f29164 cc14330	Leicestershire v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1972
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 31st May, 1st, 2nd June 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 123 runs
Points	Leicestershire 15 (Batting 2, Bowling 3); Gloucestershire 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3)
Umpires	WE Alley, DGL Evans
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 303/7 (Tolchard 111*, McKenzie 51*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (1) 139/5 (Nicholls 54*, Brown 17*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	b Brown	30
JF Steele	c Sadiq Mohammad b Mortimore	7
BJ Booth	lbw b Allen	28
BF Davison	lbw b Brown	0
*R Illingworth	c Bissex b Brown	48
+RW Tolchard	not out	111
PR Haywood	c Davey b Sadiq Mohammad	13
J Birkenshaw	c Nicholls b Brown	2
GD McKenzie	not out	51
K Higgs	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 3 lb)	13
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 105 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-59, 3-65, 4-65, 5-155, 6-200, 7-204

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	14	3	44	0	-	-
Davey	20	3	59	0	-	-
Mortimore	20	5	36	1	-	-
Brown	26	7	70	4	-	-
Allen	11	3	22	1	-	-
Sadiq Mohammad	7	0	43	1	-	-
Knight	7	2	16	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB Nicholls	c Tolchard b Steele	74
Sadiq Mohammad	b Illingworth	15
RDV Knight	c Tolchard b Illingworth	0
MJ Procter	b Illingworth	11
DR Shepherd	c Spencer b Higgs	27
M Bissex	c Davison b McKenzie	6
*AS Brown	st Tolchard b Illingworth	25
+R Swetman	not out	11
DA Allen	not out	23
JB Mortimore	did not bat
J Davey	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 8 nb)	9
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 79.5 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-37, 3-49, 4-83, 5-97, 6-167, 7-175

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	19	5	41	1	-	-
Higgs	14	5	26	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	13	5	23	0	-	-
Illingworth	17	7	37	4	-	-
Steele	12.5	4	56	1	-	-
Spencer	4	1	9	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Brown b Allen	17
JF Steele	st Swetman b Sadiq Mohammad	35
BJ Booth	c Knight b Allen	4
BF Davison	c Knight b Sadiq Mohammad	31
*R Illingworth	not out	16
+RW Tolchard	not out	9
PR Haywood	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb)	2
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 39.5 overs)	114
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-47, 3-73, 4-94

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	5	3	7	0	-	-
Davey	3	2	1	0	-	-
Mortimore	10	2	35	0	-	-
Allen	15	1	45	2	-	-
Sadiq Mohammad	6.5	2	24	2	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB Nicholls	b Birkenshaw	17
Sadiq Mohammad	st Tolchard b Birkenshaw	18
RDV Knight	c Birkenshaw b Illingworth	9
MJ Procter	c Steele b Birkenshaw	15
DR Shepherd	c Dudleston b Birkenshaw	0
M Bissex	c Booth b Illingworth	16
*AS Brown	c Booth b Illingworth	0
+R Swetman	c Dudleston b Birkenshaw	12
DA Allen	c Higgs b Birkenshaw	0
JB Mortimore	not out	0
J Davey	c Illingworth b Birkenshaw	4
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb)	2
Total	(all out, 36.2 overs)	93
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-36, 3-60, 4-60, 5-61, 6-61, 7-81, 8-89, 9-89, 10-93 (36.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	4	1	13	0	-	-
Higgs	7	0	21	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	14.2	6	30	7	-	-
Illingworth	9	3	20	3	-	-
Steele	2	1	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RW Tolchard (1) passed his previous highest score of 105 in County Championship matches
--> R Swetman (2) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> J Birkenshaw reached 650 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings
--> J Birkenshaw achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Gloucestershire second innings (previous best was 7-43)

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