f22867 cc11442	Leicestershire v Yorkshire
	County Championship 1959
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 29th, 30th, 31st July 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Yorkshire won by 78 runs
Points	Leicestershire 0; Yorkshire 14 (Batting 2)
Umpires	WH Copson, AE Fagg
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), C Turner (Yorkshire)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 2/1 (Watson 0*, Hallam 1*)
Close of play day 2	Yorkshire (2) 165/3 (Padgett 68*, Illingworth 31*)

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WB Stott	b Palmer	18
K Taylor	b van Geloven	27
DEV Padgett	c Hallam b Savage	53
DB Close	c Burch b van Geloven	57
JV Wilson	c Spencer b Kirby	6
R Illingworth	c Burch b Kirby	0
*JR Burnet	c Burch b Savage	3
FS Trueman	lbw b Spencer	16
+JG Binks	b Kirby	13
D Wilson	c Watson b Savage	9
RK Platt	not out	0
Extras	(10 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 103.4 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-85, 3-111, 4-130, 5-130, 6-174, 7-184, 8-199, 9-216, 10-218 (103.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	26	8	48	1	-	-
van Geloven	30	5	87	2	-	-
Palmer	11	7	5	1	-	-
Savage	23.4	10	48	3	-	-
Kirby	13	6	14	3	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*W Watson	not out	79
D Kirby	b Trueman	1
MR Hallam	c D Wilson b Platt	1
LR Gardner	lbw b Platt	2
CH Palmer	c Close b Illingworth	24
J van Geloven	c sub b Illingworth	5
GW Burch	b Close	0
RC Smith	c Illingworth b Trueman	5
CT Spencer	b Platt	6
JS Savage	b Platt	4
+GA Hickinbottom	b Close	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 69.3 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-4, 3-6, 4-66, 5-80, 6-83, 7-97, 8-105, 9-120, 10-132 (69.3 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	23	10	25	2	-	-
Platt	20	5	61	4	-	-
Close	13.3	4	18	2	-	-
Illingworth	13	3	23	2	-	-

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Yorkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WB Stott	c Burch b Spencer	27
DEV Padgett	not out	89
DB Close	c Smith b Palmer	21
JV Wilson	c Hallam b Savage	4
R Illingworth	not out	63
K Taylor	did not bat
*JR Burnet	did not bat
FS Trueman	did not bat
+JG Binks	did not bat
D Wilson	did not bat
RK Platt	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	18
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 61 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-75, 3-103

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	17	2	49	1	-	-
van Geloven	13	1	55	0	-	-
Palmer	10	3	15	1	-	-
Savage	8	2	31	1	-	-
Kirby	10	0	31	0	-	-
Smith	3	0	23	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	run out	57
D Kirby	c sub b Close	15
J van Geloven	c Burnet b D Wilson	3
*W Watson	c Binks b Trueman	20
LR Gardner	c D Wilson b Trueman	4
CH Palmer	b D Wilson	13
GW Burch	c Trueman b Close	15
RC Smith	c sub b Close	30
CT Spencer	b Platt	32
JS Savage	b Platt	29
+GA Hickinbottom	not out	0
Extras	(9 b, 3 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 77.1 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-76, 3-76, 4-82, 5-110, 6-119, 7-159, 8-160, 9-223, 10-230 (77.1 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	16	4	54	2	-	-
Platt	19.1	7	47	2	-	-
Close	13	1	55	3	-	-
Illingworth	18	5	43	0	-	-
D Wilson	11	3	19	2	-	-

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Notes
--> D Kirby made his debut in County Championship matches
--> GA Hickinbottom made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GA Hickinbottom made his debut in County Championship matches
--> MR Hallam (2) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 36
--> D Kirby made his debut for Leicestershire in First-Class matches
--> JS Savage reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Yorkshire first innings
--> FS Trueman reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> R Illingworth reached 400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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