f19555 cc9656	Leicestershire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1952
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 24th, 26th, 27th May 1952 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 7 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 12; Middlesex 0
Umpires	F Chester, WT Jones
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 14/0 (Lester 8*, Hallam 6*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 60/1 (Brown 14*, Edrich 22*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Smithson b Goodwin	162		255	21	-
SM Brown	c Jackson b Walsh	77
WJ Edrich	b Goodwin	23
*DCS Compton	not out	109		140	12	-
HPH Sharp	c Firth b Jackson	7
W Knightley-Smith	c Jackson b Goodwin	2
D Bennett	not out	16
JM Sims	did not bat
+JT Murray	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 4 nb)	11
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 117 overs)	407
Fall of wickets:
1-140, 2-225, 3-298, 4-316, 5-334

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Goodwin	28	7	108	3	-	-
Spencer	16	3	49	0	-	-
Walsh	27	2	103	1	-	-
Jackson	18	3	64	1	-	-
Palmer	10	4	16	0	-	-
Lester	15	2	49	0	-	-
Munden	3	1	7	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	b Young	52
MR Hallam	lbw b Compton	25
M Tompkin	c Sims b Compton	156
*CH Palmer	lbw b Moss	56
VE Jackson	lbw b Young	25
GA Smithson	c Murray b Young	30
VS Munden	not out	36
+J Firth	not out	8
JE Walsh	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
TJ Goodwin	did not bat
Extras	(14 b, 9 lb, 1 w)	24
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 117 overs)	412
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-131, 3-246, 4-326, 5-334, 6-371

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	16	3	57	1	-	-
Bennett	11	1	39	0	-	-
Compton	28	1	114	2	-	-
Sims	15	0	60	0	-	-
Young	38	16	76	3	-	-
Sharp	9	3	42	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DCS Compton	c Firth b Spencer	21
SM Brown	c Jackson b Spencer	19
WJ Edrich	c Palmer b Jackson	69
W Knightley-Smith	c Jackson b Walsh	42
HPH Sharp	c Hallam b Jackson	14
D Bennett	st Firth b Walsh	0
JM Sims	lbw b Walsh	4
JDB Robertson	b Walsh	34
+JT Murray	lbw b Jackson	3
JA Young	b Jackson	0
AE Moss	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 60 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-73, 3-156, 4-156, 5-161, 6-173, 7-187, 8-211, 9-211, 10-215 (60 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Goodwin	18	1	57	0	-	-
Spencer	15	2	59	2	-	-
Walsh	11	3	40	4	-	-
Jackson	12	4	36	4	-	-
Lester	4	0	14	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Knightley-Smith b Compton	43
MR Hallam	run out	17
M Tompkin	not out	107		145
*CH Palmer	b Sharp	12
VE Jackson	not out	13
GA Smithson	did not bat
VS Munden	did not bat
+J Firth	did not bat
JE Walsh	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
TJ Goodwin	did not bat
Extras	(15 b, 2 lb, 3 w)	20
Total	(3 wickets, 61.5 overs)	212
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-123, 3-161

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	2	1	5	0	-	-
Bennett	2	0	15	0	-	-
Compton	14	2	48	1	-	-
Sims	8	1	21	0	-	-
Young	21	6	52	0	-	-
Sharp	8	1	13	1	-	-
Robertson	3	0	17	0	-	-
Brown	3	0	7	0	-	-
Knightley-Smith	0.5	0	14	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JT Murray made his debut in County Championship matches
--> JT Murray made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DCS Compton (1) passed 28000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 100
--> G Lester (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 39
--> MR Hallam (1) passed his previous highest score of 21 in County Championship matches
--> M Tompkin (1) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 93
--> JE Walsh reached 750 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex second innings

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