f21281 cc10598	Leicestershire v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 19th, 21st, 22nd May 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 4; Northamptonshire 0
Umpires	TJ Bartley, EA Roberts
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 67/0 (Lester 22*, Hallam 38*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 352/9 (van Geloven 30*, Spencer 4*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*D Brookes	b Spencer	0
AP Arnold	c Tompkin b Jackson	101
L Livingston	c Firth b van Geloven	12
E Davis	lbw b Jackson	6
BL Reynolds	hit wkt b Jackson	17
GE Tribe	b Munden	34
V Broderick	c Hallam b Jackson	0
A Lightfoot	b Palmer	7
FH Tyson	b Palmer	5
JS Manning	b Palmer	4
+KV Andrew	not out	1
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 86.4 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-27, 3-49, 4-131, 5-140, 6-142, 7-183, 8-183, 9-190, 10-193 (86.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	21	3	62	1	-	-
van Geloven	9	2	19	1	-	-
Jackson	27	9	63	4	-	-
Palmer	18.4	6	32	3	-	-
Munden	11	4	11	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Tyson b Tribe	122
MR Hallam	lbw b Tribe	43
M Tompkin	b Broderick	34
*CH Palmer	b Tyson	37
VE Jackson	c Reynolds b Tyson	9
GA Smithson	c Livingston b Tribe	24
PT Smith	st +Livingston b Tribe	0
VS Munden	c Lightfoot b Tribe	5
J van Geloven	not out	30
+J Firth	c Manning b Tyson	24
CT Spencer	not out	4
Extras	(16 b, 4 lb)	20
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 137 overs)	352
Fall of wickets:
1-72, 2-150, 3-199, 4-213, 5-277, 6-277, 7-292, 8-294, 9-336

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyson	28	4	77	3	-	-
Lightfoot	23	5	60	0	-	-
Manning	30	16	52	0	-	-
Tribe	37	14	78	5	-	-
Broderick	19	6	65	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*D Brookes	lbw b Palmer	59
AP Arnold	c Firth b Palmer	42
L Livingston	c Hallam b Palmer	11
E Davis	c Jackson b Spencer	3
BL Reynolds	not out	71
GE Tribe	c Smith b Hallam	56
V Broderick	not out	9
A Lightfoot	did not bat
FH Tyson	did not bat
JS Manning	did not bat
+KV Andrew	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb)	11
Total	(5 wickets, 108 overs)	262
Fall of wickets:
1-92, 2-110, 3-115, 4-119, 5-244

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	26	3	82	1	-	-
van Geloven	5	0	18	0	-	-
Jackson	20	7	38	0	-	-
Palmer	23	14	24	3	-	-
Munden	25	8	45	0	-	-
Hallam	5	0	21	1	-	-
Tompkin	4	0	23	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GE Tribe (1) passed 6000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 30
--> G Lester (1) passed 11000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 90
--> PT Smith made his debut in first-class matches
--> PT Smith made his debut in County Championship matches
--> D Brookes (2) passed 21000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 48
--> BL Reynolds (2) passed his previous highest score of 64 in County Championship matches
--> BL Reynolds (2) passed his previous highest score of 64 in first-class matches
--> GE Tribe (2) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 32

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