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f21088 cc10558	Middlesex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 24th, 25th, 26th August 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 40 runs
Points	Middlesex 12; Leicestershire 4
Umpires	FS Lee, GD Morton
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), EH Hendren (Middlesex)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 17/1 (Lester 6, Tompkin 4)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 9/0 (Robertson 7, Dewes 2)

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c and b Walsh	75
JG Dewes	c Firth b Munden	53
*WJ Edrich	c Spencer b Goodwin	59
DCS Compton	b Munden	19
GPS Delisle	c Firth b Spencer	55
D Bennett	not out	48
FJ Titmus	not out	11
+LH Compton	did not bat
JJ Warr	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 103 overs)	325
Fall of wickets:
1-114, 2-145, 3-175, 4-219, 5-295

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	21	1	78	1	-	-
Goodwin	22	5	78	1	-	-
Jackson	19	6	54	0	-	-
Palmer	8	3	16	0	-	-
Munden	15	4	45	2	-	-
Walsh	18	2	49	1	-	-

Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	b Titmus	24
MJK Smith	b Moss	1
M Tompkin	b Titmus	121
*CH Palmer	c Edrich b Titmus	38
VE Jackson	b Titmus	12
RA Diment	run out	4
VS Munden	c LH Compton b Moss	29
JE Walsh	not out	57
+J Firth	not out	19
CT Spencer	did not bat
TJ Goodwin	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 5 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	21
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 127.5 overs)	326
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-55, 3-157, 4-191, 5-197, 6-211, 7-260

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	21	2	76	2	-	-
Warr	8	0	20	0	-	-
Titmus	49.5	23	74	4	-	-
DCS Compton	19	2	71	0	-	-
Young	30	10	64	0	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	lbw b Jackson	34
JG Dewes	c Tompkin b Munden	29
*WJ Edrich	c Tompkin b Jackson	14
DCS Compton	st Firth b Munden	10
GPS Delisle	c Walsh b Munden	39
D Bennett	b Munden	36
FJ Titmus	c Jackson b Palmer	30
+LH Compton	b Walsh	8
JJ Warr	not out	8
JA Young	c Lester b Walsh	2
AE Moss	b Walsh	0
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 63.2 overs)	219
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-74, 3-84, 4-94, 5-149, 6-197, 7-197, 8-209, 9-211, 10-219 (63.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	6	1	30	0	-	-
Goodwin	4	0	18	0	-	-
Jackson	9	1	47	2	-	-
Palmer	7	3	17	1	-	-
Munden	26	7	64	4	-	-
Walsh	11.2	3	34	3	-	-

Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJK Smith	c and b Young	33
G Lester	c LH Compton b Moss	13
M Tompkin	c Dewes b Young	19
*CH Palmer	b Titmus	5
VE Jackson	c Robertson b Young	36
RA Diment	run out	14
VS Munden	c Bennett b Young	9
JE Walsh	b Titmus	1
+J Firth	not out	24
CT Spencer	b Titmus	14
TJ Goodwin	c Moss b Young	2
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 49 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-60, 3-70, 4-70, 5-107, 6-133, 7-134, 8-136, 9-162, 10-178 (49 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	6	2	17	1	-	-
Warr	1	0	8	0	-	-
Titmus	23	4	61	3	-	-
Young	19	1	84	5	-	-

Notes
--> JDB Robertson (1) passed 26000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 49
--> WJ Edrich (2) passed 33000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 2
--> D Bennett (2) passed 4000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 16
--> M Tompkin (2) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 19
--> CH Palmer (2) passed 14500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 5
--> CT Spencer (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 1
--> JE Walsh reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Middlesex second innings
--> JE Walsh reached 1050 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex second innings
--> AE Moss reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings