| f21052 | |
| Venue | Grace Road, Leicester on 10th, 11th, 12th August 1955 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | South Africans won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | South Africans won by an innings and 117 runs |
| Umpires | K McCanlis, WFF Price |
| Scorers | FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), M McLennan (South Africans) |
| Close of play day 1 | South Africans (1) 396/6 (Cheetham 3*, Mansell 4*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Leicestershire (1) 208 all out |
| South Africans first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DJ McGlew | b Munden | 161 | |||||
| TL Goddard | b Palmer | 61 | |||||
| HJ Keith | c Tompkin b Munden | 100 | |||||
| WR Endean | b Spencer | 41 | |||||
| PL Winslow | c Goodwin b Jackson | 1 | |||||
| +JHB Waite | st Firth b Munden | 16 | |||||
| *JE Cheetham | not out | 18 | |||||
| PNF Mansell | not out | 53 | |||||
| ARA Murray | did not bat | ||||||
| HJ Tayfield | did not bat | ||||||
| NAT Adcock | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 7 nb, 1 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 136 overs) | 463 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-101, 2-325, 3-329, 4-334, 5-388, 6-390 | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Spencer | 30 | 2 | 124 | 1 | - | - | |
| Goodwin | 19 | 3 | 69 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jackson | 35 | 11 | 91 | 1 | - | - | |
| Walsh | 13 | 2 | 51 | 0 | - | - | |
| Munden | 30 | 12 | 83 | 3 | - | - | |
| Palmer | 9 | 1 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Lester | c Mansell b Adcock | 29 | |||||
| MJK Smith | c McGlew b Murray | 36 | |||||
| M Tompkin | lbw b Adcock | 5 | |||||
| *CH Palmer | lbw b Mansell | 68 | |||||
| VE Jackson | c Adcock b Tayfield | 11 | |||||
| RA Diment | c Winslow b Tayfield | 31 | |||||
| VS Munden | c Cheetham b Mansell | 3 | |||||
| JE Walsh | c Waite b Tayfield | 1 | |||||
| +J Firth | not out | 7 | |||||
| CT Spencer | c Waite b Tayfield | 5 | |||||
| TJ Goodwin | c Murray b Tayfield | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (9 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 107.1 overs) | 208 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-46, 2-62, 3-81, 4-113, 5-175, 6-183, 7-186, 8-197, 9-206, 10-208 (107.1 ov) | |||||||
| South Africans bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Adcock | 15 | 2 | 55 | 2 | - | - | |
| Goddard | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Murray | 22 | 10 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Tayfield | 39.1 | 21 | 56 | 5 | - | - | |
| Mansell | 25 | 10 | 42 | 2 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Lester | st Waite b Tayfield | 36 | |||||
| MJK Smith | b Tayfield | 28 | |||||
| M Tompkin | lbw b Mansell | 7 | |||||
| *CH Palmer | c Endean b Tayfield | 14 | |||||
| VE Jackson | st Waite b Mansell | 1 | |||||
| RA Diment | run out | 4 | |||||
| VS Munden | c Keith b Mansell | 2 | |||||
| JE Walsh | lbw b Mansell | 2 | |||||
| +J Firth | c Waite b Mansell | 0 | |||||
| CT Spencer | c Tayfield b Mansell | 15 | |||||
| TJ Goodwin | not out | 11 | |||||
| Extras | (10 b, 6 lb, 2 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 63 overs) | 138 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-69, 2-78, 3-78, 4-81, 5-94, 6-104, 7-104, 8-110, 9-120, 10-138 (63 ov) | |||||||
| South Africans bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Adcock | 6 | 1 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Goddard | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Murray | 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Tayfield | 23 | 11 | 28 | 3 | - | - | |
| Mansell | 23 | 8 | 52 | 6 | - | - | |
Notes
--> HJ Keith (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> PNF Mansell (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 50
--> G Lester (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 9
--> MJK Smith (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> PNF Mansell reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
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