f20106 cc9980	Leicestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1953
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 8th, 9th, 10th July 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 7 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 12; Somerset 0
Umpires	JJ Hills, HL Palmer
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 241/8 (Langford 20*, Hall 16*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 379/7 (Smithson 74*, Firth 0*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	b Goodwin	23
DL Kitson	c Smithson b Munden	69
R Smith	b Jackson	51
J Lawrence	c Spencer b Goodwin	10
HFT Buse	c Firth b Palmer	19
+HW Stephenson	lbw b Palmer	3
GHD Evans	c Palmer b Munden	18
*BG Brocklehurst	c Jackson b Munden	4
BA Langford	c Lester b Goodwin	23
TA Hall	c Jackson b Spencer	20
CG Mitchell	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 123.2 overs)	248
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-116, 3-144, 4-178, 5-178, 6-198, 7-203, 8-208, 9-248, 10-248 (123.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	24	2	70	1	-	-
Goodwin	25.2	4	74	3	-	-
Walsh	18	7	36	0	-	-
Palmer	20	15	8	2	-	-
Munden	26	14	34	3	-	-
Jackson	10	5	18	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c and b Buse	34
MR Hallam	b Hall	46
M Tompkin	st Stephenson b Lawrence	19
*CH Palmer	c Stephenson b Lawrence	6
VE Jackson	c Evans b Langford	85
VS Munden	lbw b Hall	29
GA Smithson	not out	74
JE Walsh	b Hall	61
+J Firth	not out	0
CT Spencer	did not bat
TJ Goodwin	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 9 lb, 10 nb)	25
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 108 overs)	379
Fall of wickets:
1-84, 2-92, 3-113, 4-118, 5-209, 6-257, 7-377

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	24	1	101	3	-	-
Mitchell	24	1	60	0	-	-
Buse	20	7	54	1	-	-
Langford	18	3	56	1	-	-
Lawrence	18	3	79	2	-	-
Evans	4	1	4	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	c Walsh b Spencer	43
DL Kitson	c Spencer b Goodwin	11
R Smith	c Smithson b Spencer	4
J Lawrence	c Walsh b Goodwin	12
HFT Buse	b Palmer	67
+HW Stephenson	b Munden	14
GHD Evans	lbw b Walsh	15
*BG Brocklehurst	st Firth b Walsh	27
BA Langford	c Hallam b Walsh	8
TA Hall	c Spencer b Walsh	12
CG Mitchell	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 3 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 63 overs)	221
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-41, 3-66, 4-79, 5-104, 6-139, 7-177, 8-195, 9-217, 10-221 (63 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	11	0	58	2	-	-
Goodwin	20	3	71	2	-	-
Walsh	17	3	42	4	-	-
Palmer	7	4	13	1	-	-
Munden	8	3	29	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Lawrence b Hall	11
MR Hallam	b Hall	4
M Tompkin	c Stephenson b Hall	12
VE Jackson	not out	47
VS Munden	not out	11
*CH Palmer	did not bat
GA Smithson	did not bat
JE Walsh	did not bat
+J Firth	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
TJ Goodwin	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 nb)	6
Total	(3 wickets, 19.2 overs)	91
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-15, 3-44

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	9	1	27	3	-	-
Mitchell	6	1	39	0	-	-
Buse	2	0	9	0	-	-
Lawrence	2.2	1	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DL Kitson (1) passed his previous highest score of 55 in first-class matches
--> DL Kitson (1) passed his previous highest score of 55 in County Championship matches
--> G Lester (1) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 14
--> G Lester (1) passed 8000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 33
--> GA Smithson (1) passed 4500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 53
--> VE Jackson (2) passed 11000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 4
--> J Lawrence reached 600 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> JE Walsh reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> JE Walsh reached 1000 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> TA Hall reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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