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County Championship, 1955Leicestershire v Middlesex
 Grace Road, Leicester
 22,23,24 June 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Leicestershire won by 6 wicketsPoints:
 
Toss:Umpires: E Cooke and K McCanlis
 
Close of play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Middlesex 1st innings
JDB Robertson         lbw                b Lester              74
SM Brown              lbw                b Jackson             35
*WJ Edrich                               b Munden              46
AW Thompson           c Firth            b Spencer              3
D Bennett             c Firth            b Spencer             45
DO Baldry                                b Lester               9
DA Bick                              c & b Spencer             29
JJ Warr                                  b Pratt                0
+LH Compton                              b Pratt                7
JA Young                                 b Pratt                1
AE Moss               not out                                   0
Extras                (b 10, lb 3)                             13
Total                 (all out, 117.4 overs)                  262
FoW: 1-59, 2-129, 3-145, 4-181, 5-202,
     6-249, 7-250, 8-254, 9-255, 10-262.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Spencer                     20      5     56      3
Pratt                       11.4    2     31      3
Jackson                     13      4     28      1
Walsh                       16      3     51      0
Munden                      34     19     25      1
Lester                      18      7     48      2
Palmer                       5      4     10      0
Leicestershire 1st innings
G Lester              c Robertson        b Warr                20
MR Hallam                                b Bick                56
M Tompkin             lbw                b Young               21
*CH Palmer                               b Young               71
VE Jackson            c Compton          b Robertson           21
GA Smithson                              b Robertson            0
VS Munden                                b Robertson            0
JE Walsh              lbw                b Young                3
+J Firth              c Edrich           b Robertson            4
CT Spencer                               b Young                1
RL Pratt              not out                                   1
Extras                (b 9, lb 8, w 1)                         18
Total                 (all out, 94.1 overs)                   216
FoW: 1-53, 2-100, 3-112, 4-168, 5-170,
     6-174, 7-177, 8-200, 9-207, 10-216.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Moss                        15      5     29      0
Warr                        12      2     43      1
Young                       35.1   16     54      4
Bick                        10      2     35      1
Robertson                   22      9     37      4
Middlesex 2nd innings
JDB Robertson         c Smithson         b Munden              48
SM Brown              lbw                b Spencer              8
*WJ Edrich            c Hallam           b Jackson             22
AW Thompson           c Hallam           b Lester              17
D Bennett             c Hallam           b Lester               5
DO Baldry             lbw                b Lester               5
DA Bick               c Firth            b Jackson              1
JJ Warr               c Firth            b Spencer             22
+LH Compton           lbw                b Jackson              8
JA Young              not out                                  17
AE Moss               c Smithson         b Spencer             16
Extras                (b 9, lb 3)                              12
Total                 (all out, 79 overs)                     181
FoW: 1-14, 2-67, 3-85, 4-107, 5-108,
     6-109, 7-113, 8-137, 9-159, 10-181.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Spencer                     14      5     23      3
Pratt                        8      1     31      0
Jackson                     31     15     43      3
Munden                      17      6     46      1
Lester                       9      1     26      3
Leicestershire 2nd innings (target: 228 runs)
G Lester              c Robertson        b Young                9
MR Hallam                                b Moss                83
M Tompkin             not out                                  87
*CH Palmer                               b Bennett             18
VE Jackson                               b Moss                 4
GA Smithson           not out                                  15
Extras                (b 6, lb 5, nb 1)                        12
Total                 (4 wickets, 52.5 overs)                 228
DNB: VS Munden, JE Walsh, +J Firth, CT Spencer, RL Pratt.
FoW: 1-52, 2-133, 3-170, 4-185.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Moss                        17.5    4     66      2
Warr                        11      0     47      0
Young                        9      2     38      1
Robertson                    9      0     41      0
Bennett                      6      2     24      1
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