f27214 cc13476	Leicestershire v Yorkshire
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 15th, 16th, 17th May 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Yorkshire won by an innings and 14 runs
Points	Leicestershire 2 (Bowling 2); Yorkshire 18 (Batting 3, Bowling 5)
Umpires	JS Buller, AE Fagg
Scorers	WH Ashdown (Leicestershire), EI Lester (Yorkshire)
Close of play day 1	Yorkshire (1) 140/1 (Boycott 79*, Padgett 34*)
Close of play day 2	Yorkshire (1) 288/8d

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	c Close b Wilson	0
MEJC Norman	st Binks b Wilson	22
BJ Booth	c Close b Wilson	15
CC Inman	c Taylor b Wilson	2
PT Marner	c Wilson b Illingworth	1
B Dudleston	c Nicholson b Wilson	1
DJ Constant	c Sharpe b Illingworth	1
BR Knight	c Boycott b Wilson	24
J Birkenshaw	c Nicholson b Illingworth	31
+RW Tolchard	not out	24
CT Spencer	c Sharpe b Wilson	0
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 55.4 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-41, 3-42, 4-42, 5-45, 6-45, 7-45, 8-90, 9-120, 10-128 (55.4 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	3	1	3	0	-	-
Nicholson	3	1	8	0	-	-
Illingworth	24	7	60	3	-	-
Wilson	23.4	9	50	7	-	-
Close	2	2	0	0	-	-

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Boycott	c Norman b Marner	132
PJ Sharpe	c Constant b Birkenshaw	17
DEV Padgett	c Spencer b Birkenshaw	46
JH Hampshire	c Spencer b Marner	42
FS Trueman	c and b Marner	0
D Wilson	c Constant b Marner	15
K Taylor	c Norman b Marner	6
*DB Close	c sub b Marner	1
R Illingworth	not out	7
+JG Binks	not out	9
AG Nicholson	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 12 lb)	13
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 107.1 overs)	288
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-157, 3-213, 4-213, 5-242, 6-268, 7-272, 8-274

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	37	9	79	0	-	-
Spencer	28.1	3	62	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	21	3	50	2	-	-
Marner	21	0	84	6	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	b Nicholson	6
BJ Booth	c Trueman b Illingworth	20
CC Inman	c Binks b Close	55
PT Marner	c Trueman b Illingworth	1
BR Knight	c Padgett b Close	15
J Birkenshaw	c Padgett b Illingworth	8
B Dudleston	b Wilson	8
DJ Constant	b Illingworth	19
*MR Hallam	c Taylor b Wilson	6
+RW Tolchard	not out	1
CT Spencer	c Close b Wilson	4
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 55 overs)	146
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-58, 3-70, 4-96, 5-103, 6-112, 7-130, 8-140, 9-142, 10-146 (55 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	3	1	14	0	-	-
Nicholson	3	0	11	1	-	-
Illingworth	22	8	45	4	-	-
Wilson	17	3	51	3	-	-
Close	10	3	22	2	-	-

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Notes
--> BR Knight (1) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 16
--> BR Knight made his debut for Leicestershire in County Championship matches
--> D Wilson reached 800 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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