f21243	Leicestershire v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1956
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 5th, 7th, 8th May 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	FS Lee, A Skelding
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), N Gorman (Australians)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 275/7 (Gardner 9*, Walsh 4*)
Close of play day 2	Australians (1) 295/4 (Miller 65*, Burge 19*)
Pictures	Another view of the crowd for the 1956 Australians match
	The crowd for the 1956 Australians match

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	b Archer	38
MR Hallam	c Burge b Archer	14
J van Geloven	c Rutherford b Wilson	43
*CH Palmer	b Archer	34
VE Jackson	lbw b Archer	35
GA Smithson	c Burge b Wilson	60
VS Munden	c Miller b Wilson	33
LR Gardner	lbw b Johnson	17
JE Walsh	st Langley b Johnson	15
+J Firth	not out	0
CT Spencer	b Crawford	3
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 122.2 overs)	298
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-95, 3-103, 4-137, 5-194, 6-255, 7-261, 8-294, 9-295, 10-298 (122.2 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Crawford	25.2	3	66	1	-	-
Archer	31	10	73	4	-	-
Johnson	32	11	65	2	-	-
Rutherford	5	1	15	0	-	-
Wilson	25	11	59	3	-	-
Mackay	4	1	14	0	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Burke	c Palmer b Spencer	123
JW Rutherford	b van Geloven	13
KD Mackay	c van Geloven b Munden	58
RN Harvey	c Firth b Jackson	11
KR Miller	not out	281
PJP Burge	c Jackson b Spencer	99
RG Archer	c Walsh b Hallam	88
+GRA Langley	not out	5
*IWG Johnson	did not bat
WPA Crawford	did not bat
JW Wilson	did not bat
Extras	(13 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	16
Total	(6 wickets, 197 overs)	694
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-153, 3-175, 4-235, 5-465, 6-669

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	34	4	130	2	-	-
van Geloven	31	7	101	1	-	-
Walsh	22	0	89	0	-	-
Jackson	31	16	60	1	-	-
Munden	38	7	119	1	-	-
Palmer	15	8	27	0	-	-
Lester	20	0	131	0	-	-
Hallam	6	0	21	1	-	-

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Notes
--> J van Geloven (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in First-Class matches
--> VE Jackson (1) passed 14500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> LR Gardner (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> KR Miller (1) passed his previous highest score of 262 in First-Class matches
--> GRA Langley (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> J van Geloven made his debut for Leicestershire in First-Class matches
--> PJP Burge made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> JW Rutherford made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> JW Wilson made his debut in England in First-Class matches

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