f21532 cc10801	Leicestershire v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 29th, 30th, 31st August 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 4; Worcestershire 0
Umpires	TJ Bartley, WE Phillipson
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), A Cartwright (Worcestershire)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 230 all out
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 93/3 (Lester 44*, Gardner 0*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Booth b Aldridge	28
MR Hallam	c Aldridge b Chesterton	61
*M Tompkin	c Horton b Jenkins	32
VE Jackson	not out	25
VS Munden	b Jenkins	11
J van Geloven	c Berry b Jenkins	18
LR Gardner	b Jenkins	23
+J Firth	b Jenkins	5
JS Savage	c Outschoorn b Berry	3
CT Spencer	c Broadbent b Chesterton	13
TJ Goodwin	b Jenkins	0
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	11
Total	(all out, 116.5 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-79, 2-103, 3-142, 4-152, 5-185, 6-190, 7-202, 8-205, 9-229, 10-230 (116.5 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Aldridge	20	5	51	1	-	-
Chesterton	24	9	47	2	-	-
Berry	23	9	39	1	-	-
Horton	25	8	36	0	-	-
Jenkins	24.5	6	46	6	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	c Lester b Goodwin	18
LF Outschoorn	b Goodwin	34
G Dews	lbw b Goodwin	0
DW Richardson	c Hallam b Lester	20
RG Broadbent	c Tompkin b Goodwin	10
MJ Horton	c Gardner b Spencer	40
*RO Jenkins	c Firth b Goodwin	6
+R Booth	b Spencer	3
GH Chesterton	b Spencer	23
R Berry	b Goodwin	9
KJ Aldridge	not out	0
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 61.3 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-21, 3-53, 4-69, 5-86, 6-119, 7-133, 8-152, 9-171, 10-175 (61.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	16	2	53	3	-	-
Goodwin	19.3	6	56	6	-	-
Savage	14	6	40	0	-	-
Lester	9	4	14	1	-	-
Munden	3	3	0	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	run out	48
MR Hallam	c Booth b Berry	24
*M Tompkin	lbw b Berry	15
VS Munden	b Jenkins	9
J van Geloven	c Outschoorn b Jenkins	26
LR Gardner	c Berry b Jenkins	5
+J Firth	hit wkt b Jenkins	13
CT Spencer	c Booth b Jenkins	15
JS Savage	not out	2
TJ Goodwin	run out	2
VE Jackson	absent hurt
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 84.1 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-75, 3-92, 4-100, 5-110, 6-136, 7-160, 8-162, 9-164 (84.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Aldridge	3	1	20	0	-	-
Chesterton	12	6	21	0	-	-
Berry	38.1	15	51	2	-	-
Jenkins	31	8	67	5	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	c Firth b Savage	19
LF Outschoorn	c Spencer b Savage	17
G Dews	b Goodwin	6
DW Richardson	c sub b van Geloven	42
RG Broadbent	c Firth b Munden	48
MJ Horton	c Savage b Spencer	23
*RO Jenkins	b Munden	20
+R Booth	c and b Spencer	2
GH Chesterton	c Gardner b Savage	4
R Berry	not out	3
KJ Aldridge	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb, 4 nb)	14
Total	(9 wickets, 59 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-38, 3-42, 4-137, 5-149, 6-175, 7-185, 8-191, 9-198

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	16	3	44	2	-	-
Goodwin	15	0	57	1	-	-
Savage	13	5	32	3	-	-
Munden	13	3	47	2	-	-
van Geloven	2	0	4	1	-	-

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Notes
--> M Tompkin made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> VE Jackson made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> LR Gardner (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in County Championship matches
--> LR Gardner (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in First-Class matches
--> LF Outschoorn (1) passed 12500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> MJ Horton (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 13
--> GH Chesterton (1) equalled his previous highest score of 23 in County Championship matches
--> RO Jenkins reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> JS Savage achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Worcestershire second innings (previous best was 2-17)
--> JS Savage achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Worcestershire second innings (previous best was 2-17)
--> VE Jackson retired not out in the Leicestershire first innings having scored 6 (team had lost 2 wickets) - he returned when the score was 190/6

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