f27453 cc13674	Leicestershire v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 28th, 29th, 30th August 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Northamptonshire won by 6 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Northamptonshire 11 (Bowling 1)
Umpires	JS Buller, AEG Rhodes
Scorers	WH Ashdown (Leicestershire), J Mercer (Northamptonshire)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 305/9d
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (1) 36/1 (Prideaux 14*, Lightfoot 2*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	c Steele b Sully	49
*MR Hallam	c Johnson b Sully	123
BJ Booth	c Milburn b Crump	32
CC Inman	c Milburn b Durose	67
PT Marner	b Crump	14
BR Knight	b Durose	4
J Birkenshaw	b Durose	7
+RW Tolchard	b Durose	2
JDD Pember	not out	2
J Cotton	b Crump	0
CT Spencer	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 100.5 overs)	305
Fall of wickets:
1-143, 2-186, 3-266, 4-290, 5-292, 6-300, 7-303, 8-304, 9-305 (100.5 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Crump	35.5	6	90	3	-	-
Durose	18	4	50	4	-	-
Milburn	7	1	22	0	-	-
Sully	23	4	89	2	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	17	2	49	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Milburn	c Birkenshaw b Pember	19
*RM Prideaux	not out	60
A Lightfoot	c and b Birkenshaw	2
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Marner b Birkenshaw	29
BL Reynolds	b Knight	5
HM Ackerman	not out	36
DS Steele	did not bat
BS Crump	did not bat
+LA Johnson	did not bat
H Sully	did not bat
AJ Durose	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 58.4 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-36, 3-72, 4-79

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cotton	8	1	33	0	-	-
Spencer	7.4	0	23	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	22	5	51	2	-	-
Pember	9	4	21	1	-	-
Knight	12	4	23	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	not out	20
*MR Hallam	b Ackerman	5
JDD Pember	b Ackerman	20
J Cotton	not out	4
BJ Booth	did not bat
CC Inman	did not bat
PT Marner	did not bat
BR Knight	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 12 overs)	49
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-33

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Crump	2	0	7	0	-	-
Milburn	4	1	10	0	-	-
Sully	2	0	4	0	-	-
Ackerman	4	0	28	2	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RM Prideaux	c Hallam b Cotton	0
C Milburn	c Norman b Spencer	12
A Lightfoot	lbw b Pember	27
Mushtaq Mohammad	not out	112
BL Reynolds	c and b Birkenshaw	9
HM Ackerman	not out	32
DS Steele	did not bat
BS Crump	did not bat
+LA Johnson	did not bat
H Sully	did not bat
AJ Durose	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb)	7
Total	(4 wickets, 37.3 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-21, 3-86, 4-141

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cotton	5	0	21	1	-	-
Spencer	8	0	52	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	16	1	77	1	-	-
Pember	3	1	15	1	-	-
Knight	5.3	0	27	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PT Marner (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 8
--> PT Marner (1) passed 15000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> MEJC Norman (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 9
--> Mushtaq Mohammad (2) passed 12000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> H Sully reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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