f20931 cc10425	Leicestershire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 22nd, 23rd, 24th June 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 6 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 12; Middlesex 4
Umpires	E Cooke, K McCanlis
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), EH Hendren (Middlesex)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 32/0 (Lester 18*, Hallam 13*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 121/7 (Warr 3*, Compton 5*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	lbw b Lester	74
SM Brown	lbw b Jackson	35
*WJ Edrich	b Munden	46
AW Thompson	c Firth b Spencer	3
D Bennett	c Firth b Spencer	45
DO Baldry	b Lester	9
DA Bick	c and b Spencer	29
JJ Warr	b Pratt	0
+LH Compton	b Pratt	7
JA Young	b Pratt	1
AE Moss	not out	0
Extras	(10 b, 3 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 117.4 overs)	262
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-129, 3-145, 4-181, 5-202, 6-249, 7-250, 8-254, 9-255, 10-262 (117.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	20	5	56	3	-	-
Pratt	11.4	2	31	3	-	-
Jackson	13	4	28	1	-	-
Walsh	16	3	51	0	-	-
Munden	34	19	25	1	-	-
Lester	18	7	48	2	-	-
Palmer	5	4	10	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Robertson b Warr	20
MR Hallam	b Bick	56
M Tompkin	lbw b Young	21
*CH Palmer	b Young	71
VE Jackson	c Compton b Robertson	21
GA Smithson	b Robertson	0
VS Munden	b Robertson	0
JE Walsh	lbw b Young	3
+J Firth	c Edrich b Robertson	4
CT Spencer	b Young	1
RL Pratt	not out	1
Extras	(9 b, 8 lb, 1 w)	18
Total	(all out, 94.1 overs)	216
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-100, 3-112, 4-168, 5-170, 6-174, 7-177, 8-200, 9-207, 10-216 (94.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	15	5	29	0	-	-
Warr	12	2	43	1	-	-
Young	35.1	16	54	4	-	-
Bick	10	2	35	1	-	-
Robertson	22	9	37	4	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Smithson b Munden	48
SM Brown	lbw b Spencer	8
*WJ Edrich	c Hallam b Jackson	22
AW Thompson	c Hallam b Lester	17
D Bennett	c Hallam b Lester	5
DO Baldry	lbw b Lester	5
DA Bick	c Firth b Jackson	1
+LH Compton	lbw b Jackson	8
JJ Warr	c Firth b Spencer	22
JA Young	not out	17
AE Moss	c Smithson b Spencer	16
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 79 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-67, 3-85, 4-107, 5-108, 6-109, 7-113, 8-137, 9-159, 10-181 (79 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	14	5	23	3	-	-
Pratt	8	1	31	0	-	-
Jackson	31	15	43	3	-	-
Munden	17	6	46	1	-	-
Lester	9	1	26	3	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Robertson b Young	9
MR Hallam	b Moss	83
M Tompkin	not out	87
*CH Palmer	b Bennett	18
VE Jackson	b Moss	4
GA Smithson	not out	15
VS Munden	did not bat
JE Walsh	did not bat
+J Firth	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
RL Pratt	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(4 wickets, 52.5 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-133, 3-170, 4-185

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	17.5	4	66	2	-	-
Warr	11	0	47	0	-	-
Young	9	2	38	1	-	-
Robertson	9	0	41	0	-	-
Bennett	6	2	24	1	-	-

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Notes
--> M Tompkin (1) passed 17500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> JJ Warr (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 18
--> JJ Warr (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> MR Hallam (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> RL Pratt achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 2-48)
--> RL Pratt achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 2-48)
--> JDB Robertson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 4-86)
--> JDB Robertson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 3-38)
--> VE Jackson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex second innings
--> AE Moss reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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