f21847 cc10926	Warwickshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1957
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 6th, 8th, 9th July 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Warwickshire won by 4 wickets
Points	Warwickshire 14 (Batting 2); Leicestershire 0
Umpires	CS Elliott, LH Gray
Scorers	GC Austin (Warwickshire), FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire)
Close of play day 1	Warwickshire (1) 58/1 (Horner 29*, Stewart 14*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 165/7 (Gardner 61*, Smith 4*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Townsend b Swaranjit Singh	38
MR Hallam	c Townsend b Carter	17
RA Diment	lbw b Carter	10
*CH Palmer	c Townsend b Leadbeater	27
LR Gardner	b Leadbeater	9
J van Geloven	c Carter b Leadbeater	0
+J Firth	not out	42
JS Savage	b Griffiths	1
RC Smith	c Leadbeater b Carter	12
CT Spencer	b Griffiths	6
BS Boshier	c Spooner b Carter	8
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 5 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 88.2 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-42, 3-85, 4-105, 5-106, 6-107, 7-119, 8-142, 9-155, 10-177 (88.2 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Carter	18.2	4	65	4	-	-
Griffiths	24	4	45	2	-	-
Townsend	7	2	14	0	-	-
Khalid Ibadulla	11	6	8	0	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	7	4	4	1	-	-
Leadbeater	21	10	34	3	-	-

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	b Spencer	10
NF Horner	c Firth b Boshier	40
WJP Stewart	c Diment b Spencer	104
*MJK Smith	c Diment b Savage	16
A Townsend	b Palmer	2
+RT Spooner	lbw b Palmer	6
Khalid Ibadulla	b Boshier	7
Swaranjit Singh	not out	15
E Leadbeater	c Hallam b Boshier	0
RG Carter	b Boshier	0
SS Griffiths	b Boshier	0
Extras	(6 b, 9 lb, 1 w)	16
Total	(all out, 72.3 overs)	216
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-87, 3-136, 4-157, 5-188, 6-192, 7-208, 8-216, 9-216, 10-216 (72.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	25	5	68	2	-	-
Boshier	18.3	1	46	5	-	-
Palmer	13	6	18	2	-	-
Smith	7	3	32	0	-	-
Savage	9	2	36	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	lbw b Griffiths	6
MR Hallam	c Spooner b Griffiths	2
RA Diment	c Townsend b Khalid Ibadulla	56
*CH Palmer	lbw b Carter	6
LR Gardner	not out	69
J van Geloven	b Leadbeater	0
+J Firth	lbw b Griffiths	12
JS Savage	b Leadbeater	5
RC Smith	b Carter	4
CT Spencer	b Townsend	15
BS Boshier	c Spooner b Townsend	0
Extras	(13 b, 2 lb, 4 w)	19
Total	(all out, 84.2 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-9, 3-28, 4-97, 5-103, 6-133, 7-161, 8-172, 9-194, 10-194 (84.2 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Carter	19	3	63	2	-	-
Griffiths	19	4	45	3	-	-
Townsend	5.2	2	5	2	-	-
Khalid Ibadulla	15	11	12	1	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	6	3	9	0	-	-
Leadbeater	20	7	41	2	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	c van Geloven b Savage	45
NF Horner	c Firth b Spencer	10
WJP Stewart	c van Geloven b Savage	22
*MJK Smith	c Firth b Savage	13
A Townsend	b Savage	7
+RT Spooner	c Diment b van Geloven	34
Khalid Ibadulla	not out	11
Swaranjit Singh	not out	0
E Leadbeater	did not bat
RG Carter	did not bat
SS Griffiths	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 9 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(6 wickets, 61.2 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-59, 3-93, 4-104, 5-128, 6-154

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	16	2	37	1	-	-
Boshier	7	0	12	0	-	-
Palmer	9	3	14	0	-	-
Savage	19.2	4	59	4	-	-
Lester	1	0	1	0	-	-
van Geloven	9	2	19	1	-	-

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Notes
--> SS Griffiths made his debut in County Championship matches
--> WJP Stewart (1) passed his previous highest score of 63 in County Championship matches
--> WJP Stewart (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> WJP Stewart (1) passed his previous highest score of 83 in First-Class matches
--> WJP Stewart (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> LR Gardner (2) passed his previous highest score of 47 in County Championship matches
--> MJK Smith (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 6
--> E Leadbeater made his debut for Warwickshire in County Championship matches
--> CH Palmer reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Warwickshire first innings
--> RG Carter reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> CT Spencer reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Warwickshire second innings

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