f21863 cc10941	Leicestershire v Sussex
	County Championship 1957
Venue	Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch on 13th, 15th, 16th July 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 2; Sussex 0
Umpires	D Davies, WFF Price
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), GW Washer (Sussex)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 96/4 (Gardner 21*, Firth 8*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 116/1 (Hallam 71*, van Geloven 27*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	lbw b Suttle	14
MR Hallam	c Suttle b Marlar	28
RA Diment	c Sheppard b Thomson	23
*CH Palmer	b Suttle	0
LR Gardner	c Parks b Dexter	49
J van Geloven	b Suttle	3
+J Firth	lbw b Bates	11
JS Savage	c Smith b Thomson	3
RC Smith	lbw b Dexter	2
CT Spencer	run out	10
BS Boshier	not out	3
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 95 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-43, 3-47, 4-76, 5-104, 6-107, 7-133, 8-136, 9-144, 10-150 (95 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	23	12	22	2	-	-
Bates	16	6	33	1	-	-
Suttle	20	11	21	3	-	-
Marlar	17	7	33	1	-	-
Foreman	10	3	15	0	-	-
Dexter	9	2	22	2	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DV Smith	b Savage	61
DS Sheppard	c Firth b Boshier	6
KG Suttle	lbw b Palmer	4
JM Parks	c Firth b Boshier	6
ER Dexter	b Palmer	1
DJ Foreman	c Spencer b Boshier	0
GL Cogger	b Boshier	2
NI Thomson	run out	5
*RG Marlar	not out	3
+DN Mantell	b Savage	0
DL Bates	c van Geloven b Savage	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 34.5 overs)	91
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-27, 3-46, 4-53, 5-58, 6-68, 7-75, 8-91, 9-91, 10-91 (34.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	5	0	26	0	-	-
Boshier	17	5	31	4	-	-
Palmer	12	5	31	2	-	-
Savage	0.5	0	0	3	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Sheppard b Bates	13
MR Hallam	not out	71
J van Geloven	not out	27
RA Diment	did not bat
*CH Palmer	did not bat
LR Gardner	did not bat
+J Firth	did not bat
JS Savage	did not bat
RC Smith	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
BS Boshier	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(1 wicket, 46 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-27 (Lester)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	15	5	29	0	-	-
Bates	10	3	25	1	-	-
Suttle	5	2	9	0	-	-
Marlar	9	1	33	0	-	-
Dexter	2	0	4	0	-	-
Smith	5	1	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> DV Smith (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 54
--> BS Boshier reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> JS Savage reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> RA Diment retired not out in the Leicestershire first innings having scored 21 (team had lost 3 wickets) - he returned when the score was 104/5

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