f21045 cc10520	Warwickshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 6th, 8th, 9th August 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Warwickshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Warwickshire 0; Leicestershire 4
Umpires	HG Baldwin, LH Gray
Scorers	GC Austin (Warwickshire), FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 80/0 (Lester 27*, Hallam 53*)
Close of play day 2	Warwickshire (2) 46/2 (Horner 16*, Hitchcock 28*)

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	c Hallam b Boshier	3
NF Horner	b Palmer	9
AVG Wolton	c Jackson b Munden	56
+RT Spooner	run out	125
*HE Dollery	c Firth b Munden	3
RE Hitchcock	c Firth b Palmer	31
A Townsend	c Hallam b Palmer	22
KR Dollery	not out	1
JD Bannister	b Walsh	17
RG Thompson	lbw b Walsh	0
WE Hollies	c Tompkin b Walsh	0
Extras	(8 b, 16 lb, 1 nb)	25
Total	(all out, 96.5 overs)	292
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-14, 3-160, 4-173, 5-218, 6-261, 7-266, 8-286, 9-286, 10-292 (96.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boshier	29	4	88	1	-	-
Palmer	26	3	58	3	-	-
Jackson	20	11	48	0	-	-
Walsh	6.5	0	32	3	-	-
Munden	15	5	41	2	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	b Townsend	109
MR Hallam	retired ill	57
M Tompkin	lbw b Thompson	17
MJK Smith	lbw b Hitchcock	35
*CH Palmer	c Horner b Bannister	126
VE Jackson	b Hollies	5
RA Diment	lbw b Hollies	1
VS Munden	b Bannister	14
JE Walsh	c KR Dollery b Bannister	13
+J Firth	c and b Bannister	2
BS Boshier	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 131.3 overs)	392
Fall of wickets:
1-109, 2-162, 3-292, 4-306, 5-311, 6-371, 7-371, 8-387, 9-392 (131.3 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	26	3	90	1	-	-
Bannister	31.3	6	84	4	-	-
KR Dollery	14	3	63	0	-	-
Hollies	32	8	79	2	-	-
Hitchcock	19	6	29	1	-	-
Townsend	9	1	34	1	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	c Diment b Palmer	2
NF Horner	c Tompkin b Walsh	35
A Townsend	lbw b Palmer	0
RE Hitchcock	lbw b Munden	86
*HE Dollery	b Munden	18
+RT Spooner	not out	20
AVG Wolton	not out	0
KR Dollery	did not bat
JD Bannister	did not bat
RG Thompson	did not bat
WE Hollies	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(5 wickets, 47 overs)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-3, 3-107, 4-134, 5-161

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boshier	9	1	35	0	-	-
Palmer	10	3	34	2	-	-
Jackson	4	1	14	0	-	-
Walsh	10	1	49	1	-	-
Munden	14	5	29	2	-	-

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Notes
--> RT Spooner (1) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 13
--> RT Spooner (1) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> MR Hallam (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 43
--> CH Palmer (1) passed 12000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 92
--> WE Hollies reached 2100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> CH Palmer reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Warwickshire second innings
--> MR Hallam retired ill in the Leicestershire first innings having scored 57 (team score 80/0)

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