f22739 cc11346	Gloucestershire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1959
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 10th, 11th June 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by an innings and 56 runs
Points	Gloucestershire 14 (Batting 2); Leicestershire 0
Umpires	DE Davies, JH Parks
Scorers	FE Aubrey (Gloucestershire), FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire)
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 115/3 (Young 68*, Hawkins 22*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	b Brown	10
J van Geloven	c Milton b Brown	17
*W Watson	c Meyer b Smith	2
EF Phillips	b Smith	0
AC Revill	c Milton b Mortimore	37
GW Burch	b Smith	9
+R Julian	b Cook	23
RC Smith	c Meyer b Mortimore	2
CT Spencer	c Hawkins b Mortimore	18
JS Savage	b Mortimore	7
BS Boshier	not out	7
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 77.3 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-30, 3-31, 4-32, 5-66, 6-98, 7-100, 8-116, 9-120, 10-135 (77.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	21	6	44	3	-	-
Brown	21	10	30	2	-	-
Milton	5	1	11	0	-	-
Cook	15	6	16	1	-	-
Mortimore	15.3	5	31	4	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	c Spencer b Boshier	76
CA Milton	b Boshier	10
RB Nicholls	c Burch b van Geloven	0
*TW Graveney	c Julian b Spencer	9
DG Hawkins	b Savage	31
JB Mortimore	c van Geloven b Smith	61
DA Allen	c Julian b van Geloven	7
AS Brown	c Julian b Smith	48
DR Smith	c Watson b Smith	13
+BJ Meyer	b Spencer	2
C Cook	not out	1
Extras	(10 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 118.2 overs)	271
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-31, 3-46, 4-124, 5-133, 6-150, 7-229, 8-243, 9-270, 10-271 (118.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	26.2	8	58	2	-	-
Boshier	25	4	55	2	-	-
van Geloven	24	6	49	2	-	-
Savage	30	6	72	1	-	-
Smith	13	6	24	3	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	c Brown b Cook	37
J van Geloven	b Smith	2
*W Watson	b Brown	9
EF Phillips	lbw b Mortimore	2
AC Revill	b Cook	0
GW Burch	lbw b Cook	0
+R Julian	b Mortimore	18
RC Smith	not out	3
CT Spencer	b Mortimore	0
JS Savage	b Mortimore	1
BS Boshier	st Meyer b Mortimore	0
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 59.5 overs)	80
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-37, 3-53, 4-53, 5-53, 6-59, 7-76, 8-76, 9-80, 10-80 (59.5 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	17	7	22	1	-	-
Brown	17	10	24	1	-	-
Cook	13	7	19	3	-	-
Mortimore	12.5	9	7	5	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> CT Spencer (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> MR Hallam (2) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> AS Brown reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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