f21067 cc10540	Leicestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 17th, 18th, 19th August 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 59 runs
Points	Leicestershire 12; Essex 4
Umpires	N Oldfield, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 66/1 (Barker 37*, Gibb 14*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 40/0 (Lester 45*, Smith 36*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c and b Preston	16
MJK Smith	lbw b Preston	19
M Tompkin	run out	50
*CH Palmer	c Preston b Ralph	3
VE Jackson	c Insole b Preston	121
RA Diment	lbw b Ralph	31
GA Smithson	c Preston b Ralph	4
VS Munden	b Preston	12
JE Walsh	b Preston	7
+J Firth	b Ralph	8
CT Spencer	not out	2
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 83.5 overs)	282
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-44, 3-51, 4-154, 5-242, 6-252, 7-252, 8-263, 9-278, 10-282 (83.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	25	5	79	5	-	-
Bailey	12	3	31	0	-	-
Ralph	22.5	5	58	4	-	-
Greensmith	12	2	58	0	-	-
Smith	10	1	34	0	-	-
Insole	2	0	13	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Spencer	7
G Barker	c Firth b Spencer	40
+PA Gibb	b Spencer	18
CCP Williams	c Spencer b Munden	119
*DJ Insole	c Firth b Spencer	109
R Horsfall	not out	21
WT Greensmith	not out	14
R Smith	did not bat
LHR Ralph	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
JA Bailey	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	15
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 120 overs)	343
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-73, 3-82, 4-282, 5-315

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	33	5	119	4	-	-
Palmer	24	9	43	0	-	-
Munden	23	7	51	1	-	-
Walsh	13	4	38	0	-	-
Jackson	25	6	68	0	-	-
Lester	2	0	9	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Insole b Ralph	32
MJK Smith	c Greensmith b Smith	58
M Tompkin	run out	32
*CH Palmer	lbw b Ralph	26
VE Jackson	b Greensmith	30
RA Diment	c Gibb b Preston	12
GA Smithson	c Gibb b Greensmith	10
VS Munden	c Gibb b Greensmith	0
JE Walsh	b Greensmith	6
+J Firth	not out	19
CT Spencer	not out	26
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 70 overs)	261
Fall of wickets:
1-87, 2-90, 3-130, 4-153, 5-189, 6-200, 7-200, 8-207, 9-216

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	21	1	65	1	-	-
Bailey	9	0	29	0	-	-
Ralph	14	2	69	2	-	-
Greensmith	12	3	42	4	-	-
Smith	14	3	46	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Palmer b Spencer	15
G Barker	run out	13
*DJ Insole	c and b Walsh	40
CCP Williams	b Palmer	3
R Horsfall	lbw b Palmer	3
R Smith	b Palmer	24
LHR Ralph	b Lester	14
+PA Gibb	lbw b Walsh	0
WT Greensmith	lbw b Walsh	12
KC Preston	not out	15
JA Bailey	c Smith b Lester	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 33.3 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-34, 3-39, 4-49, 5-97, 6-109, 7-113, 8-115, 9-136, 10-141 (33.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	10	0	54	1	-	-
Palmer	10	0	54	3	-	-
Walsh	7	4	9	3	-	-
Lester	6.3	2	22	2	-	-

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Notes
--> VE Jackson (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 5
--> VE Jackson (1) passed 14000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 76
--> CCP Williams (1) passed his previous highest score of 93 in County Championship matches
--> CCP Williams (1) passed 3000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 13
--> G Lester (2) passed 10500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 22
--> KC Preston reached 400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> CT Spencer reached 250 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> WT Greensmith reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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