f20498 cc10193	Middlesex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1954
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 23rd, 24th, 25th June 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 10 wickets
Points	Middlesex 12; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	JS Buller, JJ Hills
Scorers	EH Hendren (Middlesex), WH Price (Leicestershire)
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 42/1 (Brown 16*, Edrich 16*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 45/2 (Palmer 0*, Jackson 2*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	lbw b Titmus	39
MR Hallam	b Bennett	12
M Tompkin	lbw b Young	87
*CH Palmer	c Edrich b Titmus	23
VE Jackson	b Young	14
GA Smithson	hit wkt b Titmus	12
VS Munden	b Warr	11
JE Walsh	c Young b Moss	23
+J Firth	c DCS Compton b Moss	4
AS Rice	c DCS Compton b Warr	13
TJ Goodwin	not out	0
Extras	(7 b, 6 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 106 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-86, 3-158, 4-177, 5-185, 6-195, 7-213, 8-224, 9-247, 10-251 (106 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	19	0	78	2	-	-
Warr	14	3	29	2	-	-
Bennett	5	1	13	1	-	-
Young	34	14	59	2	-	-
Titmus	26	13	37	3	-	-
DCS Compton	8	2	22	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	b Rice	10
SM Brown	c Walsh b Munden	35
*WJ Edrich	c Smithson b Jackson	105
DCS Compton	b Jackson	33
AW Thompson	c and b Jackson	3
D Bennett	st Firth b Walsh	63
FJ Titmus	b Goodwin	2
+LH Compton	b Rice	0
JJ Warr	b Munden	33
JA Young	not out	16
AE Moss	c Palmer b Munden	18
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 120 overs)	319
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-100, 3-143, 4-151, 5-200, 6-204, 7-205, 8-277, 9-285, 10-319 (120 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Goodwin	22	8	55	1	-	-
Rice	15	2	57	2	-	-
Walsh	22	4	72	1	-	-
Munden	38	16	92	3	-	-
Jackson	19	7	42	3	-	-
Palmer	4	4	0	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	lbw b DCS Compton	18
MR Hallam	b DCS Compton	18
M Tompkin	c Robertson b Titmus	14
*CH Palmer	b Young	11
VE Jackson	c Warr b Titmus	8
GA Smithson	c Edrich b Titmus	8
VS Munden	c Edrich b Titmus	8
JE Walsh	c Brown b Robertson	6
+J Firth	c LH Compton b Robertson	0
AS Rice	b Titmus	2
TJ Goodwin	not out	11
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 50.1 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-43, 3-61, 4-63, 5-79, 6-80, 7-86, 8-87, 9-95, 10-108 (50.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	8	2	18	0	-	-
Bennett	6	1	22	0	-	-
Young	10	4	15	1	-	-
Titmus	16.1	6	26	5	-	-
DCS Compton	5	1	7	2	-	-
Robertson	5	1	16	2	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	not out	24
SM Brown	not out	14
*WJ Edrich	did not bat
DCS Compton	did not bat
AW Thompson	did not bat
D Bennett	did not bat
FJ Titmus	did not bat
+LH Compton	did not bat
JJ Warr	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(no wicket, 8.3 overs)	42

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Goodwin	4.3	2	22	0	-	-
Rice	4	0	16	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AS Rice made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AS Rice made his debut in County Championship matches
--> JJ Warr (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 33
--> AE Moss (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in County Championship matches
--> M Tompkin (2) passed 14000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 9
--> CH Palmer (2) passed 10000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> D Bennett reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> FJ Titmus reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> M Tompkin retired hurt in the Leicestershire first innings having scored 6 - he returned when the score was 61/3

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