f28770 cc14191	Northamptonshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1971
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 3rd, 5th July 1971 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by an innings and 40 runs
Points	Northamptonshire 3 (Bowling 3); Leicestershire 17 (Batting 2, Bowling 5)
Umpires	WE Alley, OW Herman
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 31/1 (Steele 4*, Crump 5*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	b Bailey	20
JF Steele	c Bailey b Willey	35
JC Balderstone	c Ackerman b Watts	25
CC Inman	c Johnson b Willey	2
BF Davison	c Watts b Willey	46
BJ Booth	b Mushtaq Mohammad	12
*R Illingworth	lbw b Mushtaq Mohammad	37
+RW Tolchard	lbw b Steele	17
GF Cross	c Cook b Mushtaq Mohammad	17
J Birkenshaw	not out	7
GD McKenzie	b Bailey	38
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	10
Total	(all out, 99.4 overs)	266
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-78, 3-81, 4-86, 5-143, 6-153, 7-196, 8-220, 9-225, 10-266 (99.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	16.4	3	43	2	-	-
Hodgson	14	0	46	0	-	-
Willey	23	4	57	3	-	-
Watts	6	0	12	1	-	-
Steele	12	5	26	1	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	22	10	61	3	-	-
Crump	6	2	11	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HM Ackerman	c Birkenshaw b Cross	21
BS Crump	st Tolchard b Birkenshaw	27
DS Steele	c Dudleston b Birkenshaw	4
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Dudleston b Birkenshaw	11
*PJ Watts	c Steele b Illingworth	13
G Cook	not out	14
P Willey	b Illingworth	1
RR Bailey	b Birkenshaw	0
A Hodgson	c and b Illingworth	7
JW Swinburne	lbw b Steele	3
+LA Johnson	c and b Illingworth	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 61.3 overs)	104
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-31, 3-43, 4-71, 5-79, 6-79, 7-79, 8-94, 9-103, 10-104 (61.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	9	3	24	0	-	-
Cross	4	0	13	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	24	10	42	4	-	-
Illingworth	19.3	11	15	4	-	-
Balderstone	4	2	5	0	-	-
Steele	1	0	2	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HM Ackerman	c and b Cross	24
BS Crump	c Tolchard b Cross	11
DS Steele	c Steele b Illingworth	45
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Davison b Birkenshaw	0
*PJ Watts	c Illingworth b Cross	2
P Willey	lbw b Illingworth	0
G Cook	c Steele b Illingworth	12
RR Bailey	st Tolchard b Birkenshaw	0
A Hodgson	c Dudleston b Illingworth	1
JW Swinburne	b Illingworth	14
+LA Johnson	not out	5
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 66.5 overs)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-44, 3-49, 4-51, 5-74, 6-74, 7-81, 8-92, 9-109, 10-122 (66.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	10	2	23	0	-	-
Cross	14	4	27	3	-	-
Birkenshaw	23	8	37	2	-	-
Illingworth	16.5	6	17	5	-	-
Balderstone	3	1	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> G Cook made his debut in County Championship matches
--> G Cook made his debut in First-Class matches
--> Mushtaq Mohammad (1) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> HM Ackerman (2) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> JW Swinburne (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in First-Class matches
--> JW Swinburne (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in County Championship matches
--> R Illingworth reached 1250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> J Birkenshaw reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings

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