f22845 cc11421	Worcestershire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1959
Venue	Chester Road North, Kidderminster on 18th, 20th, 21st July 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Worcestershire won by 192 runs
Points	Worcestershire 14 (Batting 2); Leicestershire 0
Umpires	JS Buller, FS Lee
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), W Faithfull (Worcestershire)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 59/9 (Spencer 0*, Savage 0*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 10/2 (Watson 3*, Burch 5*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*D Kenyon	c Hallam b van Geloven	0
LF Outschoorn	c Burch b Spencer	5
MJ Horton	c Gardner b Spencer	6
DW Richardson	c Burch b Savage	36
RG Broadbent	c Watson b van Geloven	14
G Dews	b Spencer	8
+R Booth	c Gardner b Savage	47
DNF Slade	run out	12
DB Pearson	b Spencer	6
KJ Aldridge	b Savage	19
LJ Coldwell	not out	1
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 70.2 overs)	162
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-5, 3-25, 4-56, 5-66, 6-74, 7-99, 8-107, 9-145, 10-162 (70.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	20	11	30	4	-	-
van Geloven	20	5	62	2	-	-
Savage	20.2	13	27	3	-	-
Smith	10	5	35	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	c Kenyon b Aldridge	1
*W Watson	b Horton	12
J van Geloven	c Booth b Aldridge	0
LR Gardner	run out	0
AC Revill	c Booth b Aldridge	2
GW Burch	c Dews b Horton	8
EF Phillips	b Horton	1
+R Julian	b Aldridge	25
RC Smith	c Pearson b Horton	5
CT Spencer	not out	14
JS Savage	c and b Pearson	25
Extras	(4 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 56.3 overs)	98
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-9, 5-25, 6-26, 7-27, 8-59, 9-59, 10-98 (56.3 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Aldridge	18	5	40	4	-	-
Coldwell	5	3	6	0	-	-
Horton	20	14	15	4	-	-
Slade	7	3	14	0	-	-
Pearson	6.3	2	18	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*D Kenyon	c Watson b Smith	101
LF Outschoorn	c Julian b Smith	31
MJ Horton	c and b Savage	28
DW Richardson	b van Geloven	16
RG Broadbent	lbw b Spencer	1
G Dews	b van Geloven	37
+R Booth	c Julian b Spencer	2
DNF Slade	c Savage b Spencer	11
DB Pearson	not out	8
KJ Aldridge	not out	4
LJ Coldwell	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	17
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 97 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-107, 2-158, 3-168, 4-173, 5-204, 6-233, 7-233, 8-252

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	27	6	57	3	-	-
van Geloven	29	11	60	2	-	-
Savage	20	5	61	1	-	-
Smith	21	4	61	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	c Broadbent b Coldwell	1
*W Watson	c Dews b Aldridge	6
EF Phillips	c Outschoorn b Coldwell	0
GW Burch	lbw b Aldridge	7
LR Gardner	c Broadbent b Horton	0
AC Revill	b Aldridge	43
J van Geloven	b Horton	15
+R Julian	b Pearson	24
RC Smith	c Broadbent b Horton	4
JS Savage	c Broadbent b Horton	3
CT Spencer	not out	15
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 62.1 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-2, 3-14, 4-15, 5-36, 6-36, 7-103, 8-103, 9-111, 10-128 (62.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Aldridge	20	8	28	3	-	-
Coldwell	10	3	21	2	-	-
Horton	20	7	45	4	-	-
Slade	3	1	3	0	-	-
Pearson	9.1	3	21	1	-	-

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Notes
--> DW Richardson (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 28
--> MJ Horton reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> KJ Aldridge was no-balled for throwing for Worcestershire (twice by JS Buller)
--> LR Gardner retired not out in the Leicestershire second innings having scored 0 (team had lost 4 wickets) - he returned when the score was 36/5
--> R Julian retired not out in the Leicestershire second innings having scored 17 (team had lost 6 wickets) - he returned when the score was 111/9

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