f23888 cc11942	Worcestershire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1961
Venue	War Memorial Ground, Amblecote on 26th, 27th, 28th July 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Worcestershire won by 2 wickets
Points	Worcestershire 14 (Batting 2); Leicestershire 0
Umpires	AE Fagg, FS Lee
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 73/3 (Richardson 11*, Gifford 0*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 71/1 (van Geloven 32*, Kirby 30*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	lbw b Standen	33
J van Geloven	lbw b Coldwell	2
D Kirby	c Booth b Horton	68
A Wharton	b Coldwell	11
LR Gardner	b Gifford	19
GF Cross	not out	55
RL Pratt	b Horton	20
+R Julian	st Booth b Gifford	2
CT Spencer	c Broadbent b Gifford	0
JS Savage	c Standen b Gifford	6
BS Boshier	c Booth b Coldwell	14
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 106.4 overs)	235
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-47, 3-68, 4-125, 5-149, 6-179, 7-194, 8-194, 9-200, 10-235 (106.4 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coldwell	17.4	5	51	3	-	-
Rumsey	12	3	24	0	-	-
Standen	17	1	54	1	-	-
Gifford	29	13	45	4	-	-
Horton	31	11	56	2	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*D Kenyon	c Hallam b Boshier	13
MJ Horton	c Wharton b Savage	34
RGA Headley	c Julian b van Geloven	15
DW Richardson	b Boshier	32
N Gifford	b Savage	17
RG Broadbent	lbw b Savage	1
G Dews	b Boshier	51
+R Booth	b Pratt	28
JA Standen	not out	24
FE Rumsey	b Boshier	13
LJ Coldwell	c Pratt b Boshier	8
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 106 overs)	237
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-48, 3-73, 4-109, 5-110, 6-117, 7-186, 8-197, 9-213, 10-237 (106 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	20	3	64	0	-	-
Boshier	24	7	57	5	-	-
van Geloven	17	5	36	1	-	-
Savage	38	18	70	3	-	-
Pratt	7	3	9	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	c Richardson b Coldwell	7
J van Geloven	b Horton	35
D Kirby	c and b Horton	34
A Wharton	c Broadbent b Horton	4
LR Gardner	lbw b Horton	4
GF Cross	c and b Horton	9
RL Pratt	b Coldwell	1
+R Julian	c Coldwell b Horton	5
CT Spencer	c and b Gifford	25
JS Savage	c Standen b Coldwell	6
BS Boshier	not out	0
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 62.1 overs)	134
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-76, 3-81, 4-82, 5-95, 6-98, 7-100, 8-113, 9-134, 10-134 (62.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coldwell	20	8	25	3	-	-
Rumsey	5	1	9	0	-	-
Gifford	15.1	5	37	1	-	-
Horton	22	8	59	6	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*D Kenyon	c Julian b Boshier	41
MJ Horton	c Hallam b Boshier	5
RGA Headley	lbw b Boshier	0
DW Richardson	c Cross b Boshier	7
RG Broadbent	lbw b Spencer	36
G Dews	c Julian b Spencer	22
+R Booth	c van Geloven b Savage	1
JA Standen	c Cross b Savage	2
FE Rumsey	not out	9
N Gifford	not out	11
LJ Coldwell	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(8 wickets, 42.3 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-24, 3-32, 4-69, 5-99, 6-100, 7-115, 8-115

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	12	2	32	2	-	-
Boshier	13	3	32	4	-	-
van Geloven	3	1	6	0	-	-
Savage	14.3	0	64	2	-	-

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Notes
--> J van Geloven (1) passed 5000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 2
--> MJ Horton (1) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 30
--> D Kirby (2) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 32
--> G Dews (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 5
--> N Gifford reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> JA Standen reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> BS Boshier reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> JS Savage reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> MJ Horton reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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