f21421 cc10703	Lancashire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 14th, 16th, 17th July 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 10 wickets
Points	Lancashire 12; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	CS Elliott, FW Shipston
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), GM Taylor (Lancashire)
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (1) 166/0 (Wharton 87*, Dyson 75*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Statham b Wharton	2
MR Hallam	c Pullar b Statham	13
J van Geloven	b Greenhough	14
M Tompkin	lbw b Statham	0
*CH Palmer	c Edrich b Hilton	24
VE Jackson	c Collins b Statham	7
RA Diment	c Pullar b Hilton	12
VS Munden	c Grieves b Greenhough	0
+J Firth	b Statham	14
RL Pratt	b Hilton	9
TJ Goodwin	not out	5
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 3 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 75.3 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-17, 3-22, 4-34, 5-49, 6-75, 7-75, 8-75, 9-85, 10-108 (75.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	17.3	7	32	4	-	-
Wharton	6	2	10	1	-	-
Hilton	16	8	19	3	-	-
Greenhough	27	16	29	2	-	-
Tattersall	5	2	7	0	-	-
Collins	4	2	3	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Wharton	not out	87
J Dyson	not out	75
*GA Edrich	did not bat
KJ Grieves	did not bat
G Pullar	did not bat
R Collins	did not bat
MJ Hilton	did not bat
+J Jordan	did not bat
JB Statham	did not bat
T Greenhough	did not bat
R Tattersall	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	4
Total	(no wicket, declared, 50 overs)	166

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Goodwin	10	0	41	0	-	-
Pratt	7	0	37	0	-	-
Palmer	11	5	22	0	-	-
Jackson	16	7	37	0	-	-
Munden	6	0	25	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Jordan b Greenhough	52
MR Hallam	c Collins b Hilton	42
J van Geloven	c Jordan b Statham	3
M Tompkin	c Dyson b Hilton	8
*CH Palmer	b Statham	1
VE Jackson	c Wharton b Hilton	2
RA Diment	lbw b Greenhough	0
VS Munden	b Hilton	6
+J Firth	c Jordan b Hilton	1
RL Pratt	b Statham	0
TJ Goodwin	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 2 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 68.1 overs)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-78, 3-94, 4-95, 5-102, 6-115, 7-116, 8-117, 9-122, 10-122 (68.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	15.1	3	36	3	-	-
Wharton	3	0	8	0	-	-
Hilton	26	17	23	5	-	-
Greenhough	16	6	41	2	-	-
Tattersall	8	5	7	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Wharton	not out	33
J Dyson	not out	31
*GA Edrich	did not bat
KJ Grieves	did not bat
G Pullar	did not bat
R Collins	did not bat
MJ Hilton	did not bat
+J Jordan	did not bat
JB Statham	did not bat
T Greenhough	did not bat
R Tattersall	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 nb)	2
Total	(no wicket, 13.5 overs)	66

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Goodwin	7	1	36	0	-	-
Pratt	6	1	19	0	-	-
Palmer	0.5	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> G Lester (2) passed 10000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 45
--> MR Hallam (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 1
--> MR Hallam (2) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> JB Statham reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> MJ Hilton reached 750 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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