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f23902 cc11955	Leicestershire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 2nd, 3rd, 4th August 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 28 runs
Points	Leicestershire 0; Middlesex 14 (Batting 2)
Umpires	WH Copson, WE Phillipson
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 27/3 (Wharton 7*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 56/2 (Russell 22*)

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gale	c Gardner b Savage	71
WE Russell	lbw b Broughton	6
PH Parfitt	b van Geloven	101
EA Clark	c Cross b Kirby	15
FJ Titmus	c Cross b van Geloven	63
D Bennett	b van Geloven	37
+JT Murray	b van Geloven	8
RW Hooker	not out	7
DA Bick	did not bat
*PI Bedford	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 15 lb, 1 nb)	19
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 110 overs)	327
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-189, 3-192, 4-223, 5-298, 6-316, 7-327 (110 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	20	2	63	0	-	-
Broughton	21	3	61	1	-	-
van Geloven	29	8	80	4	-	-
Savage	24	10	43	1	-	-
Barratt	6	2	22	0	-	-
Kirby	10	0	39	1	-	-

Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	c Murray b Bennett	11
D Kirby	b Bennett	7
A Wharton	c Gale b Hooker	129
JS Savage	c Titmus b Moss	1
J van Geloven	c Clark b Moss	4
LR Gardner	lbw b Bennett	3
GF Cross	b Hooker	27
+R Julian	c Murray b Bick	29
CT Spencer	c Hooker b Bennett	24
RJ Barratt	lbw b Titmus	8
PN Broughton	not out	1
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 83.3 overs)	247
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-26, 3-27, 4-33, 5-42, 6-82, 7-144, 8-197, 9-225, 10-247 (83.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	19	5	54	2	-	-
Bennett	22	5	68	4	-	-
Hooker	9.3	1	42	2	-	-
Titmus	17	6	40	1	-	-
Bick	16	5	40	1	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gale	c Broughton b van Geloven	28
WE Russell	b van Geloven	25
PH Parfitt	c Hallam b Spencer	0
EA Clark	c Hallam b Kirby	36
FJ Titmus	b Kirby	18
D Bennett	b van Geloven	2
+JT Murray	b van Geloven	0
RW Hooker	lbw b van Geloven	2
DA Bick	not out	2
*PI Bedford	c van Geloven b Kirby	10
AE Moss	b Kirby	16
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 45 overs)	149
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-56, 3-68, 4-113, 5-116, 6-116, 7-119, 8-120, 9-133, 10-149 (45 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	13	0	57	1	-	-
van Geloven	22	5	59	5	-	-
Kirby	10	3	23	4	-	-

Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	c Parfitt b Bennett	11
D Kirby	b Hooker	32
A Wharton	run out	108
J van Geloven	c and b Bedford	6
LR Gardner	c Murray b Bennett	1
GF Cross	c Parfitt b Bedford	9
+R Julian	c Clark b Bedford	3
CT Spencer	c Gale b Bedford	5
RJ Barratt	b Bedford	20
JS Savage	not out	4
PN Broughton	b Titmus	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 61.1 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-86, 3-93, 4-102, 5-149, 6-157, 7-166, 8-194, 9-200, 10-201 (61.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	14	2	42	0	-	-
Bennett	12	2	27	2	-	-
Hooker	6	1	22	1	-	-
Titmus	12.1	3	31	1	-	-
Bedford	17	2	77	5	-	-

Notes
--> FJ Titmus (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 62
--> D Bennett (1) passed 8500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 25
--> A Wharton (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 56
--> J van Geloven reached 250 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> D Bennett reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> RW Hooker reached 100 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> RW Hooker reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> D Kirby achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Middlesex second innings (previous best was 3-14)
--> PI Bedford reached 100 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> RW Hooker reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings