f21349 cc10649	Leicestershire v Warwickshire
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 16th, 18th, 19th June 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 4; Warwickshire 0
Umpires	E Cooke, LH Gray
Scorers	GC Austin (Warwickshire), FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire)
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 252/6 (Jackson 64*, Firth 29*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Spooner b Dollery	1
MR Hallam	b Bannister	68
J van Geloven	b Bannister	8
M Tompkin	b Bannister	6
*CH Palmer	lbw b Bannister	39
VE Jackson	not out	78
GA Smithson	lbw b Dollery	18
+J Firth	lbw b Bannister	36
RL Pratt	not out	1
RC Smith	did not bat
TJ Goodwin	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 11 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 108 overs)	275
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-30, 3-44, 4-121, 5-122, 6-168, 7-272

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bannister	38	9	78	5	-	-
Dollery	21	2	60	2	-	-
Bridge	10	0	40	0	-	-
Hollies	15	5	32	0	-	-
Hitchcock	7	3	12	0	-	-
Leach	11	3	20	0	-	-
Townsend	6	3	13	0	-	-

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	b Pratt	6
CW Leach	c Firth b Goodwin	11
AVG Wolton	b Pratt	7
A Townsend	b Goodwin	4
RE Hitchcock	c Firth b Palmer	38
NF Horner	lbw b Palmer	20
+RT Spooner	b Smith	39
KR Dollery	not out	6
WB Bridge	c van Geloven b Smith	4
JD Bannister	b Smith	0
*WE Hollies	b Smith	2
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(all out, 67.2 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-17, 3-28, 4-30, 5-85, 6-98, 7-129, 8-137, 9-137, 10-143 (67.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Goodwin	10	2	35	2	-	-
Pratt	10	1	34	2	-	-
Jackson	21	9	29	0	-	-
Palmer	12	4	31	2	-	-
Smith	11.2	8	6	4	-	-
Lester	3	2	2	0	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	not out	23
CW Leach	not out	13
AVG Wolton	did not bat
A Townsend	did not bat
RE Hitchcock	did not bat
NF Horner	did not bat
+RT Spooner	did not bat
KR Dollery	did not bat
WB Bridge	did not bat
JD Bannister	did not bat
*WE Hollies	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(no wicket, 8 overs)	37

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Goodwin	4	1	12	0	-	-
Pratt	4	0	24	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RC Smith made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RC Smith made his debut in County Championship matches
--> J Firth (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> NF Horner (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10

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