f20990 cc10472	Lancashire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 16th, 18th, 19th July 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by an innings and 59 runs
Points	Lancashire 12; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	E Cooke, TW Spencer
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), GM Taylor (Lancashire)
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 296/5 (Grieves 48*, Hilton 12*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 99/1 (Lester 41*, Tompkin 57*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JT Ikin	b Palmer	63
J Dyson	c Hallam b Jackson	26
GA Edrich	c Smith b Spencer	12
*C Washbrook	c Hallam b Munden	90
A Wharton	c Firth b Munden	36
KJ Grieves	b Jackson	63
MJ Hilton	b Spencer	22
JB Statham	b Munden	62
F Moore	not out	6
+A Wilson	c Jackson b Munden	0
R Tattersall	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 124 overs)	389
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-62, 3-181, 4-199, 5-267, 6-307, 7-375, 8-389, 9-389 (124 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	23	6	73	2	-	-
Goodwin	28	6	98	0	-	-
Palmer	21	8	44	1	-	-
Jackson	17	4	49	2	-	-
Munden	32	11	101	4	-	-
Lester	3	0	15	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Wilson b Moore	3
MR Hallam	b Statham	10
M Tompkin	st Wilson b Hilton	15
MJK Smith	lbw b Statham	4
*CH Palmer	c Grieves b Tattersall	49
VE Jackson	c Grieves b Statham	24
GA Smithson	c Ikin b Statham	0
VS Munden	st Wilson b Hilton	7
+J Firth	not out	3
CT Spencer	c Ikin b Tattersall	5
TJ Goodwin	c Edrich b Hilton	4
Extras	(9 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 58 overs)	133
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-13, 3-18, 4-40, 5-79, 6-79, 7-112, 8-124, 9-129, 10-133 (58 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	13	1	34	4	-	-
Moore	8	2	21	1	-	-
Tattersall	16	11	9	2	-	-
Hilton	15	5	51	3	-	-
Dyson	6	3	9	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Grieves b Hilton	46
MR Hallam	c Wilson b Statham	0
M Tompkin	c Moore b Tattersall	67
MJK Smith	c Grieves b Tattersall	1
*CH Palmer	c Edrich b Hilton	1
VE Jackson	c Dyson b Hilton	38
GA Smithson	hit wkt b Hilton	5
VS Munden	lbw b Tattersall	9
+J Firth	not out	16
CT Spencer	b Ikin	5
TJ Goodwin	c Statham b Tattersall	6
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 92.3 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-113, 3-114, 4-115, 5-117, 6-141, 7-160, 8-177, 9-190, 10-197 (92.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	15	3	32	1	-	-
Moore	6	2	9	0	-	-
Tattersall	27.3	9	57	4	-	-
Hilton	36	13	69	4	-	-
Dyson	2	0	10	0	-	-
Ikin	6	1	17	1	-	-

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Notes
--> JT Ikin (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 35
--> C Washbrook (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 72
--> A Wharton (1) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 8
--> KJ Grieves (1) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 17
--> MJ Hilton (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> JB Statham (1) passed his previous highest score of 57 in First-Class matches
--> JB Statham (1) passed his previous highest score of 57 in County Championship matches
--> JB Statham (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 36
--> M Tompkin (2) passed 16000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 13
--> R Tattersall reached 950 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> R Tattersall reached 700 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> JT Ikin retired not out in the Lancashire first innings having scored 2 (team score 10/0) - he returned when the score was 62/2

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