f27250 cc13504	Leicestershire v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 1st, 2nd, 3rd June 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 3 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 16 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Worcestershire 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3)
Umpires	C Petrie, AEG Rhodes
Scorers	WH Ashdown (Leicestershire), A Ross-Slater (Worcestershire)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 19/0 (Norman 11*, Booth 7*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 234/5 (Birkenshaw 34*, Constant 32*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CD Fearnley	lbw b Knight	19
RGA Headley	c Tolchard b Knight	15
JA Ormrod	c and b Birkenshaw	26
*TW Graveney	c Marner b Knight	52
BL D'Oliveira	c Inman b Barratt	38
EJO Hemsley	b Barratt	14
+R Booth	not out	49
N Gifford	b Birkenshaw	8
VA Holder	b Knight	12
BM Brain	b Marner	5
LJ Coldwell	lbw b Marner	1
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 96.3 overs)	249
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-42, 3-104, 4-122, 5-157, 6-172, 7-205, 8-224, 9-239, 10-249 (96.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	17	4	50	0	-	-
Knight	27	5	53	4	-	-
Marner	12.3	2	41	2	-	-
Barratt	22	6	60	2	-	-
Birkenshaw	18	7	35	2	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MEJC Norman	c Booth b Coldwell	58
BJ Booth	c D'Oliveira b Brain	47
CC Inman	b Coldwell	33
PT Marner	c Booth b Coldwell	11
BR Knight	c Graveney b Holder	2
J Birkenshaw	not out	39
DJ Constant	b Coldwell	34
MR Hallam	did not bat
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
RJ Barratt	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 8 nb)	17
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 84.4 overs)	241
Fall of wickets:
1-95, 2-130, 3-159, 4-162, 5-166, 6-241 (84.4 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coldwell	22.4	5	68	4	-	-
Holder	25	6	64	1	-	-
Gifford	14	6	27	0	-	-
Brain	13	2	55	1	-	-
D'Oliveira	10	7	10	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CD Fearnley	c Constant b Spencer	10
RGA Headley	c Tolchard b Spencer	2
JA Ormrod	lbw b Spencer	0
*TW Graveney	not out	107
BL D'Oliveira	c Norman b Marner	1
EJO Hemsley	run out	16
+R Booth	lbw b Birkenshaw	11
N Gifford	run out	0
VA Holder	b Birkenshaw	0
BM Brain	c Spencer b Knight	2
LJ Coldwell	b Birkenshaw	0
Extras	(10 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 78.2 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-2, 3-17, 4-33, 5-96, 6-140, 7-148, 8-151, 9-158, 10-159 (78.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	14	3	37	3	-	-
Knight	18	5	48	1	-	-
Marner	8	2	17	1	-	-
Barratt	15	9	17	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	23.2	8	30	3	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PT Marner	b Holder	6
BR Knight	c D'Oliveira b Brain	18
CC Inman	c Booth b Brain	48
RJ Barratt	c Gifford b Coldwell	4
J Birkenshaw	not out	52
MR Hallam	b Brain	4
*MEJC Norman	c Booth b Holder	18
+RW Tolchard	run out	9
BJ Booth	not out	2
DJ Constant	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 3 nb)	7
Total	(7 wickets, 25.5 overs)	168
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-69, 3-75, 4-79, 5-94, 6-137, 7-161

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coldwell	9	1	60	1	-	-
Holder	7	0	55	2	-	-
Brain	9.5	2	46	3	-	-

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Notes
--> J Birkenshaw (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 20
--> MEJC Norman (2) passed 12000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 12
--> CC Inman (2) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> LJ Coldwell reached 850 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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