f21455 cc10732	Leicestershire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Brush Ground, Loughborough on 28th, 30th, 31st July 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 84 runs
Points	Leicestershire 4; Middlesex 12
Umpires	H Elliott, AE Pothecary
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), EH Hendren (Middlesex)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 94/5 (van Geloven 12*, Diment 4*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 168/3 (Hooker 47*, Delisle 6*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Diment b Spencer	3
DA Bick	c Firth b Spencer	1
*WJ Edrich	b Goodwin	10
RW Hooker	c Hallam b Goodwin	9
GPS Delisle	run out	6
+JT Murray	c Firth b Goodwin	8
FJ Titmus	run out	8
D Bennett	c and b Spencer	13
JJ Warr	c Diment b Palmer	0
RJ Hurst	c Jackson b Spencer	2
T Angus	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 29.2 overs)	67
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-9, 3-26, 4-29, 5-40, 6-50, 7-56, 8-60, 9-66, 10-67 (29.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Goodwin	11	4	28	3	-	-
Spencer	14.2	2	31	4	-	-
Palmer	4	3	1	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Titmus b Angus	13
MR Hallam	c Robertson b Warr	58
PT Smith	c Robertson b Warr	3
*CH Palmer	lbw b Bennett	1
VE Jackson	b Warr	0
J van Geloven	not out	23
RA Diment	c Hooker b Warr	16
VS Munden	lbw b Bennett	1
+J Firth	c Murray b Bennett	2
CT Spencer	b Bennett	0
TJ Goodwin	b Warr	4
Extras	(3 nb, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 56 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-64, 2-74, 3-75, 4-75, 5-87, 6-109, 7-110, 8-112, 9-116, 10-125 (56 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	26	8	57	5	-	-
Bennett	17	9	38	4	-	-
Titmus	5	2	17	0	-	-
Angus	8	3	9	1	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	b Spencer	2
DA Bick	b Spencer	23
*WJ Edrich	b Palmer	81
RW Hooker	c Diment b Spencer	49
GPS Delisle	c Smith b Munden	25
+JT Murray	b Palmer	10
FJ Titmus	c Smith b Munden	2
D Bennett	not out	22
JJ Warr	b Palmer	0
RJ Hurst	c Firth b Spencer	4
T Angus	run out	1
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 3 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 120.5 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-69, 3-136, 4-172, 5-199, 6-199, 7-206, 8-206, 9-219, 10-228 (120.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	38.5	8	85	4	-	-
Palmer	33	17	43	3	-	-
van Geloven	13	2	30	0	-	-
Jackson	16	6	30	0	-	-
Munden	20	10	31	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	b Warr	24
PT Smith	c Murray b Bennett	0
J van Geloven	c Murray b Warr	6
*CH Palmer	c Murray b Bennett	1
VE Jackson	c Delisle b Warr	34
RA Diment	c Bick b Titmus	8
VS Munden	c Titmus b Angus	7
+J Firth	not out	0
CT Spencer	c Hurst b Titmus	1
TJ Goodwin	b Angus	4
G Lester	absent hurt
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(all out, 26.2 overs)	86
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-19, 3-22, 4-54, 5-68, 6-81, 7-81, 8-82, 9-86 (26.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	12	1	41	3	-	-
Bennett	6	1	28	2	-	-
Titmus	4	2	8	2	-	-
Angus	4.2	1	8	2	-	-

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Notes
--> RW Hooker (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> WJ Edrich (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 31
--> WJ Edrich (2) passed 34500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 33
--> TJ Goodwin reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> D Bennett reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> D Bennett reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> JJ Warr completed a hat-trick in the Leicestershire first innings (Smith, Hallam, Jackson)
--> CT Spencer reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Middlesex second innings
--> CT Spencer reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex second innings

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