f20902 cc10401	Leicestershire v Warwickshire
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Coventry Road, Hinckley on 11th, 13th, 14th June 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Warwickshire won by 9 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 0; Warwickshire 12
Umpires	E Cooke, AJB Fowler
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), GA Tyler (Warwickshire)
Close of play day 1	Warwickshire (1) 102/3 (Hitchcock 45*, Dollery 49*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 123/4 (Jackson 15*, Smithson 0*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	b Thompson	4
MR Hallam	b Bannister	3
M Tompkin	b Thompson	42
*CH Palmer	c and b King	12
VE Jackson	b Thompson	13
GA Smithson	b Thompson	0
VS Munden	b Thompson	7
JE Walsh	c Spooner b Thompson	17
CT Spencer	b Hollies	21
+R Julian	not out	2
TJ Goodwin	b Hollies	0
Extras	(9 b, 2 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 62.4 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-13, 3-60, 4-76, 5-76, 6-86, 7-101, 8-122, 9-132, 10-132 (62.4 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bannister	14	5	25	1	-	-
Thompson	23	9	37	6	-	-
Hollies	11.4	4	33	2	-	-
King	14	6	26	1	-	-

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	c Walsh b Spencer	0
+RT Spooner	lbw b Goodwin	4
AVG Wolton	c Walsh b Spencer	3
RE Hitchcock	b Jackson	121
*HE Dollery	b Lester	106
A Townsend	b Lester	11
WJP Stewart	b Jackson	0
JD Bannister	not out	18
IM King	c Hallam b Jackson	11
RG Thompson	c Palmer b Jackson	10
WE Hollies	c Palmer b Lester	0
Extras	(8 b)	8
Total	(all out, 89.3 overs)	292
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-4, 3-16, 4-236, 5-236, 6-236, 7-254, 8-271, 9-291, 10-292 (89.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	14	2	50	2	-	-
Goodwin	9	2	24	1	-	-
Palmer	11	1	31	0	-	-
Jackson	31	10	84	4	-	-
Munden	9	1	26	0	-	-
Walsh	6	0	33	0	-	-
Lester	9.3	3	36	3	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Spooner b Thompson	12
MR Hallam	c Townsend b Hollies	24
M Tompkin	b Townsend	49
*CH Palmer	c King b Townsend	12
VE Jackson	st Spooner b Thompson	33
GA Smithson	b Thompson	4
VS Munden	not out	33
JE Walsh	b Townsend	9
CT Spencer	c Townsend b Thompson	8
+R Julian	b Hollies	9
TJ Goodwin	c Spooner b Hollies	0
Extras	(10 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 104.5 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-56, 3-96, 4-119, 5-126, 6-145, 7-158, 8-171, 9-209, 10-209 (104.5 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bannister	12	4	23	0	-	-
Thompson	23	5	48	4	-	-
Hollies	30.5	15	49	3	-	-
King	14	7	19	0	-	-
Hitchcock	5	2	14	0	-	-
Townsend	20	6	40	3	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	not out	10
+RT Spooner	c Smithson b Goodwin	19
AVG Wolton	not out	19
RE Hitchcock	did not bat
*HE Dollery	did not bat
A Townsend	did not bat
WJP Stewart	did not bat
JD Bannister	did not bat
IM King	did not bat
RG Thompson	did not bat
WE Hollies	did not bat
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(1 wicket, 7.4 overs)	52
Fall of wickets:
1-28 (Spooner)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	4	1	13	0	-	-
Goodwin	3.4	0	35	1	-	-

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Notes
--> RE Hitchcock (1) passed his previous highest score of 93 in First-Class matches
--> RE Hitchcock (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> RE Hitchcock (1) passed his previous highest score of 93 in County Championship matches
--> RE Hitchcock (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> RG Thompson reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> CT Spencer reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Warwickshire first innings
--> A Townsend reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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