| f31039 | |
| Venue | FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 24th, 26th April 1976 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Leicestershire won by 10 wickets |
| Umpires | A Jepson, R Julian |
| Scorers | LW Barratt (Leicestershire), HJ Hart (Cambridge University) |
| Close of play day 1 | Leicestershire (1) 118/2 (Steele 66*, [unknown] ?*) |
| Cambridge University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +SP Coverdale | b Cross | 22 | |||||
| AJ Hignell | c McVicker b Higgs | 5 | |||||
| *TJ Murrills | b Balderstone | 41 | |||||
| PM Roebuck | c Tolchard b Cross | 5 | |||||
| PWG Parker | c Tolchard b Clift | 8 | |||||
| CN Boyns | lbw b Clift | 1 | |||||
| CS Bannister | run out | 15 | |||||
| PJ Hayes | b Clift | 4 | |||||
| EJW Jackson | b Steele | 12 | |||||
| ME Allbrook | b Steele | 1 | |||||
| MEW Brooker | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 2 lb, 1 w) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 60.1 overs) | 118 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6, 2-37, 3-63, 4-83, 5-85, 6-85, 7-89, 8-117, 9-117, 10-118 (60.1 ov) | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Booth | 6 | 1 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Higgs | 8 | 5 | 9 | 1 | - | - | |
| Clift | 13 | 4 | 26 | 3 | - | - | |
| Cross | 11 | 4 | 27 | 2 | - | - | |
| Illingworth | 8 | 4 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Balderstone | 8 | 3 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Steele | 3.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| McVicker | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| B Dudleston | b Hayes | 28 | |||||
| JF Steele | retired hurt | 66 | |||||
| JC Balderstone | c Hayes b Allbrook | 9 | |||||
| BF Davison | c Murrills b Brooker | 20 | |||||
| *R Illingworth | c Roebuck b Jackson | 15 | |||||
| +RW Tolchard | b Brooker | 0 | |||||
| PB Clift | c Coverdale b Brooker | 3 | |||||
| GF Cross | c Jackson b Brooker | 20 | |||||
| NM McVicker | b Jackson | 35 | |||||
| P Booth | not out | 8 | |||||
| K Higgs | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 5 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 79.1 overs) | 210 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-49, 2-96, 3-118, 4-133, 5-133, 6-139, 7-147, 8-188 | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Brooker | 23 | 7 | 58 | 4 | - | - | |
| Jackson | 13.1 | 4 | 37 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hayes | 18 | 6 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Roebuck | 13 | 3 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Allbrook | 6 | 2 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bannister | 6 | 1 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cambridge University second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +SP Coverdale | b Booth | 4 | |||||
| AJ Hignell | c McVicker b Booth | 0 | |||||
| *TJ Murrills | b Clift | 32 | |||||
| PM Roebuck | c Balderstone b Clift | 58 | |||||
| PWG Parker | b Steele | 8 | |||||
| CN Boyns | b Steele | 0 | |||||
| CS Bannister | c Clift b Steele | 13 | |||||
| PJ Hayes | c Illingworth b Steele | 1 | |||||
| EJW Jackson | b McVicker | 7 | |||||
| ME Allbrook | c Dudleston b Steele | 10 | |||||
| MEW Brooker | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (5 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 59.4 overs) | 139 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-5, 3-89, 4-100, 5-102, 6-107, 7-113, 8-122, 9-137, 10-139 (59.4 ov) | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Booth | 6 | 1 | 30 | 2 | - | - | |
| Clift | 12 | 2 | 27 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cross | 7 | 2 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Balderstone | 7 | 3 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Steele | 17 | 9 | 23 | 5 | - | - | |
| McVicker | 10.4 | 4 | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JC Balderstone | not out | 22 | |||||
| PB Clift | not out | 26 | |||||
| B Dudleston | did not bat | ||||||
| JF Steele | did not bat | ||||||
| BF Davison | did not bat | ||||||
| *R Illingworth | did not bat | ||||||
| +RW Tolchard | did not bat | ||||||
| GF Cross | did not bat | ||||||
| NM McVicker | did not bat | ||||||
| P Booth | did not bat | ||||||
| K Higgs | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (no wicket, 13.2 overs) | 48 | |||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Brooker | 6 | 1 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jackson | 4 | 1 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hayes | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Boyns | 0.2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> MEW Brooker achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 2-84)
--> JF Steele retired hurt in the Leicestershire first innings having scored 66 (team score 116/2)
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