f30262 cc14782	Leicestershire v Lancashire
	County Championship 1974
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 21st, 22nd, 23rd August 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by an innings and 8 runs
Points	Leicestershire 5 (Batting 3, Bowling 2); Lancashire 18 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	DJ Constant, JG Langridge
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 64/1 (Kennedy 32*, Pilling 25*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 34/2 (Dudleston 15*, McKenzie 3*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Simmons b Wood	70
JF Steele	c Reidy b Wood	9
+RW Tolchard	c Simmons b Wood	23
BF Davison	b Wood	0
*R Illingworth	run out	0
J Birkenshaw	c Engineer b Shuttleworth	38
DJ Humphries	lbw b Lever	2
P Booth	c Engineer b Lever	0
NM McVicker	c Lloyd b Simmons	51
GD McKenzie	lbw b Simmons	32
K Higgs	not out	10
Extras	(9 lb, 17 nb, 1 w)	27
Total	(all out, 82 overs)	262
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-99, 3-99, 4-99, 5-136, 6-147, 7-147, 8-166, 9-223, 10-262 (82 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	19	5	57	2	-	-
Shuttleworth	16	4	61	1	-	-
Wood	27	7	74	4	-	-
Simmons	17	6	39	2	-	-
Hughes	3	2	4	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Kennedy	c Tolchard b Booth	61
+FM Engineer	c Davison b McKenzie	0
H Pilling	c Birkenshaw b Steele	144
B Wood	lbw b McVicker	5
FC Hayes	b Booth	1
*CH Lloyd	not out	178
BW Reidy	b McVicker	60
DP Hughes	not out	11
J Simmons	did not bat
K Shuttleworth	did not bat
P Lever	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 12 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 118 overs)	480
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-109, 3-114, 4-115, 5-334, 6-464

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	21	4	96	1	-	-
Booth	18	3	68	2	-	-
Higgs	3	1	9	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	18	3	73	0	-	-
Illingworth	20	3	62	0	-	-
McVicker	30	6	101	2	-	-
Steele	8	0	51	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Hughes b Wood	24
JF Steele	b Shuttleworth	6
+RW Tolchard	lbw b Wood	5
GD McKenzie	c Kennedy b Hughes	50
BF Davison	b Lever	4
*R Illingworth	c Engineer b Hughes	9
J Birkenshaw	c Lever b Wood	10
DJ Humphries	c Kennedy b Simmons	60
P Booth	c and b Hughes	0
NM McVicker	not out	33
K Higgs	absent hurt
Extras	(3 lb, 6 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 82.4 overs)	210
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-25, 3-56, 4-64, 5-86, 6-100, 7-138, 8-150, 9-210 (82.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	12	1	41	1	-	-
Shuttleworth	9	1	25	1	-	-
Wood	15	4	32	3	-	-
Simmons	20.4	5	54	1	-	-
Hughes	26	13	49	3	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> B Dudleston (1) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 7
--> H Pilling (1) passed his previous highest score of 136 in first-class matches
--> H Pilling (1) passed his previous highest score of 136 in County Championship matches
--> CH Lloyd (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 19
--> BW Reidy (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in County Championship matches
--> BW Reidy (1) passed his previous highest score of 42 in first-class matches
--> DJ Humphries (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in first-class matches
--> J Simmons reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> P Lever reached 550 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> K Shuttleworth reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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