a780	Leicestershire v Yorkshire
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1972 (Final)
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 22nd July 1972 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Leicestershire won by 5 wickets
Umpires	DJ Constant, TW Spencer
Player of the Match	JC Balderstone

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Yorkshire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*PJ Sharpe	c Tolchard b Higgs	14
RG Lumb	b McKenzie	7
B Leadbeater	run out	32
JH Hampshire	lbw b McKenzie	14
RA Hutton	c Spencer b Steele	8
JD Woodford	c Spencer b Illingworth	1
C Johnson	b Higgs	20
CM Old	lbw b Illingworth	6
+DL Bairstow	c Tolchard b McKenzie	13
HP Cooper	not out	7
AG Nicholson	not out	4
Extras	(9 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-21, 3-60, 4-65, 5-77, 6-83, 7-113, 8-122, 9-124

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
McKenzie	11	2	22	3	-	-	22.00	2.00
Higgs	11	1	33	2	-	-	33.00	3.00
Spencer	7	2	11	0	-	-	-	1.57
Davison	11	2	22	0	-	-	-	2.00
Illingworth	10	3	21	2	-	-	30.00	2.10
Steele	5	1	17	1	-	-	30.00	3.40

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Leicestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
B Dudleston	c Bairstow b Nicholson	6
MEJC Norman	c Sharpe b Woodford	38
+RW Tolchard	c Bairstow b Cooper	3
BF Davison	b Cooper	17
JC Balderstone	not out	41
*R Illingworth	c Bairstow b Hutton	5
PR Haywood	not out	21
JF Steele	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 4 w)	9
Total	(5 wickets, 46.5 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-24, 3-58, 4-84, 5-97

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Old	9.5	1	35	0	-	-	-	3.56
Nicholson	9	2	17	1	-	-	54.00	1.89
Hutton	11	1	24	1	-	-	66.00	2.18
Cooper	9	0	27	2	-	-	27.00	3.00
Woodford	8	1	28	1	-	-	48.00	3.50

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