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County Championship, 1955Leicestershire v Northamptonshire
 Grace Road, Leicester
 30 July, 1,2 August 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Northamptonshire won by 9 wicketsPoints:
 
Toss:Umpires: AJB Fowler and WFF Price
 
Close of play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Leicestershire 1st innings
G Lester              lbw                b Tribe               16
MR Hallam                                b Tribe               44
M Tompkin                                b Tribe                0
MJK Smith                                b Tyson                8
*CH Palmer                               b Tyson                0
VE Jackson            c Brookes          b Tribe               21
GA Smithson                              b Tribe                0
RA Diment             c Andrew           b Tribe                9
VS Munden                            c & b Broderick            6
+J Firth              not out                                   0
CT Spencer                               b Tribe                0
Extras                (b 6, lb 1, nb 1)                         8
Total                 (all out, 67.3 overs)                   112
FoW: 1-45, 2-45, 3-63, 4-63, 5-87,
     6-87, 7-104, 8-110, 9-112, 10-112.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Tyson                       12      3     19      2
Webster                      7      2     11      0
Broderick                   24     11     36      1
Tribe                       24.3    8     38      7
Northamptonshire 1st innings
*D Brookes            c Spencer          b Palmer             117
AP Arnold             lbw                b Jackson              7
L Livingston                             b Jackson              7
DW Barrick            c Spencer          b Jackson              0
R Subba Row                              b Munden               8
GE Tribe              c Firth            b Palmer              49
V Broderick           c Lester           b Munden              27
FH Tyson                                 b Palmer              22
+KV Andrew            c Hallam           b Munden               0
J Wild                c Smithson         b Munden               4
J Webster             not out                                   0
Extras                (b 4, lb 9, nb 2)                        15
Total                 (all out, 129.1 overs)                  256
FoW: 1-16, 2-28, 3-30, 4-45, 5-142,
     6-193, 7-228, 8-245, 9-251, 10-256.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Spencer                     13      4     32      0
Palmer                      27.1   19     25      3
Jackson                     38     12     72      3
Munden                      46     17     92      4
Lester                       5      2     20      0
Leicestershire 2nd innings
G Lester              lbw                b Wild                18
MR Hallam                                b Tyson                0
M Tompkin             lbw                b Tribe               13
MJK Smith             c Arnold           b Tribe               15
*CH Palmer                               b Tyson              102
VE Jackson            c Tribe            b Wild                14
GA Smithson           c Tyson            b Wild                 8
RA Diment             lbw                b Tribe                0
VS Munden                                b Tribe                0
+J Firth              lbw                b Tribe               18
CT Spencer            not out                                   8
Extras                (b 13, lb 5)                             18
Total                 (all out, 87.4 overs)                   214
FoW: 1-9, 2-27, 3-43, 4-89, 5-123,
     6-141, 7-160, 8-174, 9-202, 10-214.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Tyson                       12.4    3     33      2
Webster                      7      1     20      0
Broderick                    9      2     37      0
Tribe                       33     11     53      5
Wild                        26     12     53      3
Northamptonshire 2nd innings (target: 71 runs)
*D Brookes                               b Munden              22
AP Arnold             not out                                  32
L Livingston          not out                                  13
Extras                (b 4)                                     4
Total                 (1 wicket, 11.4 overs)                   71
DNB: DW Barrick, R Subba Row, GE Tribe, V Broderick, FH Tyson,
     +KV Andrew, J Wild, J Webster.
FoW: 1-40.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Spencer                      3      0     16      0
Palmer                       2      0     11      0
Jackson                      3.4    0     13      0
Munden                       3      0     27      1
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