f27464 cc13684	Warwickshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 31st August, 1st, 2nd September 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Warwickshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 3 wickets
Points	Warwickshire 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Leicestershire 15 (Batting 2, Bowling 3)
Umpires	F Jakeman, C Petrie
Scorers	WH Ashdown (Leicestershire), P Pike (Warwickshire)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 26/0 (Hallam 14*, Norman 12*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 90/2 (Norman 38*, Inman 28*)

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Barber	b Birkenshaw	52
WJP Stewart	c Marner b Pember	19
DL Amiss	b Barratt	66
RB Kanhai	c and b Birkenshaw	62
JA Jameson	c Birkenshaw b Barratt	0
RN Abberley	c Pember b Knight	50
*+AC Smith	b Cotton	23
EE Hemmings	lbw b Birkenshaw	0
DJ Brown	b Pember	9
W Blenkiron	b Pember	0
JD Bannister	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 92.1 overs)	294
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-84, 3-169, 4-178, 5-220, 6-259, 7-268, 8-290, 9-290, 10-294 (92.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cotton	16.1	2	52	1	-	-
Pember	21	5	79	3	-	-
Knight	10	2	28	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	26	3	69	3	-	-
Barratt	19	3	53	2	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	c sub (GS Warner) b Brown	14
MEJC Norman	c Smith b Brown	64
BJ Booth	c Jameson b Bannister	7
CC Inman	c Amiss b Hemmings	78
PT Marner	not out	33
BR Knight	not out	4
J Cotton	did not bat
RJ Barratt	did not bat
JDD Pember	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
Extras	(3 nb)	3
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 62 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-44, 3-162, 4-176

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	13	2	32	2	-	-
Bannister	25	9	51	1	-	-
Blenkiron	9	0	23	0	-	-
Hemmings	15	1	94	1	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Barber	c and b Pember	11
RN Abberley	c Birkenshaw b Barratt	14
DL Amiss	not out	62
JA Jameson	not out	26
WJP Stewart	did not bat
RB Kanhai	did not bat
*+AC Smith	did not bat
EE Hemmings	did not bat
DJ Brown	did not bat
W Blenkiron	did not bat
JD Bannister	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 22 overs)	114
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-52

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cotton	2	0	19	0	-	-
Pember	5	2	11	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	9	1	35	0	-	-
Barratt	6	0	48	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	c Amiss b Brown	6
MEJC Norman	c Smith b Blenkiron	37
PT Marner	c Amiss b Blenkiron	71
CC Inman	b Brown	1
J Cotton	b Brown	0
RJ Barratt	b Brown	8
JDD Pember	b Blenkiron	5
BR Knight	not out	40
BJ Booth	not out	29
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 4 nb)	11
Total	(7 wickets, 36.3 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-80, 3-85, 4-85, 5-104, 6-115, 7-144

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	13	1	52	4	-	-
Bannister	4	0	41	0	-	-
Blenkiron	12.3	0	66	3	-	-
Hemmings	7	0	38	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DL Amiss (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 6
--> PT Marner (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 8
--> J Birkenshaw reached 100 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Warwickshire first innings
--> W Blenkiron reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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