f20154 cc10023	Worcestershire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1953
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 25th, 27th, 28th July 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 9 wickets
Points	Worcestershire 0; Leicestershire 12
Umpires	HG Baldwin, TJ Bartley
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 7/1 (Lester 2*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 52/2 (Richardson 22*, Outschoorn 0*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	c Walsh b Boshier	55
PE Richardson	lbw b Boshier	3
LF Outschoorn	b Goodwin	2
*RE Bird	b Goodwin	0
G Dews	c Firth b Boshier	8
RG Broadbent	b Goodwin	24
LN Devereux	c Firth b Goodwin	9
+H Yarnold	c Firth b Goodwin	0
JR Ashman	not out	0
GH Chesterton	not out	0
HW Lobban	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	7
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 56 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-15, 3-15, 4-31, 5-86, 6-107, 7-107, 8-108

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Goodwin	18	7	38	5	-	-
Boshier	15	4	29	3	-	-
Walsh	10	3	20	0	-	-
Palmer	9	8	4	0	-	-
Jackson	4	2	10	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Dews b Lobban	18
MR Hallam	c Yarnold b Chesterton	5
M Tompkin	c Ashman b Devereux	55
*CH Palmer	b Devereux	55
VE Jackson	b Chesterton	36
GA Smithson	c and b Chesterton	62
VS Munden	not out	31
JE Walsh	did not bat
+J Firth	did not bat
BS Boshier	did not bat
TJ Goodwin	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 2 w)	9
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 96.1 overs)	271
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-31, 3-133, 4-140, 5-192, 6-271 (96.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Chesterton	35.1	13	77	3	-	-
Lobban	26	5	80	1	-	-
Outschoorn	6	2	31	0	-	-
Devereux	16	7	45	2	-	-
Ashman	13	3	29	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	b Goodwin	22
PE Richardson	b Goodwin	22
LF Outschoorn	st Firth b Walsh	6
JR Ashman	b Walsh	16
*RE Bird	b Goodwin	5
G Dews	c Firth b Boshier	114
RG Broadbent	not out	61
LN Devereux	b Goodwin	7
+H Yarnold	c Walsh b Goodwin	5
GH Chesterton	b Walsh	0
HW Lobban	b Walsh	2
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 83.4 overs)	274
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-47, 3-53, 4-61, 5-107, 6-242, 7-259, 8-271, 9-272, 10-274 (83.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Goodwin	24	6	76	5	-	-
Boshier	17	6	60	1	-	-
Walsh	19.4	3	49	4	-	-
Palmer	5	3	11	0	-	-
Jackson	11	2	31	0	-	-
Munden	7	2	33	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	not out	29
MR Hallam	lbw b Chesterton	0
M Tompkin	not out	74
*CH Palmer	did not bat
VE Jackson	did not bat
GA Smithson	did not bat
VS Munden	did not bat
JE Walsh	did not bat
+J Firth	did not bat
BS Boshier	did not bat
TJ Goodwin	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb)	12
Total	(1 wicket, 27 overs)	115
Fall of wickets:
1-1

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Chesterton	13	3	50	1	-	-
Lobban	11	3	36	0	-	-
Devereux	2	0	10	0	-	-
Bird	1	0	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> D Kenyon (1) passed 13000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 26
--> M Tompkin (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 16
--> CH Palmer (1) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 31
--> BS Boshier made his debut in first-class matches
--> BS Boshier made his debut in County Championship matches
--> PE Richardson (2) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 11
--> G Dews (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 22
--> M Tompkin (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 33
--> GH Chesterton reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> TJ Goodwin reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Worcestershire second innings
--> JE Walsh reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Worcestershire second innings

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