| sec1458 | |
| Venue | County Ground, Northampton on 10th, 11th July 1972 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Leicestershire Second XI won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Northamptonshire Second XI won by 5 wickets |
| Umpires | RE Barnard, RSM Lay |
| Scorers | C Smith, B Whitmore |
| Close of play day 1 | Northamptonshire Second XI (1) 201/4 (Maltby 58*, Wills 3*) |
| Leicestershire Second XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Tolchard | c Breakwell b Bailey | 10 | 20 | 1 | - | ||
| +DJ Harrop | c Bailey b Breakwell | 63 | 178 | 9 | - | ||
| ET Laughlin | lbw b Swinburne | 50 | 90 | 6 | 1 | ||
| GA Knew | not out | 40 | 110 | 7 | - | ||
| PM Stringer | c Afzal Masood b Loggin | 1 | 13 | - | - | ||
| NE Briers | not out | 7 | 29 | - | - | ||
| *MR Hallam | did not bat | ||||||
| P Booth | did not bat | ||||||
| TK Stretton | did not bat | ||||||
| KT Spray | did not bat | ||||||
| RB Matthews | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 76 overs) | 185 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14 (Tolchard), 2-95 (Laughlin), 3-159 (Harrop), 4-167 (Stringer) | |||||||
| Northamptonshire Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bailey | 7 | 3 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| Maltby | 11 | 4 | 18 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Hodgson | 6 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Swinburne | 23 | 6 | 61 | 1 | - | - | |
| Breakwell | 22 | 7 | 42 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Loggin | 7 | 1 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| Northamptonshire Second XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| W Larkins | c Harrop b Booth | 16 | 33 | 2 | - | ||
| KS McEwan | b Booth | 9 | 22 | 2 | - | ||
| N Maltby | not out | 58 | 128 | 11 | - | ||
| D Breakwell | lbw b Stringer | 73 | 87 | 10 | 2 | ||
| Afzal Masood | b Booth | 13 | 24 | 3 | - | ||
| *R Wills | not out | 3 | 4 | - | - | ||
| +LA Johnson | did not bat | ||||||
| JW Swinburne | did not bat | ||||||
| RR Bailey | did not bat | ||||||
| A Hodgson | did not bat | ||||||
| M Loggin | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 12 lb, 12 nb) | 29 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 41 overs) | 201 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-27 (McEwan), 2-32 (Larkins), 3-163 (Breakwell), 4-197 (Afzal Masood) | |||||||
| Leicestershire Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Matthews | 12 | 3 | 36 | 0 | - | 6 | |
| Booth | 11 | 2 | 39 | 3 | - | 2 | |
| Stringer | 10 | 3 | 47 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Stretton | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Spray | 5 | 0 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire Second XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Tolchard | b Maltby | 12 | 34 | 1 | - | ||
| +DJ Harrop | b Hodgson | 1 | 8 | - | - | ||
| ET Laughlin | b Hodgson | 0 | 3 | - | - | ||
| GA Knew | c Maltby b Breakwell | 97 | 237 | 17 | - | ||
| PM Stringer | lbw b Maltby | 3 | 7 | - | - | ||
| *MR Hallam | run out | 15 | 51 | 1 | - | ||
| NE Briers | c Maltby b Breakwell | 5 | 22 | - | - | ||
| P Booth | c Wills b Breakwell | 2 | 16 | - | - | ||
| TK Stretton | c McEwan b Breakwell | 45 | 108 | 6 | - | ||
| KT Spray | not out | 13 | 19 | 2 | - | ||
| RB Matthews | not out | 7 | 12 | 1 | - | ||
| Extras | (4 lb, 2 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 87 overs) | 206 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5 (Harrop), 2-5 (Laughlin), 3-19 (Tolchard), 4-30 (Stringer), 5-59 (Hallam), 6-73 (Briers), 7-86 (Booth), 8-184 (Stretton), 9-195 (Knew) | |||||||
| Northamptonshire Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hodgson | 19 | 6 | 42 | 2 | - | - | |
| Maltby | 17 | 4 | 61 | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Bailey | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Swinburne | 16 | 5 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Breakwell | 23 | 10 | 26 | 4 | - | - | |
| Loggin | 7 | 0 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Northamptonshire Second XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| W Larkins | c Knew b Stretton | 36 | 57 | 6 | - | ||
| KS McEwan | c and b Stringer | 48 | 77 | 6 | - | ||
| D Breakwell | c Stringer b Matthews | 21 | 23 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Afzal Masood | c Matthews b Laughlin | 17 | 16 | 4 | - | ||
| *R Wills | c Spray b Laughlin | 18 | 35 | 1 | - | ||
| +LA Johnson | not out | 24 | 40 | 3 | - | ||
| JW Swinburne | not out | 18 | 17 | 2 | 1 | ||
| N Maltby | did not bat | ||||||
| RR Bailey | did not bat | ||||||
| A Hodgson | did not bat | ||||||
| M Loggin | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 lb, 3 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 35.3 overs) | 192 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-65 (Larkins), 2-111 (McEwan), 3-115 (Breakwell), 4-135 (Afzal Masood), 5-158 (Wills) | |||||||
| Leicestershire Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Matthews | 13 | 0 | 52 | 1 | - | 3 | |
| Booth | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Spray | 5 | 0 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stretton | 6 | 0 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| Stringer | 1.3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | - | - | |
| Laughlin | 5 | 0 | 21 | 2 | - | - | |