f29698 cc14549	Leicestershire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1973
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 7th, 9th, 10th July 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 3 (Bowling 3); Middlesex 8 (Batting 5, Bowling 3)
Umpires	A Jepson, CG Pepper
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 232 all out
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 57/2 (Steele 23*, Booth 8*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	lbw b Jones	19
JF Steele	run out	15
JC Balderstone	b Selvey	24
BF Davison	c Murray b Jones	47
*+RW Tolchard	c Radley b Titmus	3
JG Tolchard	lbw b Jones	7
PR Haywood	c Emburey b Titmus	11
J Birkenshaw	b Emburey	47
P Booth	c Gomes b Emburey	21
K Higgs	not out	22
RB Matthews	b Latchman	5
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 117.1 overs)	232
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-43, 3-89, 4-98, 5-116, 6-117, 7-137, 8-198, 9-211, 10-232 (117.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Selvey	30	7	58	1	-	-
Jones	24	7	47	3	-	-
Titmus	42	17	61	2	-	-
Emburey	17	3	50	2	-	-
Latchman	4.1	2	5	1	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	c Haywood b Balderstone	100
NG Featherstone	c Davison b Birkenshaw	29
*JM Brearley	c Steele b Birkenshaw	18
CT Radley	lbw b Balderstone	9
HA Gomes	c Birkenshaw b Steele	47
+JT Murray	c Higgs b Birkenshaw	6
FJ Titmus	c Balderstone b Birkenshaw	0
KV Jones	c Birkenshaw b Steele	17
AH Latchman	c Balderstone b Birkenshaw	0
MWW Selvey	c Booth b Birkenshaw	0
JE Emburey	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 4 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 91 overs)	237
Fall of wickets:
1-135, 2-137, 3-163, 4-171, 5-197, 6-197, 7-230, 8-231, 9-237, 10-237 (91 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	9	3	22	0	-	-
Booth	8	0	46	0	-	-
Matthews	6	0	34	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	37	12	71	6	-	-
Steele	7	4	9	2	-	-
Balderstone	24	11	44	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	lbw b Selvey	2
JF Steele	b Emburey	23
JC Balderstone	b Latchman	23
P Booth	run out	9
BF Davison	b Titmus	50
*+RW Tolchard	c Selvey b Latchman	29
JG Tolchard	c Emburey b Latchman	46
PR Haywood	c Murray b Emburey	11
J Birkenshaw	c Radley b Emburey	4
K Higgs	not out	22
RB Matthews	c Featherstone b Titmus	10
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 100 overs)	239
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-49, 3-57, 4-61, 5-128, 6-158, 7-186, 8-200, 9-218, 10-239 (100 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Selvey	10	3	28	1	-	-
Jones	4	1	5	0	-	-
Titmus	41	13	60	2	-	-
Emburey	24	6	74	3	-	-
Latchman	21	4	62	3	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	not out	60
NG Featherstone	lbw b Booth	0
*JM Brearley	c RW Tolchard b Booth	8
CT Radley	c Balderstone b Birkenshaw	20
HA Gomes	b Dudleston	6
+JT Murray	not out	1
FJ Titmus	did not bat
KV Jones	did not bat
AH Latchman	did not bat
MWW Selvey	did not bat
JE Emburey	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(4 wickets, 49 overs)	102
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-27, 3-70, 4-79

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	7	2	20	0	-	-
Booth	7	1	18	2	-	-
Birkenshaw	19	6	37	1	-	-
Steele	8	3	11	0	-	-
Balderstone	5	3	2	0	-	-
Dudleston	3	0	7	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 2 Lunch: Middlesex (1) ?/? (Smith 100*, [unknown] ?*)
--> P Booth made his debut in County Championship matches
--> J Birkenshaw (1) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 15
--> P Booth (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in First-Class matches
--> MJ Smith (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 37
--> RW Tolchard (2) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> PR Haywood (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> MWW Selvey reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> J Birkenshaw reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex second innings

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