f20922 cc10418	Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Trent Bridge, Nottingham on 18th, 20th, 21st June 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Nottinghamshire won by 2 wickets
Points	Nottinghamshire 12; Leicestershire 4
Umpires	DE Davies, LH Gray
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 365 all out
Close of play day 2	Nottinghamshire (1) 296/7 (Smales 28*, Jepson 17*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Smales b Jepson	7
MR Hallam	c Rowe b Jepson	86
M Tompkin	lbw b Dooland	31
*CH Palmer	c Martin b Smales	128
VE Jackson	c Martin b Harvey	12
GA Smithson	c Martin b Dooland	27
VS Munden	c Clay b Dooland	43
JE Walsh	c Hardstaff b Dooland	3
CT Spencer	c and b Dooland	0
RL Pratt	not out	8
+J Firth	c Smales b Dooland	1
Extras	(2 b, 17 lb)	19
Total	(all out, 132.3 overs)	365
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-56, 3-219, 4-281, 5-281, 6-342, 7-352, 8-353, 9-359, 10-365 (132.3 ov)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jepson	33	3	92	2	-	-
Smales	43	15	90	1	-	-
Dooland	34.3	9	105	6	-	-
Harvey	22	6	59	1	-	-

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Nottinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RT Simpson	c Palmer b Lester	82
JD Clay	b Lester	20
CJ Poole	b Spencer	9
J Hardstaff	c Pratt b Spencer	61
EJ Martin	c Smithson b Pratt	48
RJ Giles	c Hallam b Pratt	0
PF Harvey	b Palmer	19
K Smales	not out	28
A Jepson	not out	17
B Dooland	did not bat
+EJ Rowe	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb)	12
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 111 overs)	296
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-88, 3-148, 4-209, 5-209, 6-242, 7-264

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	27	8	47	2	-	-
Pratt	12	2	48	2	-	-
Jackson	12	5	20	0	-	-
Lester	20	1	74	2	-	-
Walsh	20	1	69	0	-	-
Palmer	9	5	9	1	-	-
Munden	11	4	17	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Dooland b Smales	14
MR Hallam	c Jepson b Smales	21
M Tompkin	c Poole b Dooland	63
*CH Palmer	not out	87
VE Jackson	not out	14
GA Smithson	did not bat
VS Munden	did not bat
JE Walsh	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
RL Pratt	did not bat
+J Firth	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb)	7
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 54 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-50, 3-149

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jepson	17	3	70	0	-	-
Smales	14	5	32	2	-	-
Dooland	13	1	60	1	-	-
Harvey	10	1	37	0	-	-

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Nottinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Hardstaff	b Spencer	8
JD Clay	b Munden	68
CJ Poole	c Palmer b Spencer	7
EJ Martin	lbw b Spencer	4
RJ Giles	b Palmer	18
B Dooland	c Tompkin b Munden	26
A Jepson	c Lester b Munden	18
*RT Simpson	c Smithson b Spencer	67
PF Harvey	not out	54
K Smales	not out	3
+EJ Rowe	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(8 wickets, 51.2 overs)	276
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-32, 3-38, 4-103, 5-115, 6-135, 7-155, 8-252

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	13	0	58	4	-	-
Pratt	6	0	32	0	-	-
Jackson	5.2	0	46	0	-	-
Palmer	14	1	60	1	-	-
Munden	13	0	77	3	-	-

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Notes
--> GA Smithson (1) passed 6000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 13
--> VS Munden (1) passed 4500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 13
--> RL Pratt made his debut in first-class matches
--> RL Pratt made his debut in County Championship matches
--> RT Simpson (2) passed 13000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 36
--> RT Simpson (2) passed 21000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 57
--> B Dooland reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> B Dooland reached 600 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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