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| Venue | Grace Road, Leicester on 3rd, 4th, 5th August 1955 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Yorkshire won by 2 wickets |
| Points | Leicestershire 0; Yorkshire 12 |
| Umpires | TJ Bartley, FS Lee |
| Scorers | FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), C Turner (Yorkshire) |
| Close of play day 1 | Leicestershire (1) 301 all out |
| Close of play day 2 | Leicestershire (2) 45/1 (Hallam 12*, Tompkin 26*) |
| Leicestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Lester | c Padgett b Trueman | 19 | |||||
| MR Hallam | b Platt | 16 | |||||
| M Tompkin | c Wilson b Wardle | 43 | |||||
| MJK Smith | b Trueman | 11 | |||||
| *CH Palmer | b Trueman | 22 | |||||
| VE Jackson | lbw b Trueman | 44 | |||||
| RA Diment | b Wardle | 48 | |||||
| VS Munden | c Yardley b Wardle | 50 | |||||
| +J Firth | c Trueman b Wardle | 0 | |||||
| JE Walsh | c Close b Wardle | 19 | |||||
| CT Spencer | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (15 b, 13 lb, 1 nb) | 29 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 116.3 overs) | 301 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-29, 2-39, 3-68, 4-108, 5-123, 6-180, 7-254, 8-258, 9-299, 10-301 (116.3 ov) | |||||||
| Yorkshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Trueman | 29 | 2 | 82 | 4 | - | - | |
| Platt | 17 | 7 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wardle | 32.3 | 8 | 72 | 5 | - | - | |
| Close | 18 | 5 | 47 | 0 | - | - | |
| Illingworth | 20 | 5 | 49 | 0 | - | - | |
| Yorkshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WHH Sutcliffe | b Jackson | 17 | |||||
| DB Close | b Jackson | 28 | |||||
| JV Wilson | c Smith b Walsh | 68 | |||||
| DEV Padgett | c Spencer b Walsh | 25 | |||||
| W Watson | b Jackson | 17 | |||||
| *NWD Yardley | c Hallam b Walsh | 0 | |||||
| R Illingworth | c and b Walsh | 61 | |||||
| JH Wardle | b Jackson | 8 | |||||
| FS Trueman | b Jackson | 74 | |||||
| +JG Binks | not out | 7 | |||||
| RK Platt | b Jackson | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 5 lb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 113.4 overs) | 317 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-33, 2-72, 3-136, 4-140, 5-156, 6-156, 7-170, 8-303, 9-305, 10-317 (113.4 ov) | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Spencer | 14 | 4 | 60 | 0 | - | - | |
| Palmer | 9 | 2 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jackson | 41.4 | 21 | 75 | 6 | - | - | |
| Walsh | 38 | 15 | 107 | 4 | - | - | |
| Lester | 9 | 1 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Munden | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Lester | b Platt | 7 | |||||
| MR Hallam | c Binks b Wardle | 12 | |||||
| M Tompkin | c and b Close | 68 | |||||
| MJK Smith | lbw b Trueman | 3 | |||||
| *CH Palmer | run out | 0 | |||||
| VE Jackson | c Binks b Trueman | 0 | |||||
| RA Diment | c Sutcliffe b Close | 47 | |||||
| VS Munden | c Watson b Close | 0 | |||||
| +J Firth | lbw b Close | 3 | |||||
| JE Walsh | c Watson b Wardle | 24 | |||||
| CT Spencer | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (9 lb, 1 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 85.2 overs) | 176 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9, 2-46, 3-56, 4-58, 5-58, 6-110, 7-118, 8-128, 9-166, 10-176 (85.2 ov) | |||||||
| Yorkshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Trueman | 20 | 5 | 35 | 2 | - | - | |
| Platt | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wardle | 27.2 | 8 | 61 | 2 | - | - | |
| Close | 20 | 6 | 43 | 4 | - | - | |
| Illingworth | 12 | 3 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Yorkshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WHH Sutcliffe | b Jackson | 7 | |||||
| DB Close | b Jackson | 49 | |||||
| JV Wilson | c and b Walsh | 19 | |||||
| DEV Padgett | c and b Walsh | 0 | |||||
| W Watson | st Firth b Walsh | 18 | |||||
| *NWD Yardley | b Walsh | 17 | |||||
| R Illingworth | not out | 29 | |||||
| JH Wardle | lbw b Palmer | 16 | |||||
| FS Trueman | lbw b Walsh | 0 | |||||
| +JG Binks | not out | 0 | |||||
| RK Platt | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 1 lb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 41.3 overs) | 164 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12, 2-75, 3-75, 4-75, 5-117, 6-118, 7-159, 8-160 | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Palmer | 6.3 | 3 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Jackson | 17 | 3 | 73 | 2 | - | - | |
| Walsh | 18 | 3 | 51 | 5 | - | - | |
Notes
--> DEV Padgett (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> FS Trueman (1) passed his previous highest score of 50 in First-Class matches
--> FS Trueman (1) passed his previous highest score of 50 in County Championship matches
--> MR Hallam (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 1
--> JE Walsh (2) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> DB Close (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 37
--> VE Jackson reached 800 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Yorkshire first innings
--> JH Wardle reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
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