f20173 cc10040	Leicestershire v Yorkshire
	County Championship 1953
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 5th, 6th, 7th August 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 6 runs
Points	Leicestershire 12; Yorkshire 4
Umpires	H Elliott, AED Smith
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 251/9 (Firth 16*, Goodwin 0*)
Close of play day 2	Yorkshire (1) 255/8 (Brennan 31*, Trueman 1*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	lbw b Yardley	20
MR Hallam	b Yardley	59
M Tompkin	c Brennan b Trueman	68
*CH Palmer	c Trueman b Yardley	8
VE Jackson	b Wardle	12
GA Smithson	c Halliday b Wardle	8
VS Munden	c Lowson b Trueman	28
JE Walsh	c Halliday b Trueman	5
+J Firth	not out	16
CT Spencer	c Trueman b Wardle	22
TJ Goodwin	b Wardle	0
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 98.5 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-74, 2-85, 3-97, 4-147, 5-163, 6-185, 7-195, 8-216, 9-251, 10-251 (98.5 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	30	5	93	3	-	-
Foord	16	5	53	0	-	-
Yardley	15	4	29	3	-	-
Wardle	27.5	10	54	4	-	-
Illingworth	10	5	17	0	-	-

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FA Lowson	b Spencer	2
H Halliday	b Palmer	28
JV Wilson	c Walsh b Palmer	52
WHH Sutcliffe	lbw b Palmer	36
W Watson	lbw b Spencer	75
*NWD Yardley	c and b Palmer	6
R Illingworth	c Jackson b Spencer	8
JH Wardle	b Palmer	9
+DV Brennan	not out	31
FS Trueman	not out	1
CW Foord	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 1 nb)	7
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 111 overs)	255
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-50, 3-119, 4-120, 5-134, 6-164, 7-202, 8-245

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	22	3	46	3	-	-
Goodwin	22	3	79	0	-	-
Jackson	32	14	61	0	-	-
Palmer	27	15	29	5	-	-
Walsh	7	0	29	0	-	-
Munden	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Lowson b Wardle	39
MR Hallam	lbw b Foord	0
M Tompkin	c Watson b Wardle	51
*CH Palmer	c Foord b Wardle	12
VE Jackson	c Yardley b Wardle	36
GA Smithson	c Brennan b Illingworth	4
VS Munden	b Illingworth	13
JE Walsh	c Wilson b Wardle	21
+J Firth	lbw b Wardle	0
CT Spencer	not out	0
TJ Goodwin	b Wardle	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 73.4 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-73, 3-92, 4-116, 5-147, 6-150, 7-175, 8-182, 9-182, 10-182 (73.4 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	11	1	25	0	-	-
Foord	18	4	48	1	-	-
Wardle	33.4	10	74	7	-	-
Illingworth	11	6	29	2	-	-

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Yorkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Watson	c Smithson b Jackson	66
JV Wilson	run out	8
*NWD Yardley	c Lester b Spencer	9
JH Wardle	c Walsh b Jackson	37
FA Lowson	run out	1
R Illingworth	b Palmer	6
H Halliday	b Munden	8
WHH Sutcliffe	b Palmer	4
+DV Brennan	lbw b Munden	0
FS Trueman	st Firth b Munden	21
CW Foord	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 35.4 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-32, 3-99, 4-101, 5-135, 6-138, 7-146, 8-146, 9-154, 10-172 (35.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	4	0	25	1	-	-
Goodwin	4	0	36	0	-	-
Jackson	8	1	38	2	-	-
Palmer	14	5	33	2	-	-
Munden	5.4	1	28	3	-	-

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Notes
--> M Tompkin (1) passed 13000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 37
--> W Watson (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 36
--> W Watson (1) passed 8500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 52
--> G Lester (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 39
--> VS Munden (2) passed 3500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 2
--> JH Wardle (2) passed 4000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 28
--> JH Wardle reached 100 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> FS Trueman reached 250 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> CH Palmer reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Yorkshire first innings
--> R Illingworth reached 50 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> JH Wardle reached 750 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> CT Spencer reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Yorkshire second innings

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