f21489 cc10762	Leicestershire v Hampshire
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 11th, 13th, 14th August 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 0; Hampshire 4
Umpires	DE Davies, CS Elliott
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), N Drake (Hampshire)
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Hampshire (1) 237 all out

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Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Gray	lbw b Jackson	22
RE Marshall	c Tompkin b Jackson	63
H Horton	c Tompkin b Jackson	24
AWH Rayment	c van Geloven b Jackson	2
PJ Sainsbury	c Hallam b Spencer	24
RWC Pitman	b Spencer	5
*EDR Eagar	b Spencer	0
+L Harrison	c van Geloven b Goodwin	45
D Shackleton	b Spencer	0
VHD Cannings	not out	32
MD Burden	b Spencer	6
Extras	(6 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 87.3 overs)	237
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-94, 3-98, 4-129, 5-145, 6-145, 7-152, 8-152, 9-226, 10-237 (87.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	21.3	3	62	5	-	-
Goodwin	11	0	40	1	-	-
Palmer	3	0	8	0	-	-
Munden	16	6	27	0	-	-
Jackson	31	8	70	4	-	-
Lester	5	0	16	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Sainsbury b Burden	19
MR Hallam	c Marshall b Cannings	0
J van Geloven	b Cannings	0
*CH Palmer	b Shackleton	3
VE Jackson	c Burden b Sainsbury	41
M Tompkin	c Gray b Sainsbury	4
PT Smith	lbw b Sainsbury	1
VS Munden	b Burden	18
+J Firth	not out	11
CT Spencer	b Burden	1
TJ Goodwin	b Burden	8
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 88.1 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-4, 3-9, 4-34, 5-39, 6-41, 7-86, 8-88, 9-90, 10-108 (88.1 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shackleton	18	9	17	1	-	-
Cannings	6	4	3	2	-	-
Sainsbury	38	17	48	3	-	-
Burden	24.1	9	31	4	-	-
Marshall	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Hampshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MD Burden	c Tompkin b van Geloven	26
AWH Rayment	b Lester	6
RWC Pitman	not out	5
*EDR Eagar	not out	5
JR Gray	did not bat
RE Marshall	did not bat
H Horton	did not bat
PJ Sainsbury	did not bat
+L Harrison	did not bat
D Shackleton	did not bat
VHD Cannings	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(2 wickets, 11 overs)	43
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-32

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Munden	4	0	17	0	-	-
Lester	3	0	17	1	-	-
van Geloven	3	1	7	1	-	-
Tompkin	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RE Marshall (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 38
--> VE Jackson reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Hampshire first innings
--> PJ Sainsbury reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> G Lester reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Hampshire second innings

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