f21480 cc10755	Leicestershire v Yorkshire
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 8th, 9th, 10th August 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 0; Yorkshire 4
Umpires	DE Davies, A Skelding
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), C Turner (Yorkshire)
Close of play day 1	Yorkshire (1) 37/2 (Wilson 22*, Padgett 0*)
Close of play day 2	Yorkshire (1) 353 all out

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	b Appleyard	65
PT Smith	c Binks b Trueman	1
J van Geloven	c Wilson b Illingworth	22
*CH Palmer	c Lowson b Illingworth	11
VE Jackson	b Illingworth	18
M Tompkin	lbw b Illingworth	5
RA Diment	b Wardle	0
VS Munden	lbw b Appleyard	21
+J Firth	b Trueman	2
CT Spencer	not out	5
TJ Goodwin	b Trueman	0
Extras	(6 b, 7 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 84.5 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-80, 3-106, 4-115, 5-128, 6-129, 7-131, 8-153, 9-159, 10-163 (84.5 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	9.5	1	26	3	-	-
Appleyard	15	6	36	2	-	-
Wardle	27	13	44	1	-	-
Illingworth	33	12	44	4	-	-

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FA Lowson	lbw b Palmer	14
*WHH Sutcliffe	b Goodwin	0
JV Wilson	c Palmer b Spencer	47
DEV Padgett	c Hallam b Spencer	9
W Watson	c van Geloven b Jackson	89
DB Close	b Goodwin	58
R Illingworth	b Jackson	67
JH Wardle	c Palmer b Munden	9
FS Trueman	st Firth b Munden	45
+JG Binks	c van Geloven b Jackson	5
R Appleyard	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 8 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 127.4 overs)	353
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-37, 3-66, 4-85, 5-161, 6-274, 7-287, 8-331, 9-347, 10-353 (127.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	34	10	80	2	-	-
Goodwin	25	3	83	2	-	-
Jackson	29	10	79	3	-	-
Palmer	24	11	35	1	-	-
Munden	15.4	3	66	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	lbw b Trueman	4
PT Smith	b Wardle	26
J van Geloven	c Trueman b Illingworth	5
*CH Palmer	b Appleyard	56
VE Jackson	b Wardle	2
M Tompkin	c and b Appleyard	46
RA Diment	c Wilson b Illingworth	7
VS Munden	not out	13
+J Firth	not out	9
CT Spencer	did not bat
TJ Goodwin	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 6 nb)	12
Total	(7 wickets, 89 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-30, 3-54, 4-56, 5-143, 6-154, 7-160

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	14	3	34	1	-	-
Appleyard	23	5	43	2	-	-
Wardle	29	13	39	2	-	-
Illingworth	22	8	45	2	-	-
Close	1	0	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> VS Munden (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 20
--> JV Wilson (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 43
--> W Watson (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 56
--> CH Palmer (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 29
--> CH Palmer (2) passed 15500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 43
--> VS Munden (2) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 6
--> FS Trueman reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> CT Spencer reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Yorkshire first innings
--> TJ Goodwin reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Yorkshire first innings

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