f20922 cc10418	Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Trent Bridge, Nottingham on 18th, 20th, 21st June 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Nottinghamshire won by 2 wickets
Points	Nottinghamshire 12; Leicestershire 4
Umpires	DE Davies, LH Gray
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), AB Wheat (Nottinghamshire)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 365 all out
Close of play day 2	Nottinghamshire (1) 296/7 (Smales 28*, Jepson 17*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Smales b Jepson	7			1	-
MR Hallam	c Rowe b Jepson	86			14	-
M Tompkin	lbw b Dooland	31			3	1
*CH Palmer	c Martin b Smales	128			17	-
VE Jackson	c Martin b Harvey	12			2	-
GA Smithson	c Martin b Dooland	27			4	-
VS Munden	c Clay b Dooland	43			6	-
JE Walsh	c Hardstaff b Dooland	3			-	-
CT Spencer	c and b Dooland	0			-	-
RL Pratt	not out	8			1	-
+J Firth	c Smales b Dooland	1			-	-
Extras	(2 b, 17 lb)	19
Total	(all out, 132.1 overs)	365
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Lester), 2-56 (Tompkin), 3-219 (Hallam), 4-281 (Palmer), 5-281 (Jackson), 6-342 (Smithson), 7-352 (Walsh), 8-353 (Spencer), 9-359 (Munden), 10-365 (Firth, 132.1 ov)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jepson	33	3	92	2	-	-
Smales	43	15	90	1	-	-
Dooland	34.1	9	105	6	-	-
Harvey	22	6	59	1	-	-

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Nottinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RT Simpson	c Palmer b Lester	82			10	-
JD Clay	b Lester	20			3	-
CJ Poole	b Spencer	9			1	-
J Hardstaff	c Pratt b Spencer	61			8	-
EJ Martin	c Smithson b Pratt	48			6	-
RJ Giles	c Hallam b Pratt	0			-	-
PF Harvey	b Palmer	19
K Smales	not out	28
A Jepson	not out	17
B Dooland	did not bat
+EJ Rowe	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb)	12
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 111 overs)	296
Fall of wickets:
1-37 (Clay), 2-88 (Poole), 3-148 (Simpson), 4-209 (Hardstaff), 5-209 (Giles), 6-242 (Martin), 7-264 (Harvey)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	27	8	47	2	-	-
Pratt	12	2	48	2	-	-
Jackson	12	5	20	0	-	-
Lester	20	1	74	2	-	-
Walsh	20	1	69	0	-	-
Palmer	9	5	9	1	-	-
Munden	11	4	17	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Dooland b Smales	14			1	-
MR Hallam	c Jepson b Smales	21			3	-
M Tompkin	c Poole b Dooland	63			9	-
*CH Palmer	not out	87			8	1
VE Jackson	not out	14			-	-
GA Smithson	did not bat
VS Munden	did not bat
JE Walsh	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
RL Pratt	did not bat
+J Firth	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb)	7
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 54 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-33 (Lester), 2-50 (Hallam), 3-149 (Tompkin)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jepson	17	3	70	0	-	-
Smales	14	5	32	2	-	-
Dooland	13	1	60	1	-	-
Harvey	10	1	37	0	-	-

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Nottinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Hardstaff	b Spencer	8			-	-
JD Clay	b Munden	68			8	-
CJ Poole	c Palmer b Spencer	7			1	-
EJ Martin	lbw b Spencer	4			-	-
RJ Giles	b Palmer	18			2	-
B Dooland	c Tompkin b Munden	26			4	-
A Jepson	c Lester b Munden	18			-	1
*RT Simpson	c Smithson b Spencer	67			10	-
PF Harvey	not out	54			1	-
K Smales	not out	3			-	-
+EJ Rowe	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(8 wickets, 51.2 overs)	276
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (Hardstaff), 2-32 (Poole), 3-38 (Martin), 4-103 (Clay), 5-115 (Giles), 6-135 (Dooland), 7-155 (Jepson), 8-252 (Simpson)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	13	0	58	4	-	-
Pratt	6	0	32	0	-	-
Jackson	5.2	0	46	0	-	-
Palmer	14	1	60	1	-	-
Munden	13	0	77	3	-	-

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Notes
--> RL Pratt made his debut in County Championship matches
--> RL Pratt made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GA Smithson (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> VS Munden (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> RT Simpson (2) passed 13000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 36
--> RT Simpson (2) passed 21000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 57
--> B Dooland reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when he dismissed CT Spencer, his 4th wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> B Dooland reached 600 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed M Tompkin, his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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