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| Venue | Grace Road, Leicester on 12th, 14th, 15th August 1972 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Yorkshire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Leicestershire 2 (Bowling 2); Yorkshire 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3) |
| Umpires | HD Bird, KE Palmer |
| Close of play day 1 | Yorkshire (1) 310/7 (Boycott 204*, Nicholson 22*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Leicestershire (1) 231 all out |
| Yorkshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *G Boycott | not out | 204 | |||||
| RG Lumb | run out | 32 | |||||
| B Leadbeater | b Birkenshaw | 1 | |||||
| PJ Squires | b Birkenshaw | 3 | |||||
| RA Hutton | b Birkenshaw | 0 | |||||
| C Johnson | lbw b Matthews | 5 | |||||
| CM Old | st RW Tolchard b Birkenshaw | 20 | |||||
| +DL Bairstow | b Birkenshaw | 15 | |||||
| AG Nicholson | not out | 22 | |||||
| MK Bore | did not bat | ||||||
| CC Clifford | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 2 nb, 5 w) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 111 overs) | 310 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22, 2-47, 3-109, 4-122, 5-166, 6-212, 7-278 | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McKenzie | 21 | 6 | 58 | 0 | - | - | |
| Matthews | 15 | 4 | 42 | 1 | - | - | |
| Stretton | 18 | 3 | 57 | 0 | - | - | |
| Birkenshaw | 39 | 9 | 81 | 5 | - | - | |
| Steele | 14 | 4 | 47 | 0 | - | - | |
| Davison | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| B Dudleston | lbw b Nicholson | 0 | |||||
| JF Steele | c Bairstow b Clifford | 21 | |||||
| MEJC Norman | c Hutton b Clifford | 68 | |||||
| BF Davison | b Bore | 1 | |||||
| PR Haywood | b Nicholson | 25 | |||||
| *+RW Tolchard | b Old | 13 | |||||
| JG Tolchard | b Nicholson | 29 | |||||
| J Birkenshaw | c Hutton b Bore | 5 | |||||
| GD McKenzie | c Bairstow b Hutton | 39 | |||||
| TK Stretton | lbw b Nicholson | 1 | |||||
| RB Matthews | not out | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (10 lb, 9 nb, 6 w) | 25 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 106.4 overs) | 231 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7, 2-30, 3-31, 4-104, 5-118, 6-155, 7-172, 8-184, 9-211, 10-231 (106.4 ov) | |||||||
| Yorkshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Old | 18 | 8 | 46 | 1 | - | - | |
| Nicholson | 29 | 9 | 55 | 4 | - | - | |
| Bore | 29 | 17 | 52 | 2 | - | - | |
| Clifford | 29 | 13 | 50 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hutton | 1.4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - | |
| Yorkshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *G Boycott | lbw b Matthews | 12 | |||||
| RG Lumb | c RW Tolchard b Matthews | 32 | |||||
| B Leadbeater | b Birkenshaw | 38 | |||||
| PJ Squires | lbw b Steele | 22 | |||||
| RA Hutton | c Davison b Birkenshaw | 31 | |||||
| CM Old | c Dudleston b Birkenshaw | 0 | |||||
| +DL Bairstow | not out | 4 | |||||
| C Johnson | did not bat | ||||||
| AG Nicholson | did not bat | ||||||
| MK Bore | did not bat | ||||||
| CC Clifford | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 4 lb, 2 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 58.5 overs) | 146 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-27, 2-55, 3-94, 4-124, 5-126, 6-146 (58.5 ov) | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McKenzie | 15 | 0 | 39 | 0 | - | - | |
| Matthews | 11 | 3 | 41 | 2 | - | - | |
| Birkenshaw | 22.5 | 12 | 46 | 3 | - | - | |
| Steele | 10 | 4 | 13 | 1 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| B Dudleston | c Bairstow b Old | 16 | |||||
| JF Steele | c Leadbeater b Bore | 28 | |||||
| MEJC Norman | b Clifford | 5 | |||||
| BF Davison | c Bairstow b Clifford | 41 | |||||
| PR Haywood | not out | 35 | |||||
| *+RW Tolchard | not out | 9 | |||||
| JG Tolchard | did not bat | ||||||
| J Birkenshaw | did not bat | ||||||
| GD McKenzie | did not bat | ||||||
| TK Stretton | did not bat | ||||||
| RB Matthews | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 3 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 40 overs) | 141 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-31, 2-44, 3-62, 4-127 | |||||||
| Yorkshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Old | 7 | 4 | 15 | 1 | - | - | |
| Nicholson | 6 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bore | 12 | 4 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Clifford | 15 | 3 | 64 | 2 | - | - | |
Notes
--> TK Stretton made his debut in County Championship matches
--> G Boycott (1) passed 22000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 112
--> DL Bairstow (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> RA Hutton (2) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30
--> B Dudleston (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 13
--> JF Steele (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> BF Davison (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 6
--> J Birkenshaw reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Yorkshire first innings
--> AG Nicholson reached 750 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> AG Nicholson reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
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