f21931 cc10999	Leicestershire v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1957
Venue	Brush Ground, Loughborough on 10th, 12th, 13th August 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 2; Worcestershire 0
Umpires	LH Gray, RSM Lay
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), W Faithfull (Worcestershire)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 131/6 (Diment 35*, Savage 6*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 57/2 (van Geloven 27*, Palmer 15*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c DW Richardson b Chesterton	46
MR Hallam	b Horton	6
J van Geloven	st Booth b Berry	23
*CH Palmer	c Horton b Berry	0
LR Gardner	lbw b Flavell	6
RA Diment	c PE Richardson b Chesterton	39
+J Firth	lbw b Flavell	0
JS Savage	c Booth b Flavell	6
RC Smith	b Chesterton	0
CT Spencer	c Outschoorn b Chesterton	7
BS Boshier	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 99.5 overs)	142
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-73, 3-73, 4-84, 5-89, 6-91, 7-135, 8-135, 9-142, 10-142 (99.5 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flavell	13	6	37	3	-	-
Chesterton	17.5	7	26	4	-	-
Horton	38	24	35	1	-	-
Berry	30	16	27	2	-	-
PE Richardson	1	0	8	0	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	b Spencer	7
*PE Richardson	b Boshier	13
G Dews	b Spencer	15
DW Richardson	b Boshier	6
RG Broadbent	b Savage	48
LF Outschoorn	c Spencer b Palmer	17
MJ Horton	c Palmer b Savage	12
+R Booth	c van Geloven b Smith	8
JA Flavell	b Savage	0
GH Chesterton	lbw b Savage	0
R Berry	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 78.4 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-22, 3-43, 4-45, 5-89, 6-120, 7-121, 8-121, 9-123, 10-129 (78.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	14	2	30	2	-	-
Boshier	17	6	34	2	-	-
Savage	16	8	27	4	-	-
Smith	18.4	6	25	1	-	-
Palmer	13	9	10	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Booth b Horton	14
MR Hallam	b Chesterton	0
J van Geloven	b Flavell	58
*CH Palmer	c PE Richardson b Chesterton	58
LR Gardner	c Booth b Chesterton	5
RA Diment	c Broadbent b Flavell	3
+J Firth	b Flavell	1
JS Savage	b Flavell	4
RC Smith	not out	0
CT Spencer	c PE Richardson b Chesterton	10
BS Boshier	c Kenyon b Chesterton	4
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(all out, 75.5 overs)	162
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-37, 3-109, 4-130, 5-137, 6-139, 7-144, 8-157, 9-162, 10-162 (75.5 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flavell	20	4	38	4	-	-
Chesterton	25.5	14	58	5	-	-
Horton	19	6	37	1	-	-
Berry	11	2	24	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	b Spencer	16
*PE Richardson	c Firth b Spencer	5
G Dews	c Spencer b Palmer	7
DW Richardson	not out	47
RG Broadbent	c van Geloven b Spencer	11
LF Outschoorn	st Firth b Smith	6
MJ Horton	lbw b Smith	0
+R Booth	not out	5
JA Flavell	did not bat
GH Chesterton	did not bat
R Berry	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(6 wickets, 49 overs)	107
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-25, 3-33, 4-60, 5-90, 6-94

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	12	5	19	3	-	-
Boshier	7	2	21	0	-	-
Savage	11	8	10	0	-	-
Smith	11	2	27	2	-	-
Palmer	8	2	20	1	-	-

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Notes
--> RA Diment (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> RA Diment (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 37
--> CT Spencer (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> CH Palmer (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 8
--> DW Richardson (2) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 29
--> GH Chesterton reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> BS Boshier reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings

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