f21515 cc10786	Leicestershire v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 22nd, 23rd, 24th August 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 6 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 0; Gloucestershire 12
Umpires	HG Baldwin, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 45/1 (Young 18*, Rochford 6*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 71/1 (Hallam 48*, van Geloven 0*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Rochford b Cook	27
MR Hallam	b Cook	26
J van Geloven	lbw b Wells	4
*CH Palmer	b Wells	55
VE Jackson	lbw b Cook	24
M Tompkin	c Milton b Wells	15
PT Smith	lbw b Wells	8
VS Munden	c Crapp b Lake	37
+J Firth	b Cook	2
CT Spencer	c Crapp b Lake	13
TJ Goodwin	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 105.3 overs)	219
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-61, 3-79, 4-139, 5-143, 6-162, 7-167, 8-174, 9-207, 10-219 (105.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	10	1	29	0	-	-
Lake	12.3	2	28	2	-	-
Wells	44	10	102	4	-	-
Cook	39	17	52	4	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CA Milton	lbw b Spencer	19
DM Young	lbw b Palmer	38
+P Rochford	b Goodwin	7
W Knightley-Smith	lbw b Palmer	13
TW Graveney	c Spencer b Goodwin	31
JF Crapp	b Munden	35
*GM Emmett	lbw b Spencer	49
GEE Lambert	b Spencer	10
GJ Lake	lbw b Jackson	17
C Cook	c Hallam b Palmer	15
BD Wells	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 96.1 overs)	244
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-54, 3-76, 4-85, 5-125, 6-178, 7-206, 8-209, 9-244, 10-244 (96.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	25	3	83	3	-	-
Goodwin	24	2	69	2	-	-
Munden	5	2	16	1	-	-
Jackson	25	11	43	1	-	-
Palmer	17.1	9	23	3	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	st Rochford b Cook	21
MR Hallam	b Wells	50
J van Geloven	lbw b Wells	1
*CH Palmer	c Crapp b Wells	2
VE Jackson	c Milton b Wells	13
M Tompkin	c and b Cook	1
PT Smith	lbw b Wells	0
VS Munden	c Lake b Wells	8
+J Firth	c Milton b Wells	11
CT Spencer	c Lambert b Cook	20
TJ Goodwin	not out	0
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(all out, 63.3 overs)	130
Fall of wickets:
1-71, 2-73, 3-74, 4-83, 5-84, 6-85, 7-90, 8-99, 9-130, 10-130 (63.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	6	1	20	0	-	-
Lake	5	2	15	0	-	-
Wells	24	10	33	7	-	-
Cook	28.3	11	59	3	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CA Milton	lbw b Palmer	59
DM Young	b Spencer	8
W Knightley-Smith	c van Geloven b Palmer	10
TW Graveney	lbw b Palmer	1
JF Crapp	not out	19
*GM Emmett	not out	9
+P Rochford	did not bat
GEE Lambert	did not bat
GJ Lake	did not bat
C Cook	did not bat
BD Wells	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(4 wickets, 45.5 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-79, 3-79, 4-80

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	6	0	25	1	-	-
Goodwin	6	1	13	0	-	-
Munden	11	3	23	0	-	-
Jackson	7	3	10	0	-	-
Palmer	10	7	8	3	-	-
van Geloven	5	1	17	0	-	-
Tompkin	0.5	0	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> G Lester (1) passed 11500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 24
--> CH Palmer (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 43
--> CT Spencer (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 10
--> BD Wells reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> CH Palmer reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings
--> CH Palmer reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings

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