f29124 cc14301	Middlesex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1972
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 3rd, 4th, 5th May 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Middlesex 4 (Batting 2, Bowling 2); Leicestershire 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2)
Umpires	WE Alley, A Jepson
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 332/9 (Latchman 15*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 365/5 (Haywood 100*, Tolchard 49*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Russell	c and b Higgs	2
MJ Smith	b Birkenshaw	38
PH Parfitt	lbw b Higgs	53
*JM Brearley	c Steele b Higgs	15
CT Radley	c Higgs b Illingworth	112
+JT Murray	b Birkenshaw	16
KV Jones	c Higgs b McKenzie	10
FJ Titmus	c Davison b Illingworth	49
AH Latchman	not out	15
JSE Price	c McKenzie b Birkenshaw	9
MWW Selvey	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 117 overs)	332
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-63, 3-109, 4-116, 5-157, 6-208, 7-280, 8-322, 9-332 (117 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	17	3	49	1	-	-
Higgs	26	9	53	3	-	-
Birkenshaw	24	5	69	3	-	-
Illingworth	17	3	49	2	-	-
Dudleston	1	0	5	0	-	-
Steele	18	7	48	0	-	-
Stringer	14	3	46	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	lbw b Titmus	21
JF Steele	c Murray b Jones	93
BJ Booth	b Jones	35
BF Davison	run out	62
*R Illingworth	lbw b Price	0
+RW Tolchard	not out	49
PR Haywood	not out	100
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
PM Stringer	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(5 wickets, 111 overs)	365
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-89, 3-185, 4-195, 5-242

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Price	19	3	38	1	-	-
Selvey	21	2	64	0	-	-
Jones	21	6	95	2	-	-
Titmus	37	6	95	1	-	-
Latchman	13	1	68	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> CT Radley (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 61
--> FJ Titmus (1) passed 19500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 42
--> JF Steele (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 56
--> PR Haywood (1) passed his previous highest score of 65 in County Championship matches
--> PR Haywood (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> PR Haywood (1) passed his previous highest score of 65 in First-Class matches
--> PR Haywood (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> K Higgs made his debut for Leicestershire in County Championship matches
--> MWW Selvey made his debut for Middlesex in County Championship matches
--> MWW Selvey made his debut for Middlesex in First-Class matches

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