f22903	Leicestershire v Ireland
	Ireland in England 1959
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 12th, 13th, 14th August 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Leicestershire won by 8 wickets
Umpires	P Corrall, A Skelding
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), TJ Goodwin (Ireland)
Close of play day 1	Ireland (1) 259 all out
Close of play day 2	Ireland (2) 34/2 (Bergin 1*, Neville 1*)

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Ireland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*SF Bergin	c Burch b Kirby	31
KJ Quinn	c Revill b Spencer	6
H Martin	lbw b Savage	61
MH Stevenson	b Savage	80
PA Neville	c Julian b van Geloven	20
AJ O'Riordan	c van Geloven b Spencer	4
WR Hunter	c Revill b Savage	6
AJ Finlay	c Spencer b Savage	20
KW Hope	c Gardner b Savage	6
F Fee	c and b Savage	7
+OD Colhoun	not out	0
Extras	(9 b, 6 lb, 3 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 123.4 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-98, 3-104, 4-163, 5-168, 6-201, 7-222, 8-249, 9-251, 10-259 (123.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	28	17	25	2	-	-
van Geloven	25	12	47	1	-	-
Savage	30.4	10	84	6	-	-
Smith	30	13	54	0	-	-
Kirby	10	2	31	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*W Watson	c Finlay b Hope	106
D Kirby	c Neville b Fee	26
J van Geloven	b O'Riordan	11
LR Gardner	c Hunter b Fee	91
AC Revill	c Hope b Fee	57
B Cromack	not out	1
+R Julian	did not bat
RC Smith	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
JS Savage	did not bat
GW Burch	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 1 lb)	13
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 94.2 overs)	305
Fall of wickets:
1-63, 2-116, 3-181, 4-287, 5-305 (94.2 ov)

Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
O'Riordan	29	6	112	1	-	-
Hunter	13	3	44	0	-	-
Hope	19	6	44	1	-	-
Fee	31.2	6	78	3	-	-
Quinn	2	0	14	0	-	-

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Ireland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*SF Bergin	c Spencer b Smith	23
KJ Quinn	c Gardner b Spencer	5
H Martin	c Revill b Savage	21
PA Neville	c van Geloven b Kirby	34
MH Stevenson	b Savage	0
AJ O'Riordan	retired hurt	4
WR Hunter	c Revill b Kirby	0
AJ Finlay	b van Geloven	1
KW Hope	c Revill b Kirby	8
F Fee	b Kirby	0
+OD Colhoun	not out	4
Extras	(6 b, 2 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 67.1 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-32, 3-85, 4-85, 5-95, 6-96, 7-104, 8-104, 9-108 (67.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	17	10	15	1	-	-
van Geloven	7	4	6	1	-	-
Savage	19	13	17	2	-	-
Smith	12.1	5	29	1	-	-
Kirby	12	2	33	4	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kirby	c Bergin b Fee	21
B Cromack	c Martin b Fee	21
J van Geloven	not out	16
LR Gardner	not out	7
*W Watson	did not bat
AC Revill	did not bat
+R Julian	did not bat
RC Smith	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
JS Savage	did not bat
GW Burch	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 25.3 overs)	65
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-42

Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hunter	7	3	10	0	-	-
Hope	6.3	1	14	0	-	-
Fee	12	3	41	2	-	-

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Notes
--> OD Colhoun made his debut in First-Class matches
--> B Cromack made his debut in First-Class matches
--> KJ Quinn made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> F Fee made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> PA Neville (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in First-Class matches
--> LR Gardner (1) passed his previous highest score of 82 in First-Class matches
--> AC Revill (1) passed 15500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 40
--> SF Bergin (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> PA Neville (2) passed his previous highest score of 20 in First-Class matches
--> D Kirby achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Ireland second innings (previous best was 4-37)
--> AJ O'Riordan retired hurt in the Ireland second innings having scored 4 (team score 95/4)

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