f21038 cc10512	Leicestershire v Yorkshire
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 3rd, 4th, 5th August 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Yorkshire won by 2 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 0; Yorkshire 12
Umpires	TJ Bartley, FS Lee
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), C Turner (Yorkshire)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 301 all out
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 45/1 (Hallam 12*, Tompkin 26*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Padgett b Trueman	19
MR Hallam	b Platt	16
M Tompkin	c Wilson b Wardle	43
MJK Smith	b Trueman	11
*CH Palmer	b Trueman	22
VE Jackson	lbw b Trueman	44
RA Diment	b Wardle	48
VS Munden	c Yardley b Wardle	50
+J Firth	c Trueman b Wardle	0
JE Walsh	c Close b Wardle	19
CT Spencer	not out	0
Extras	(15 b, 13 lb, 1 nb)	29
Total	(all out, 116.3 overs)	301
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-39, 3-68, 4-108, 5-123, 6-180, 7-254, 8-258, 9-299, 10-301 (116.3 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	29	2	82	4	-	-
Platt	17	7	22	1	-	-
Wardle	32.3	8	72	5	-	-
Close	18	5	47	0	-	-
Illingworth	20	5	49	0	-	-

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WHH Sutcliffe	b Jackson	17
DB Close	b Jackson	28
JV Wilson	c Smith b Walsh	68
DEV Padgett	c Spencer b Walsh	25
W Watson	b Jackson	17
*NWD Yardley	c Hallam b Walsh	0
R Illingworth	c and b Walsh	61
JH Wardle	b Jackson	8
FS Trueman	b Jackson	74
+JG Binks	not out	7
RK Platt	b Jackson	2
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 113.4 overs)	317
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-72, 3-136, 4-140, 5-156, 6-156, 7-170, 8-303, 9-305, 10-317 (113.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	14	4	60	0	-	-
Palmer	9	2	17	0	-	-
Jackson	41.4	21	75	6	-	-
Walsh	38	15	107	4	-	-
Lester	9	1	31	0	-	-
Munden	2	0	17	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	b Platt	7
MR Hallam	c Binks b Wardle	12
M Tompkin	c and b Close	68
MJK Smith	lbw b Trueman	3
*CH Palmer	run out	0
VE Jackson	c Binks b Trueman	0
RA Diment	c Sutcliffe b Close	47
VS Munden	c Watson b Close	0
+J Firth	lbw b Close	3
JE Walsh	c Watson b Wardle	24
CT Spencer	not out	2
Extras	(9 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 85.2 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-46, 3-56, 4-58, 5-58, 6-110, 7-118, 8-128, 9-166, 10-176 (85.2 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	20	5	35	2	-	-
Platt	6	3	7	1	-	-
Wardle	27.2	8	61	2	-	-
Close	20	6	43	4	-	-
Illingworth	12	3	20	0	-	-

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Yorkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WHH Sutcliffe	b Jackson	7
DB Close	b Jackson	49
JV Wilson	c and b Walsh	19
DEV Padgett	c and b Walsh	0
W Watson	st Firth b Walsh	18
*NWD Yardley	b Walsh	17
R Illingworth	not out	29
JH Wardle	lbw b Palmer	16
FS Trueman	lbw b Walsh	0
+JG Binks	not out	0
RK Platt	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb)	9
Total	(8 wickets, 41.3 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-75, 3-75, 4-75, 5-117, 6-118, 7-159, 8-160

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	6.3	3	31	1	-	-
Jackson	17	3	73	2	-	-
Walsh	18	3	51	5	-	-

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Notes
--> DEV Padgett (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> FS Trueman (1) passed his previous highest score of 50 in First-Class matches
--> FS Trueman (1) passed his previous highest score of 50 in County Championship matches
--> MR Hallam (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 1
--> JE Walsh (2) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> DB Close (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 37
--> VE Jackson reached 800 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Yorkshire first innings
--> JH Wardle reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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