f29656 cc14521	Lancashire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1973
Venue	Aigburth, Liverpool on 16th, 18th, 19th June 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Lancashire 4 (Batting 3, Bowling 1); Leicestershire 8 (Batting 7, Bowling 1)
Umpires	HD Bird, H Horton
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 364/9 (Ratcliffe 12*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 13/0 (Lloyd 8*, Wood 4*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*D Lloyd	c Dudleston b Illingworth	122
B Wood	c Stretton b Birkenshaw	78
H Pilling	c Dudleston b Birkenshaw	26
FC Hayes	c Steele b McKenzie	13
J Sullivan	c Balderstone b McKenzie	20
+FM Engineer	c and b McKenzie	40
KL Snellgrove	c Steele b Higgs	1
J Simmons	c Balderstone b Higgs	26
RM Ratcliffe	not out	12
K Shuttleworth	b Stretton	13
PG Lee	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 7 nb)	13
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 107.4 overs)	364
Fall of wickets:
1-148, 2-230, 3-238, 4-265, 5-272, 6-310, 7-312, 8-341, 9-364 (107.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	20	3	69	3	-	4
Higgs	21	6	64	2	-	2
Stretton	14.4	3	55	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	27	5	81	2	-	1
Illingworth	18	4	47	1	-	-
Dudleston	3	0	22	0	-	-
Steele	4	0	13	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Pilling b Shuttleworth	67
JF Steele	c sub b Lloyd	35
JC Balderstone	b Lee	105
*R Illingworth	c Hayes b Lloyd	11
+RW Tolchard	c Pilling b Lee	84
JG Tolchard	not out	12
J Birkenshaw	not out	9
BF Davison	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
TK Stretton	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 6 lb, 10 nb, 1 w)	25
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 100 overs)	348
Fall of wickets:
1-110, 2-116, 3-163, 4-319, 5-327

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lee	25	5	78	2	-	-
Shuttleworth	16	3	56	1	-	-
Wood	15	6	30	0	-	-
Ratcliffe	19	3	55	0	-	-
Simmons	8	0	42	0	-	-
Lloyd	13	2	49	2	-	-
Sullivan	4	1	13	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*D Lloyd	not out	8
B Wood	not out	4
H Pilling	did not bat
FC Hayes	did not bat
J Sullivan	did not bat
+FM Engineer	did not bat
KL Snellgrove	did not bat
J Simmons	did not bat
RM Ratcliffe	did not bat
K Shuttleworth	did not bat
PG Lee	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(no wicket, 4 overs)	13

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	2	1	4	0	-	-
Higgs	2	1	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> J Sullivan (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> J Simmons (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> B Dudleston (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 52
--> JC Balderstone (1) passed his previous highest score of 99 in First-Class matches
--> JC Balderstone (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> JC Balderstone (1) passed his previous highest score of 99 in County Championship matches
--> JC Balderstone (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> JC Balderstone (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 91
--> GD McKenzie reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> PG Lee reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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