f23646 cc11768	Lancashire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 29th April, 1st, 2nd May 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Lancashire 4 (Batting 2); Leicestershire 0
Umpires	R Aspinall, CS Elliott
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 88/5 (Barber 17*, Clayton 2*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 27/1 (Hallam 18*, Watson 3*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	c Grieves b Barber	47
HD Bird	run out	9
*W Watson	c Bolton b Greenhough	13
A Wharton	c and b Higgs	42
PA Munden	c and b Greenhough	6
J van Geloven	b Barber	40
B Cromack	c Clayton b Higgs	0
+R Julian	c Grieves b Higgs	2
CT Spencer	c Marner b Higgs	19
JS Savage	b Statham	4
BS Boshier	not out	2
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(all out, 84.1 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-52, 3-82, 4-95, 5-137, 6-137, 7-139, 8-163, 9-184, 10-186 (84.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	22	8	32	1	-	-
Higgs	22	3	76	4	-	-
Collins	8	2	19	0	-	-
Greenhough	18	3	38	2	-	-
Barber	14.1	8	19	2	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Pullar	b van Geloven	9
A Bolton	lbw b Boshier	9
PT Marner	c Julian b van Geloven	11
KJ Grieves	c Julian b van Geloven	8
*RW Barber	c Spencer b van Geloven	44
JD Bond	c Julian b Boshier	25
+G Clayton	c Wharton b Boshier	34
R Collins	c Wharton b Savage	38
JB Statham	b van Geloven	17
T Greenhough	b van Geloven	0
K Higgs	not out	0
Extras	(10 b, 3 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 87.2 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-23, 3-42, 4-45, 5-86, 6-140, 7-183, 8-205, 9-207, 10-208 (87.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boshier	19	3	60	3	-	-
Spencer	17	3	29	0	-	-
van Geloven	26.2	7	57	6	-	-
Savage	25	10	49	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	not out	18
HD Bird	b Higgs	5
*W Watson	not out	3
A Wharton	did not bat
PA Munden	did not bat
J van Geloven	did not bat
B Cromack	did not bat
+R Julian	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
JS Savage	did not bat
BS Boshier	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(1 wicket, 11.4 overs)	27
Fall of wickets:
1-20 (Bird)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	6	3	5	0	-	-
Higgs	5.4	0	21	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> W Watson (2) passed 17000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 1
--> A Wharton made his debut for Leicestershire in County Championship matches
--> A Wharton made his debut for Leicestershire in first-class matches

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