f21337 cc10643	Worcestershire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1956
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 9th, 11th, 12th June 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by an innings and 42 runs
Points	Worcestershire 12; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	CS Elliott, JG Langridge
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 152/3 (Kenyon 76*, Richardson 43*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 85/4 (Smithson 0*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Kenyon b Coldwell	9
MR Hallam	lbw b Horton	16
M Tompkin	c Booth b Flavell	9
*CH Palmer	b Flavell	12
VE Jackson	c Dews b Jenkins	34
GA Smithson	c Coldwell b Jenkins	2
VS Munden	b Horton	39
J van Geloven	c Coldwell b Jenkins	6
+J Firth	st Booth b Jenkins	23
CT Spencer	c Booth b Jenkins	2
TJ Goodwin	not out	2
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 62.4 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-35, 3-35, 4-61, 5-87, 6-87, 7-97, 8-149, 9-155, 10-163 (62.4 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flavell	12	4	24	2	-	-
Coldwell	4	1	19	1	-	-
Outschoorn	2	0	5	0	-	-
Horton	26.4	10	62	2	-	-
Berry	2	1	6	0	-	-
Jenkins	16	4	38	5	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	c and b Jackson	94
LF Outschoorn	lbw b Goodwin	2
G Dews	lbw b Lester	25
MJ Horton	c Hallam b Lester	1
DW Richardson	c Smithson b Goodwin	84
RG Broadbent	lbw b Goodwin	19
*RO Jenkins	c Hallam b Spencer	8
+R Booth	not out	53
LJ Coldwell	b Spencer	1
JA Flavell	b Jackson	26
R Berry	c Smithson b Goodwin	7
Extras	(14 b, 13 lb, 1 nb)	28
Total	(all out, 120.5 overs)	348
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-52, 3-62, 4-188, 5-230, 6-253, 7-259, 8-261, 9-313, 10-348 (120.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	27	7	76	2	-	-
Goodwin	26.5	5	74	4	-	-
Lester	29	7	76	2	-	-
Jackson	25	8	63	2	-	-
Palmer	6	1	17	0	-	-
Munden	7	3	14	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	b Coldwell	5
MR Hallam	lbw b Jenkins	51
M Tompkin	lbw b Flavell	5
*CH Palmer	c Broadbent b Jenkins	41
VE Jackson	lbw b Jenkins	0
GA Smithson	c Coldwell b Flavell	0
VS Munden	b Flavell	11
J van Geloven	c Outschoorn b Flavell	23
+J Firth	lbw b Flavell	4
CT Spencer	b Flavell	2
TJ Goodwin	not out	0
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 48.1 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-34, 3-85, 4-85, 5-85, 6-105, 7-123, 8-128, 9-136, 10-143 (48.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flavell	23.1	2	94	6	-	-
Coldwell	9	2	31	1	-	-
Horton	2	2	0	0	-	-
Jenkins	14	6	17	3	-	-

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Notes
--> R Booth (1) equalled his previous highest score of 53 in first-class matches
--> R Booth (1) equalled his previous highest score of 53 in County Championship matches
--> RO Jenkins reached 1200 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> VE Jackson reached 850 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings

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