f23798 cc11871	Leicestershire v Lancashire
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 24th, 26th, 27th June 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 4 (Batting 2); Lancashire 0
Umpires	D Davies, LH Gray
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 39/1 (Booth 29*, Bolton 10*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 70/0 (Watson 43*, Hallam 21*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*W Watson	c and b Hilton	158
MR Hallam	b Higgs	8
A Wharton	b Barber	135
LR Gardner	lbw b Hilton	14
J van Geloven	not out	32
J Birkenshaw	c Howard b Hilton	0
RL Pratt	lbw b Higgs	4
+R Julian	b Higgs	0
CT Spencer	not out	0
JS Savage	did not bat
BS Boshier	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 114 overs)	359
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-297, 3-316, 4-335, 5-337, 6-358, 7-358

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hilton	19	2	64	3	-	-
Higgs	25	5	86	3	-	-
Marner	7	0	23	0	-	-
Howard	31	13	59	0	-	-
Barber	17	5	64	1	-	-
Booth	7	1	22	0	-	-
Grieves	8	1	33	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RW Barber	lbw b Spencer	0
BJ Booth	c Hallam b Spencer	49
A Bolton	b Boshier	16
PT Marner	c Watson b Savage	40
KJ Grieves	b Pratt	18
JD Bond	not out	54
G Houlton	b Savage	2
+G Clayton	c Watson b Pratt	12
K Higgs	c and b Savage	0
K Howard	b Savage	0
C Hilton	c Julian b Boshier	2
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 91.4 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-62, 3-78, 4-125, 5-131, 6-141, 7-172, 8-179, 9-191, 10-201 (91.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	17	6	44	2	-	-
Boshier	18.4	6	45	2	-	-
Savage	28	16	32	4	-	-
van Geloven	5	0	19	0	-	-
Pratt	23	3	53	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*W Watson	c Grieves b Higgs	47
MR Hallam	not out	69
J van Geloven	b Higgs	7
LR Gardner	c Marner b Howard	1
J Birkenshaw	not out	9
A Wharton	did not bat
RL Pratt	did not bat
+R Julian	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
JS Savage	did not bat
BS Boshier	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb)	7
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 43 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-86, 2-94, 3-107

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hilton	7	0	23	0	-	-
Higgs	20	2	87	2	-	-
Marner	4	0	9	0	-	-
Howard	12	6	14	1	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RW Barber	b Pratt	18
BJ Booth	c Julian b Boshier	39
PT Marner	b Boshier	11
KJ Grieves	c and b Birkenshaw	37
JD Bond	not out	41
A Bolton	not out	0
G Houlton	did not bat
+G Clayton	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
K Howard	did not bat
C Hilton	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb)	10
Total	(4 wickets, 63 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-67, 3-76, 4-148

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	13	3	24	0	-	-
Boshier	10	1	26	2	-	-
Savage	7	5	13	0	-	-
van Geloven	7	2	19	0	-	-
Pratt	18	2	48	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	8	4	16	1	-	-

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Notes
--> A Wharton (1) passed 19000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 130
--> K Higgs reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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