Watts	0
B Cromack	lbw b Allen	1
+R Julian	c and b Allen	5
CT Spencer	c Crump b PD Watts	8
JS Savage	not out	1
BS Boshier	c Reynolds b PD Watts	4
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 80.1 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-72, 3-114, 4-132, 5-137, 6-137, 7-142, 8-143, 9-151, 10-156 (80.1 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ashenden	5	1	21	0	-	-
Williamson	6	1	16	0	-	-
Milburn	2	0	5	0	-	-
Allen	34	17	53	7	-	-
Crump	15	10	18	0	-	-
PD Watts	18.1	7	38	3	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	c Watson b Spencer	2
C Milburn	lbw b Birkenshaw	64
BL Reynolds	b Savage	7
PJ Watts	c Spencer b Savage	2
D Ramsamooj	st Julian b Birkenshaw	0
BS Crump	c Cromack b Birkenshaw	9
PD Watts	c Spencer b Cromack	19
JG Williamson	c and b Savage	8
MHJ Allen	c Gardner b Savage	12
*+KV Andrew	not out	15
M Ashenden	c van Geloven b Birkenshaw	0
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 76.1 overs)	146
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-54, 3-76, 4-76, 5-89, 6-89, 7-102, 8-124, 9-138, 10-146 (76.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	10	4	15	1	-	-
Boshier	3	1	5	0	-	-
Savage	35	15	65	4	-	-
Cromack	16	6	39	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	12.1	4	14	4	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	not out	50
*W Watson	b Crump	64
A Wharton	c Allen b Crump	11
LR Gardner	not out	3
J van Geloven	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
B Cromack	did not bat
+R Julian	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
JS Savage	did not bat
BS Boshier	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb, 3 nb)	15
Total	(2 wickets, 59 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-104, 2-131

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ashenden	4	2	3	0	-	-
Williamson	2	0	5	0	-	-
Allen	20	8	42	0	-	-
Crump	25	10	38	2	-	-
PD Watts	8	1	40	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PJ Watts (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 17
--> MR Hallam (1) passed 12500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 17
--> C Milburn (2) passed his previous highest score of 63 in first-class matches
--> C Milburn (2) passed his previous highest score of 63 in County Championship matches
--> BL Reynolds (2) passed 6500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 4
--> KV Andrew (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 12
--> J Birkenshaw reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings

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