f21095 cc10565	Leicestershire v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 27th, 29th, 30th August 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 5 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 12; Worcestershire 4
Umpires	H Elliott, FS Lee
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), D Rabjohns (Worcestershire)
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 167/2 (Kenyon 82*, Horton 49*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 27/4 (Broadbent 15*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	c Jackson b Palmer	131
LF Outschoorn	b Goodwin	19
RG Broadbent	b Jackson	17
MJ Horton	c Diment b Goodwin	103
G Dews	c Spencer b Goodwin	12
J Lister	c Spencer b Goodwin	0
RO Jenkins	not out	3
+H Yarnold	c Walsh b Goodwin	0
R Berry	not out	0
JA Flavell	did not bat
*RTD Perks	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 4 nb)	7
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 106 overs)	292
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-97, 3-237, 4-279, 5-279, 6-290, 7-290

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	11	1	53	0	-	-
Goodwin	20	4	46	5	-	-
Palmer	16	8	25	1	-	-
Walsh	11	2	51	0	-	-
Jackson	25	10	68	1	-	-
Munden	23	8	42	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	lbw b Perks	8
MJK Smith	c and b Jenkins	46
M Tompkin	c Lister b Berry	49
*CH Palmer	c Yarnold b Perks	9
VE Jackson	c Yarnold b Berry	38
RA Diment	c Outschoorn b Jenkins	13
VS Munden	c Yarnold b Berry	0
JE Walsh	c Dews b Jenkins	19
+J Firth	c and b Jenkins	3
CT Spencer	c Flavell b Jenkins	8
TJ Goodwin	not out	0
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 57.3 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-100, 3-104, 4-115, 5-162, 6-162, 7-164, 8-181, 9-194, 10-194 (57.3 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	17	4	65	2	-	-
Flavell	5	2	13	0	-	-
Horton	8	2	37	0	-	-
Berry	16	5	40	3	-	-
Jenkins	11.3	2	38	5	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	b Spencer	0
LF Outschoorn	c Firth b Goodwin	0
RG Broadbent	st Firth b Walsh	38
MJ Horton	b Goodwin	4
G Dews	c Firth b Spencer	3
JA Flavell	lbw b Jackson	18
J Lister	not out	37
RO Jenkins	c Firth b Jackson	0
+H Yarnold	c Tompkin b Munden	18
R Berry	c Spencer b Munden	0
*RTD Perks	c Firth b Munden	1
Extras	(2 nb, 2 w)	4
Total	(all out, 43.1 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-5, 3-19, 4-22, 5-66, 6-66, 7-66, 8-121, 9-121, 10-123 (43.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	9	2	26	2	-	-
Goodwin	10	2	28	2	-	-
Palmer	2	2	0	0	-	-
Walsh	11	3	40	1	-	-
Jackson	8	5	22	2	-	-
Munden	3.1	2	3	3	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Horton b Flavell	5
MJK Smith	b Perks	4
M Tompkin	lbw b Flavell	5
*CH Palmer	c Perks b Horton	63
VE Jackson	b Horton	114
RA Diment	not out	15
VS Munden	not out	4
JE Walsh	did not bat
+J Firth	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
TJ Goodwin	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(5 wickets, 60.3 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-9, 3-34, 4-200, 5-207

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	18.3	2	73	1	-	-
Flavell	12	1	36	2	-	-
Horton	13	1	38	2	-	-
Berry	13	4	41	0	-	-
Jenkins	4	0	22	0	-	-

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Notes
--> MJ Horton (1) passed his previous highest score of 62 in County Championship matches
--> MJ Horton (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> MJ Horton (1) passed his previous highest score of 74 in First-Class matches
--> MJ Horton (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> MJ Horton (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 71
--> VE Jackson reached 900 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> RTD Perks reached 2000 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> VS Munden reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Worcestershire second innings
--> JA Flavell reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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