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f20551 cc10235	Leicestershire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1954
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 14th, 15th, 16th July 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 4; Middlesex 0
Umpires	F Chester, TW Spencer
Scorers	EH Hendren (Middlesex), WH Price (Leicestershire)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 393/7 (Jackson 128, Firth 24)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 25/1 (Smith 5, Tompkin 15)

Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Compton b Titmus	17
MJK Smith	lbw b Young	53
M Tompkin	b Young	99
GA Smithson	c Titmus b Bennett	50
*CH Palmer	b Young	15
VE Jackson	not out	128
VS Munden	b Titmus	0
JE Walsh	b Titmus	0
+J Firth	not out	24
CT Spencer	did not bat
AS Rice	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 134 overs)	393
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-95, 3-167, 4-201, 5-273, 6-302, 7-302

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	22	6	81	0	-	-
Bennett	32	5	103	1	-	-
Titmus	41	15	89	3	-	-
Young	35	11	99	3	-	-
Bick	4	0	14	0	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	b Munden	107
HPH Sharp	c Spencer b Palmer	19
FJ Titmus	c Jackson b Walsh	12
AW Thompson	b Jackson	38
GPS Delisle	b Jackson	0
D Bennett	c Palmer b Jackson	2
*FG Mann	b Palmer	34
DA Bick	c Firth b Jackson	30
+LH Compton	not out	8
JA Young	c Spencer b Jackson	4
AE Moss	c Jackson b Palmer	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 92.2 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-94, 2-109, 3-163, 4-169, 5-179, 6-193, 7-239, 8-255, 9-259, 10-259 (92.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	18	2	67	0	-	-
Rice	13	0	64	0	-	-
Palmer	14.2	5	27	3	-	-
Munden	20	8	47	1	-	-
Walsh	4	0	17	1	-	-
Jackson	23	13	32	5	-	-

Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Titmus b Bennett	5
MJK Smith	run out	21
M Tompkin	c Compton b Moss	54
GA Smithson	b Titmus	15
*CH Palmer	c Sharp b Titmus	20
VE Jackson	not out	38
VS Munden	b Titmus	1
JE Walsh	c Thompson b Young	5
+J Firth	c Compton b Young	7
CT Spencer	not out	4
AS Rice	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 42 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-75, 3-85, 4-112, 5-124, 6-126, 7-133, 8-158

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	17	2	56	1	-	-
Bennett	9	1	43	1	-	-
Titmus	12	2	58	3	-	-
Young	4	0	13	2	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Smith b Spencer	19
HPH Sharp	c Smithson b Rice	17
FJ Titmus	c Firth b Rice	10
AW Thompson	c Smithson b Munden	50
GPS Delisle	b Walsh	10
D Bennett	c Walsh b Lester	12
*FG Mann	not out	33
DA Bick	not out	1
+LH Compton	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(6 wickets, 59 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-55, 3-61, 4-108, 5-108, 6-147

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	16	5	41	1	-	-
Rice	13	3	40	2	-	-
Munden	6	1	21	1	-	-
Walsh	14	3	42	1	-	-
Jackson	5	3	3	0	-	-
Lester	5	2	5	1	-	-

Notes
--> MJK Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 32 in County Championship matches
--> JDB Robertson (1) passed 23500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 91
--> GPS Delisle made his debut in County Championship matches
--> VE Jackson (2) passed 12500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 16
--> AS Rice made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> AS Rice made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> FG Mann made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> FJ Titmus reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> VE Jackson reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> VE Jackson reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> JE Walsh reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex second innings