f19793 cc9852	Leicestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1952
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 27th, 28th, 29th August 1952 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by an innings and 6 runs
Points	Leicestershire 12; Somerset 0
Umpires	AE Boulton-Carter, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 252/8 (Lawrence 27*, Smith 16*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 323/3 (Palmer 105*, Jackson 49*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	c Firth b Spencer	27
GG Tordoff	c Jackson b Goodwin	13
HE Watts	c Spencer b Walsh	37
MF Tremlett	b Munden	29
MM Walford	c Tompkin b Goodwin	21
HFT Buse	c Jackson b Spencer	36
+HW Stephenson	b Goodwin	13
*SS Rogers	lbw b Jackson	27
J Lawrence	lbw b Munden	55
R Smith	not out	44
EP Robinson	b Spencer	3
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 107.1 overs)	311
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-49, 3-108, 4-108, 5-153, 6-175, 7-182, 8-217, 9-306, 10-311 (107.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Goodwin	24	2	89	3	-	-
Spencer	26.1	2	70	3	-	-
Palmer	17	8	29	0	-	-
Walsh	18	4	62	1	-	-
Jackson	9	3	20	1	-	-
Munden	13	2	35	2	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Smithson	c Stephenson b Tordoff	33
G Lester	c Gimblett b Tordoff	6
M Tompkin	c Tordoff b Smith	116		180
*CH Palmer	c Tremlett b Buse	106		200
VE Jackson	c Gimblett b Buse	79
VS Munden	b Buse	19
JE Walsh	b Smith	2
LA Spence	c Lawrence b Smith	3
+J Firth	not out	15
CT Spencer	c Gimblett b Smith	0
TJ Goodwin	b Buse	7
Extras	(17 b, 5 lb)	22
Total	(all out, 139.5 overs)	408
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-74, 3-250, 4-331, 5-359, 6-368, 7-380, 8-382, 9-382, 10-408 (139.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buse	28.5	11	55	4	-	-
Tordoff	22	3	78	2	-	-
Lawrence	26	2	101	0	-	-
Robinson	24	6	50	0	-	-
Smith	36	6	91	4	-	-
Gimblett	3	0	11	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	b Goodwin	7
GG Tordoff	b Goodwin	16
+HW Stephenson	lbw b Munden	12
HFT Buse	c and b Palmer	36
MM Walford	c Jackson b Palmer	8
MF Tremlett	st Firth b Munden	0
HE Watts	b Palmer	0
R Smith	lbw b Munden	1
*SS Rogers	b Palmer	4
J Lawrence	c Firth b Munden	0
EP Robinson	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 41.1 overs)	91
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-40, 3-58, 4-79, 5-84, 6-84, 7-84, 8-85, 9-91, 10-91 (41.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	6	2	20	0	-	-
Goodwin	11	5	23	2	-	-
Jackson	4	1	14	0	-	-
Munden	11	6	16	4	-	-
Palmer	9.1	5	11	4	-	-

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Notes
--> HE Watts made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> HE Watts made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> EP Robinson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> EP Robinson made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> VS Munden reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> R Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 2-4)
--> R Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 2-4)

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