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f20033 cc9928	Middlesex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1953
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 10th, 11th, 12th June 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by an innings and 56 runs
Points	Middlesex 12; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	HL Palmer, TW Spencer
Scorers	W Goodenough (Leicestershire), EH Hendren (Middlesex)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 9/2 (Lester 5, Tompkin 0)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 47/5 (Lester 19, Jackson 4)

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Firth b Spencer	0
SM Brown	c Goodwin b Jackson	46
*WJ Edrich	b Spencer	127
AW Thompson	c Firth b Munden	3
HPH Sharp	run out	5
D Bennett	b Walsh	47
FJ Titmus	c Jackson b Spencer	14
+LH Compton	not out	37
JJ Warr	c Walsh b Munden	15
JA Young	c and b Spencer	0
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 nb)	6
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 118.1 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-87, 3-106, 4-146, 5-188, 6-212, 7-251, 8-300, 9-300 (118.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	18.1	2	55	4	-	-
Goodwin	13	2	42	0	-	-
Palmer	8	1	31	0	-	-
Jackson	36	12	62	1	-	-
Walsh	9	0	28	1	-	-
Munden	34	10	76	2	-	-

Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Robertson b Titmus	24
GA Smithson	b Moss	0
+J Firth	c Warr b Moss	4
M Tompkin	b Moss	1
MR Hallam	c Moss b Warr	6
*CH Palmer	c Robertson b Moss	8
VE Jackson	c Edrich b Titmus	30
VS Munden	c Moss b Titmus	3
JE Walsh	c Compton b Titmus	10
CT Spencer	b Titmus	0
TJ Goodwin	not out	0
Extras	(7 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 55 overs)	93
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-8, 3-18, 4-29, 5-42, 6-59, 7-69, 8-84, 9-86, 10-93 (55 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	16	3	31	4	-	-
Warr	10	4	10	1	-	-
Bennett	5	0	13	0	-	-
Young	12	7	17	0	-	-
Titmus	12	8	15	5	-	-

Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	lbw b Warr	11
GA Smithson	c Edrich b Moss	10
M Tompkin	c Robertson b Titmus	40
*CH Palmer	lbw b Young	13
VE Jackson	c Robertson b Young	1
VS Munden	c Brown b Young	0
MR Hallam	c Robertson b Young	9
JE Walsh	not out	35
+J Firth	c Compton b Young	14
CT Spencer	lbw b Young	9
TJ Goodwin	lbw b Titmus	3
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(all out, 74.1 overs)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-26, 3-50, 4-56, 5-62, 6-83, 7-89, 8-112, 9-132, 10-151 (74.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	5	1	11	1	-	-
Warr	7	1	12	1	-	-
Young	30	14	52	6	-	-
Titmus	32.1	9	70	2	-	-

Notes
--> FJ Titmus achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 5-65)
--> JA Young reached 850 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Leicestershire second innings