f29742 cc14584	Leicestershire v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1973
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 4th, 6th, 7th August 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 4 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Worcestershire 14 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	JG Langridge, GH Pope
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 277/9 (Tolchard 111*, Higgs 8*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (1) 105/8 (Cass 8*, Gifford 1*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	b Brain	21
JF Steele	b Inchmore	2
JC Balderstone	st Cass b Imran Khan	61
BF Davison	b Imran Khan	3
MEJC Norman	lbw b Brain	1
*R Illingworth	c Cass b D'Oliveira	11
+RW Tolchard	not out	120
J Birkenshaw	c Cass b Inchmore	5
P Booth	run out	15
GD McKenzie	lbw b Imran Khan	18
K Higgs	c Ormrod b Brain	18
Extras	(5 b, 16 lb, 6 nb, 3 w)	30
Total	(all out, 113 overs)	305
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-33, 3-40, 4-41, 5-63, 6-155, 7-175, 8-215, 9-257, 10-305 (113 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brain	34	9	64	3	-	-
Inchmore	25	4	75	2	-	-
Imran Khan	35	5	99	3	-	-
D'Oliveira	10	4	17	1	-	-
Gifford	9	2	20	0	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	c Higgs b Illingworth	28
JM Parker	c Higgs b McKenzie	0
JA Ormrod	c Balderstone b Steele	9
Imran Khan	c Steele b Illingworth	26
BL D'Oliveira	c Higgs b Balderstone	25
TJ Yardley	lbw b Illingworth	0
IN Johnson	c Birkenshaw b Illingworth	0
+GR Cass	not out	42
*N Gifford	b McKenzie	26
BM Brain	not out	0
JD Inchmore	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 8 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 92 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-22, 3-64, 4-73, 5-73, 6-79, 7-99, 8-170

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	9	2	20	2	-	-
Higgs	10	3	19	0	-	-
Steele	16	5	25	1	-	-
Illingworth	31	16	44	4	-	-
Birkenshaw	19	6	42	0	-	-
Balderstone	7	3	6	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	b Inchmore	5
JF Steele	not out	32
JC Balderstone	run out	12
BF Davison	b Gifford	11
MEJC Norman	not out	6
*R Illingworth	did not bat
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
P Booth	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 13 overs)	66
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-27, 3-51

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brain	5	0	27	0	-	-
Inchmore	6	0	25	1	-	-
Gifford	2	0	14	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	b Illingworth	110
JM Parker	b Illingworth	25
JA Ormrod	c Illingworth b Steele	2
Imran Khan	c Davison b Illingworth	23
BL D'Oliveira	c Dudleston b Illingworth	21
*N Gifford	b Illingworth	1
TJ Yardley	not out	5
+GR Cass	not out	3
IN Johnson	did not bat
BM Brain	did not bat
JD Inchmore	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb, 4 nb)	12
Total	(6 wickets, 55 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-73, 2-84, 3-135, 4-174, 5-185, 6-194

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	9	2	22	0	-	-
Higgs	5	1	18	0	-	-
Steele	15	1	48	1	-	-
Illingworth	13	0	60	5	-	-
Balderstone	9	2	34	0	-	-
Booth	4	1	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RW Tolchard (1) passed his previous highest score of 111 in County Championship matches
--> GM Turner (2) passed 14500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> Imran Khan reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> GD McKenzie reached 1050 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings

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