f27468 cc13687	Lancashire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 4th, 5th, 6th September 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Lancashire 5 (Batting 3, Bowling 2); Leicestershire 5 (Bowling 5)
Umpires	CS Elliott, GH Pope
Scorers	L Power (Leicestershire), GM Taylor (Lancashire)
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 198/8 (Sullivan 27*, Savage 1*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 171/4 (Marner 46*, Birkenshaw 4*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Lloyd	b Pember	30
B Wood	c Tolchard b Spencer	35
H Pilling	b Spencer	21
D Bailey	c Hallam b Cotton	23
G Atkinson	not out	12
*JD Bond	c Tolchard b Spencer	24
+FM Engineer	c Marner b Pember	21
J Sullivan	lbw b Cotton	50
DP Hughes	b Spencer	6
P Lever	c Marner b Spencer	0
JS Savage	c Hallam b Cotton	8
Extras	(2 nb)	2
Total	(all out, 79.3 overs)	232
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-86, 3-92, 4-124, 5-153, 6-170, 7-190, 8-190, 9-215, 10-232 (79.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cotton	27.3	6	93	3	-	-
Spencer	26	4	70	5	-	-
Pember	20	5	62	2	-	-
Birkenshaw	6	4	5	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	c Bond b Lever	33
MEJC Norman	lbw b Hughes	40
BJ Booth	c Bond b Lever	1
CC Inman	b Wood	44
PT Marner	not out	46
J Birkenshaw	not out	4
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
RJ Barratt	did not bat
J Cotton	did not bat
JDD Pember	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 w)	3
Total	(4 wickets, 56.3 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-51, 3-111, 4-137

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	17.3	3	45	2	-	-
Wood	14	1	58	1	-	-
Hughes	19	6	50	1	-	-
Savage	6	3	15	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> JD Bond (1) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 13
--> JD Bond (1) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> J Sullivan (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> MEJC Norman (1) passed 13000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 35
--> CC Inman (1) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 1
--> PT Marner (1) passed 13000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 3

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