f30717 cc14945	Northamptonshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1975
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 23rd, 25th, 26th August 1975 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 9 wickets
Points	Northamptonshire 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Leicestershire 15 (Batting 1, Bowling 4)
Umpires	R Julian, DO Oslear
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 84/7 (Illingworth 20*, McVicker 9*; 36 overs)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 157/6 (Williams 6*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	b McVicker	9
G Cook	c Dudleston b Steele	26
DS Steele	st Tolchard b Steele	46
*Mushtaq Mohammad	c Dudleston b Illingworth	39
P Willey	lbw b McVicker	20
RG Williams	b Steele	1
+G Sharp	lbw b McVicker	11
Sarfraz Nawaz	c and b Steele	0
A Hodgson	c Tolchard b Steele	1
BS Bedi	not out	5
JCJ Dye	c and b Steele	6
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	7
Total	(all out, 87.1 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-53, 3-101, 4-144, 5-148, 6-150, 7-158, 8-160, 9-160, 10-171 (87.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Booth	10	3	18	0	-	-
Higgs	18	8	30	0	-	-
McVicker	24	9	46	3	-	-
Steele	23.1	9	33	6	-	-
Birkenshaw	3	0	4	0	-	-
Illingworth	9	1	33	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz	0
JF Steele	c Sharp b Sarfraz Nawaz	24
JC Balderstone	run out	7
BF Davison	c Sharp b Bedi	5
*R Illingworth	not out	73
+RW Tolchard	run out	0
DI Gower	c Sarfraz Nawaz b Bedi	0
J Birkenshaw	c sub b Bedi	6
NM McVicker	c Virgin b Dye	51
P Booth	c Cook b Willey	3
K Higgs	b Mushtaq Mohammad	11
Extras	(10 lb, 5 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 86.1 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-23, 3-42, 4-49, 5-49, 6-51, 7-65, 8-151, 9-160, 10-195 (86.1 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	22	4	52	2	-	-
Dye	13	3	32	1	-	-
Bedi	32	14	55	3	-	-
Hodgson	3	1	6	0	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	12.1	6	21	1	-	-
Willey	4	1	14	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Tolchard b Higgs	3
G Cook	c Higgs b Steele	14
DS Steele	st Tolchard b Illingworth	60
*Mushtaq Mohammad	b Birkenshaw	22
P Willey	c Dudleston b Illingworth	27
RG Williams	c Dudleston b Illingworth	10
+G Sharp	b Steele	6
Sarfraz Nawaz	c Higgs b Steele	0
A Hodgson	c and b Illingworth	9
BS Bedi	c and b Illingworth	5
JCJ Dye	not out	0
Extras	(10 b, 9 lb)	19
Total	(all out, 93.2 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-43, 3-78, 4-138, 5-150, 6-157, 7-161, 8-166, 9-174, 10-175 (93.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Booth	7	2	25	0	-	-
Higgs	7	2	9	1	-	-
McVicker	4	2	6	0	-	-
Steele	24	7	50	3	-	-
Birkenshaw	9	2	14	1	-	-
Illingworth	21.2	12	20	5	-	-
Balderstone	21	6	32	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	not out	67
DI Gower	c Virgin b Willey	21
JC Balderstone	not out	58
B Dudleston	did not bat
BF Davison	did not bat
*R Illingworth	did not bat
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
NM McVicker	did not bat
P Booth	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(1 wicket, 56.4 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-35 (Gower)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	4	1	11	0	-	-
Dye	2	0	4	0	-	-
Bedi	23	5	49	0	-	-
Hodgson	5	0	19	0	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	6.4	1	26	0	-	-
Willey	10	2	23	1	-	-
Steele	6	4	14	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
--> DS Steele (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 13
--> DS Steele (1) passed 12000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 28
--> G Sharp (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> JF Steele (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 7
--> JC Balderstone (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 16
--> JC Balderstone (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 25
--> JF Steele achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 5-15)

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