a892	Leicestershire v Worcestershire
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1973 (Midland Group)
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 12th May 1973 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 30 runs
Points	Leicestershire 3; Worcestershire 0
Umpires	WL Budd, BJ Meyer
Man of the Match	RW Tolchard

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Leicestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
B Dudleston	lbw b Holder	4
MEJC Norman	c Cass b Holder	6
+RW Tolchard	b Gifford	49
BF Davison	b Gifford	22
JC Balderstone	lbw b Holder	39
*R Illingworth	c Headley b Holder	23
JF Steele	b Brain	2
J Birkenshaw	not out	19
GD McKenzie	c Ormrod b Brain	4
CT Spencer	run out	3
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 10 lb)	11
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-19, 3-67, 4-104, 5-146, 6-153, 7-155, 8-175, 9-182 (55 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Holder	11	1	28	4	-	-	16.50	2.55
Brain	11	2	26	2	-	-	33.00	2.36
Johnson	8	0	44	0	-	-	-	5.50
D'Oliveira	11	0	37	0	-	-	-	3.36
Gifford	11	4	24	2	-	-	33.00	2.18
Hemsley	3	0	12	0	-	-	-	4.00

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Worcestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
RGA Headley	c Tolchard b Spencer	28
DER Stewart	c Balderstone b Birkenshaw	32
EJO Hemsley	c and b Steele	8
JA Ormrod	b Steele	12
BL D'Oliveira	c Higgs b Illingworth	1
TJ Yardley	st Tolchard b Birkenshaw	10
+GR Cass	c Higgs b Spencer	21
IN Johnson	c Steele b Illingworth	11
*N Gifford	b Spencer	9
VA Holder	not out	15
BM Brain	b McKenzie	0
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 52.1 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-61, 3-81, 4-82, 5-82, 6-101, 7-119, 8-131, 9-137, 10-152 (52.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
McKenzie	6.1	0	18	1	-	-	37.00	2.92
Higgs	9	3	23	0	-	-	-	2.56
Birkenshaw	11	4	22	2	-	-	33.00	2.00
Spencer	9	2	35	3	-	-	18.00	3.89
Steele	7	0	24	2	-	-	21.00	3.43
Illingworth	10	3	25	2	-	-	30.00	2.50

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Notes
--> RW Tolchard passed 1500 runs in List A matches when he reached 19
--> R Illingworth reached 50 wickets in List A matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire innings

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