f20908 cc10408	Leicestershire v Lancashire
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Coventry Road, Hinckley on 15th, 16th June 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by an innings and 101 runs
Points	Leicestershire 0; Lancashire 12
Umpires	WT Jones, FS Lee
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), GM Taylor (Lancashire)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 12/4 (Palmer 6*, Smithson 1*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JT Ikin	c Tompkin b Spencer	75
A Wharton	st Julian b Walsh	15
GA Edrich	c Palmer b Munden	37
*C Washbrook	b Munden	54
KJ Grieves	b Jackson	5
S Smith	c Hallam b Munden	2
R Collins	b Jackson	1
MJ Hilton	b Jackson	4
JB Statham	not out	2
+A Wilson	b Jackson	0
R Tattersall	b Jackson	0
Extras	(27 b, 2 lb)	29
Total	(all out, 105.4 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-130, 3-170, 4-191, 5-200, 6-203, 7-213, 8-221, 9-222, 10-224 (105.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	13	5	22	1	-	-
Boshier	6	3	7	0	-	-
Walsh	11	3	30	1	-	-
Jackson	25.4	10	48	5	-	-
Munden	32	15	62	3	-	-
Lester	6	2	13	0	-	-
Palmer	12	8	13	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	b Statham	0
MR Hallam	b Statham	0
M Tompkin	b Statham	5
*CH Palmer	b Statham	10
VE Jackson	b Statham	0
GA Smithson	b Tattersall	9
VS Munden	b Statham	0
JE Walsh	lbw b Tattersall	1
CT Spencer	b Tattersall	0
+R Julian	b Tattersall	0
BS Boshier	not out	13
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 27.1 overs)	42
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-1, 3-10, 4-10, 5-18, 6-18, 7-25, 8-25, 9-25, 10-42 (27.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	14	6	20	6	-	-
Tattersall	9.1	6	12	4	-	-
Hilton	4	1	6	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	b Tattersall	9
MR Hallam	b Tattersall	7
M Tompkin	c Wilson b Statham	1
*CH Palmer	c Statham b Tattersall	18
VE Jackson	lbw b Statham	0
GA Smithson	c Collins b Hilton	20
VS Munden	b Tattersall	6
JE Walsh	c Tattersall b Statham	10
CT Spencer	c Smith b Hilton	6
+R Julian	c Tattersall b Hilton	0
BS Boshier	not out	1
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 35.5 overs)	81
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-15, 3-25, 4-30, 5-36, 6-60, 7-70, 8-80, 9-80, 10-81 (35.5 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	16	1	46	3	-	-
Tattersall	17	7	23	4	-	-
Hilton	2.5	0	9	3	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> JT Ikin (1) passed 15000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 53
--> BS Boshier (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in County Championship matches
--> BS Boshier (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in First-Class matches
--> VS Munden reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> JB Statham reached 600 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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