f19939	Leicestershire v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1953
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 2nd, 4th May 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by an innings and 154 runs
Umpires	JS Buller, F Chester
Scorers	WH Ferguson (Australians), W Goodenough (Leicestershire)
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 443/8 (Harvey 202*, Ring 28*)

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	b Walsh	20
GB Hole	b Goodwin	11
*AL Hassett	b Palmer	18
RN Harvey	not out	202
KR Miller	run out	42
ID Craig	b Spencer	23
RG Archer	b Goodwin	9
AK Davidson	b Lester	63
+D Tallon	c Smithson b Munden	11
DT Ring	not out	28
JC Hill	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 3 nb, 4 w)	16
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 122 overs)	443
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-48, 3-56, 4-154, 5-204, 6-222, 7-339, 8-387

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	21	3	72	1	-	-
Goodwin	23	5	72	2	-	-
Palmer	17	7	35	1	-	-
Walsh	22	4	102	1	-	-
Jackson	26	7	80	0	-	-
Munden	9	0	41	1	-	-
Lester	4	1	25	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Smithson	b Davidson	9
G Lester	lbw b Davidson	2
M Tompkin	c Hill b Archer	5
*CH Palmer	run out	26
VE Jackson	c Harvey b Ring	11
VS Munden	c Hole b Ring	0
JE Walsh	not out	23
LA Spence	lbw b Hill	1
CT Spencer	st Tallon b Ring	30
TJ Goodwin	c Davidson b Ring	2
+J Firth	absent hurt
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 43 overs)	109
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-15, 3-23, 4-53, 5-53, 6-53, 7-54, 8-107, 9-109 (43 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davidson	10	2	23	2	-	-
Archer	8	3	12	1	-	-
Miller	5	1	9	0	-	-
Ring	12	3	57	4	-	-
Hill	8	5	8	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Smithson	c Tallon b Hill	30
G Lester	c Harvey b Ring	19
M Tompkin	b Hill	4
*CH Palmer	not out	62
VE Jackson	b Hill	0
VS Munden	lbw b Hill	4
JE Walsh	c Hill b Ring	33
LA Spence	c Tallon b Ring	8
CT Spencer	c Davidson b Ring	13
TJ Goodwin	c Harvey b Ring	0
+J Firth	absent hurt
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 63.5 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-54, 3-54, 4-54, 5-62, 6-125, 7-143, 8-179, 9-180 (63.5 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davidson	9	2	35	0	-	-
Archer	8	2	22	0	-	-
Ring	22.5	6	66	5	-	-
Hill	23	10	46	4	-	-
Hole	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> ID Craig made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> AK Davidson made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> JE Walsh reached 950 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Australians first innings

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