f21367 cc10663	Leicestershire v Nottinghamshire
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 23rd, 25th, 26th June 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Nottinghamshire won by 9 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 0; Nottinghamshire 12
Umpires	H Elliott, RSM Lay
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), AB Wheat (Nottinghamshire)
Close of play day 1	Nottinghamshire (1) 59/2 (Harvey 13*, CJ Poole 14*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 60/4 (Hallam 34*, Palmer 8*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c CJ Poole b Jepson	13
MR Hallam	b Jepson	30
M Tompkin	lbw b KJ Poole	56
*CH Palmer	c Stocks b Walker	21
VE Jackson	lbw b Walker	6
GA Smithson	b Dooland	11
VS Munden	c CJ Poole b KJ Poole	3
+J Firth	b Walker	16
CT Spencer	b Dooland	1
RC Smith	b Jepson	1
BS Boshier	not out	0
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 80.1 overs)	168
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-56, 3-87, 4-103, 5-134, 6-150, 7-151, 8-152, 9-168, 10-168 (80.1 ov)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Walker	24.1	12	32	3	-	-
Jepson	21	7	36	3	-	-
KJ Poole	16	5	46	2	-	-
Dooland	19	8	44	2	-	-

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Nottinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJ Giles	c Spencer b Palmer	16
JD Clay	lbw b Boshier	8
PF Harvey	c Boshier b Munden	61
+CJ Poole	c Boshier b Smith	40
FW Stocks	c Firth b Palmer	24
*RT Simpson	c Smithson b Palmer	73
KJ Poole	c Firth b Boshier	13
B Dooland	lbw b Palmer	29
AK Walker	c Hallam b Lester	50
K Smales	not out	7
A Jepson	b Lester	0
Extras	(8 b, 8 lb, 1 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 126.4 overs)	338
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-24, 3-111, 4-146, 5-172, 6-211, 7-263, 8-308, 9-338, 10-338 (126.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	15	0	59	0	-	-
Boshier	24	2	89	2	-	-
Palmer	27	17	24	4	-	-
Smith	28	11	57	1	-	-
Jackson	18	8	34	0	-	-
Munden	9	4	25	1	-	-
Lester	5.4	0	33	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	lbw b Walker	0
MR Hallam	c Clay b Smales	52
M Tompkin	b Walker	0
GA Smithson	c CJ Poole b Walker	0
VE Jackson	c Smales b Walker	18
*CH Palmer	c Stocks b Dooland	48
VS Munden	c Smales b Walker	51
+J Firth	b Dooland	35
CT Spencer	b Jepson	11
RC Smith	not out	0
BS Boshier	st CJ Poole b Dooland	1
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 100.5 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-44, 5-92, 6-135, 7-204, 8-221, 9-221, 10-222 (100.5 ov)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Walker	23	4	75	5	-	-
Jepson	24	6	69	1	-	-
Dooland	28.5	16	43	3	-	-
Smales	12	7	8	1	-	-
Stocks	13	5	21	0	-	-

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Nottinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJ Giles	lbw b Boshier	0
JD Clay	not out	41
PF Harvey	not out	11
+CJ Poole	did not bat
FW Stocks	did not bat
*RT Simpson	did not bat
KJ Poole	did not bat
B Dooland	did not bat
AK Walker	did not bat
K Smales	did not bat
A Jepson	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(1 wicket, 15 overs)	53
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Giles)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	5	0	14	0	-	-
Boshier	8	1	30	1	-	-
Smith	2	0	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> B Dooland reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> CH Palmer reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Nottinghamshire first innings
--> B Dooland reached 750 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> AK Walker completed a hat-trick in the Leicestershire second innings (Firth (in the first innings), Lester, Tompkin)
--> AK Walker completed 4 wickets in 4 balls in the Leicestershire second innings (Firth (in the first innings), Lester, Tompkin, Smithson)

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