f29255 cc14399	Worcestershire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1972
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 15th, 17th, 18th July 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 44 runs
Points	Worcestershire 14 (Batting 3, Bowling 1); Leicestershire 7 (Batting 5, Bowling 2)
Umpires	JG Langridge, H Yarnold
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 16/0 (Dudleston 8*, Steele 7*; 6 overs)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 87/0 (Headley 39*, Turner 37*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RGA Headley	c and b Steele	30
GM Turner	b McKenzie	9
JM Parker	run out	45
JA Ormrod	not out	157
TJ Yardley	c Tolchard b McKenzie	2
DER Stewart	run out	34
IN Johnson	b Matthews	22
KW Wilkinson	c Tolchard b Birkenshaw	20
+HG Wilcock	c and b Birkenshaw	0
VA Holder	not out	8
AP Pridgeon	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 4 nb)	10
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 110 overs)	337
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-74, 3-105, 4-119, 5-205, 6-270, 7-321, 8-323

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	19	3	55	2	-	-
Higgs	18	0	61	0	-	-
Matthews	15	2	61	1	-	-
Davison	3	0	14	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	31	6	71	2	-	-
Steele	16	8	32	1	-	-
Dudleston	2	0	16	0	-	-
Haywood	6	0	17	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	b Wilkinson	132
JF Steele	c Johnson b Ormrod	76
JC Balderstone	c and b Wilkinson	51
BF Davison	not out	15
BJ Booth	b Holder	22
PR Haywood	did not bat
*+RW Tolchard	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
RB Matthews	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 8 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	27
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 92.1 overs)	323
Fall of wickets:
1-145, 2-249, 3-286, 4-323 (92.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	26.1	5	61	1	-	-
Pridgeon	15	4	44	0	-	-
Johnson	22	3	69	0	-	-
Wilkinson	9	0	46	2	-	-
Ormrod	20	3	76	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RGA Headley	c Higgs b Birkenshaw	52
GM Turner	c Tolchard b McKenzie	50
JM Parker	c Steele b Birkenshaw	36
JA Ormrod	run out	26
TJ Yardley	not out	33
DER Stewart	c Dudleston b Balderstone	9
IN Johnson	c Dudleston b Balderstone	2
KW Wilkinson	not out	10
+HG Wilcock	did not bat
VA Holder	did not bat
AP Pridgeon	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 10 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	22
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 90 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-115, 2-119, 3-176, 4-187, 5-220, 6-222

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	17	5	22	1	-	-
Higgs	9	3	28	0	-	-
Matthews	7	2	18	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	29	6	90	2	-	-
Steele	14	4	23	0	-	-
Haywood	2	1	1	0	-	-
Booth	1	1	0	0	-	-
Balderstone	11	0	36	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	b Pridgeon	17
JF Steele	b Holder	2
BF Davison	c Pridgeon b Ormrod	12
JC Balderstone	not out	81
PR Haywood	c Wilcock b Ormrod	14
*+RW Tolchard	c Wilkinson b Pridgeon	42
GD McKenzie	lbw b Holder	4
BJ Booth	c Wilcock b Pridgeon	11
J Birkenshaw	c Wilcock b Holder	4
K Higgs	c Wilcock b Holder	0
RB Matthews	c Wilcock b Holder	4
Extras	(2 b, 17 lb)	19
Total	(all out, 34.4 overs)	210
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-19, 3-43, 4-95, 5-173, 6-178, 7-193, 8-206, 9-208, 10-210 (34.4 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	11.4	1	44	5	-	-
Pridgeon	10	1	50	3	-	-
Johnson	6	1	40	0	-	-
Ormrod	7	0	57	2	-	-

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Notes
--> AP Pridgeon made his debut in County Championship matches
--> JA Ormrod (1) passed his previous highest score of 155 in First-Class matches
--> JA Ormrod (1) passed his previous highest score of 155 in County Championship matches
--> JA Ormrod (1) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> IN Johnson (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in County Championship matches
--> IN Johnson (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in First-Class matches
--> BJ Booth (1) passed 13000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 16
--> JM Parker (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> B Dudleston (2) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> JC Balderstone (2) passed his previous highest score of 71 in County Championship matches
--> JC Balderstone reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire second innings
--> AP Pridgeon achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire second innings (previous best was 0-20)
--> VA Holder reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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