f30650 cc14889	Surrey v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1975
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 5th, 7th, 8th July 1975 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by 1 wicket
Points	Surrey 17 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Leicestershire 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	WL Budd, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 3/0 (Dudleston 1*, Steele 2*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 185/3 (Balderstone 35*, Illingworth 6*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JH Edrich	c Balderstone b McKenzie	1
AR Butcher	b McVicker	33
GP Howarth	c Steele b McVicker	37
Younis Ahmed	b McKenzie	4
GRJ Roope	c and b Booth	13
DR Owen-Thomas	lbw b Higgs	33
+LE Skinner	c Tolchard b McVicker	24
Intikhab Alam	b Higgs	54
RD Jackman	not out	42
GG Arnold	b McVicker	11
PI Pocock	c Davison b McVicker	0
Extras	(1 lb, 6 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 99.5 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-67, 3-74, 4-88, 5-102, 6-145, 7-167, 8-233, 9-259, 10-259 (99.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	19	6	34	2	-	-
Higgs	24	6	67	2	-	-
Booth	20	3	76	1	-	-
McVicker	28.5	9	56	5	-	-
Steele	8	3	19	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Skinner b Arnold	22
JF Steele	lbw b Arnold	2
JC Balderstone	b Arnold	0
BF Davison	b Pocock	30
*R Illingworth	b Arnold	0
+RW Tolchard	b Arnold	0
J Birkenshaw	b Pocock	2
P Booth	c Edrich b Jackman	0
NM McVicker	c Skinner b Intikhab Alam	3
GD McKenzie	c Jackman b Pocock	0
K Higgs	not out	2
Extras	(7 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 40.4 overs)	68
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-11, 3-40, 4-40, 5-40, 6-45, 7-50, 8-66, 9-66, 10-68 (40.4 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnold	13	6	17	5	-	-
Jackman	11	2	32	1	-	-
Intikhab Alam	4.4	2	3	1	-	-
Pocock	12	7	9	3	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Skinner b Intikhab Alam	44
JF Steele	c Roope b Pocock	71
JC Balderstone	st Skinner b Intikhab Alam	49
BF Davison	c Roope b Butcher	20
*R Illingworth	not out	41
+RW Tolchard	c Jackman b Arnold	12
J Birkenshaw	c Skinner b Jackman	11
P Booth	b Jackman	0
NM McVicker	c Skinner b Jackman	5
GD McKenzie	b Intikhab Alam	18
K Higgs	c Edrich b Pocock	2
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 127.5 overs)	283
Fall of wickets:
1-85, 2-140, 3-173, 4-208, 5-226, 6-245, 7-245, 8-253, 9-276, 10-283 (127.5 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnold	22	3	63	1	-	-
Jackman	15	5	28	3	-	-
Intikhab Alam	29	9	76	3	-	-
Pocock	38.5	15	59	2	-	-
Butcher	21	9	36	1	-	-
Roope	2	0	11	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AR Butcher	c Illingworth b McKenzie	0
*JH Edrich	b McVicker	14
GP Howarth	c Tolchard b McKenzie	0
Younis Ahmed	c Birkenshaw b McKenzie	9
GRJ Roope	lbw b Higgs	1
DR Owen-Thomas	b Illingworth	14
+LE Skinner	b Illingworth	6
Intikhab Alam	not out	20
RD Jackman	c Davison b Illingworth	0
GG Arnold	b Illingworth	8
PI Pocock	not out	10
Extras	(9 lb, 2 nb)	11
Total	(9 wickets, 43.3 overs)	93
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-13, 4-27, 5-29, 6-48, 7-51, 8-51, 9-65

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	9	5	16	3	-	-
Higgs	17	5	29	1	-	-
McVicker	6	1	16	1	-	-
Illingworth	9.3	3	20	4	-	-
Balderstone	2	1	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> GP Howarth (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 35
--> B Dudleston (1) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> JC Balderstone (2) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 11
--> JC Balderstone (2) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 40
--> R Illingworth (2) passed 22000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> J Birkenshaw (2) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 10
--> RD Jackman reached 550 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> R Illingworth completed a hat-trick in the Surrey second innings (Skinner, Owen-Thomas, Jackman)

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