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County Championship, 1955Leicestershire v Yorkshire
 Grace Road, Leicester
 3,4,5 August 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Yorkshire won by 2 wicketsPoints:
 
Toss:Umpires: TJ Bartley and FS Lee
 
Close of play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Leicestershire 1st innings
G Lester              c Padgett          b Trueman             19
MR Hallam                                b Platt               16
M Tompkin             c Wilson           b Wardle              43
MJK Smith                                b Trueman             11
*CH Palmer                               b Trueman             22
VE Jackson            lbw                b Trueman             44
RA Diment                                b Wardle              48
VS Munden             c Yardley          b Wardle              50
+J Firth              c Trueman          b Wardle               0
JE Walsh              c Close            b Wardle              19
CT Spencer            not out                                   0
Extras                (b 15, lb 13, nb 1)                      29
Total                 (all out, 116.3 overs)                  301
FoW: 1-29, 2-39, 3-68, 4-108, 5-123,
     6-180, 7-254, 8-258, 9-299, 10-301.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Trueman                     29      2     82      4
Platt                       17      7     22      1
Wardle                      32.3    8     72      5
Close                       18      5     47      0
Illingworth                 20      5     49      0
Yorkshire 1st innings
WHH Sutcliffe                            b Jackson             17
DB Close                                 b Jackson             28
JV Wilson             c Smith            b Walsh               68
DEV Padgett           c Spencer          b Walsh               25
W Watson                                 b Jackson             17
*NWD Yardley          c Hallam           b Walsh                0
R Illingworth                        c & b Walsh               61
JH Wardle                                b Jackson              8
FS Trueman                               b Jackson             74
+JG Binks             not out                                   7
RK Platt                                 b Jackson              2
Extras                (b 5, lb 5)                              10
Total                 (all out, 113.4 overs)                  317
FoW: 1-33, 2-72, 3-136, 4-140, 5-156,
     6-156, 7-170, 8-303, 9-305, 10-317.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Spencer                     14      4     60      0
Palmer                       9      2     17      0
Jackson                     41.4   21     75      6
Walsh                       38     15    107      4
Lester                       9      1     31      0
Munden                       2      0     17      0
Leicestershire 2nd innings
G Lester                                 b Platt                7
MR Hallam             c Binks            b Wardle              12
M Tompkin                            c & b Close               68
MJK Smith             lbw                b Trueman              3
*CH Palmer            run out                                   0
VE Jackson            c Binks            b Trueman              0
RA Diment             c Sutcliffe        b Close               47
VS Munden             c Watson           b Close                0
+J Firth              lbw                b Close                3
JE Walsh              c Watson           b Wardle              24
CT Spencer            not out                                   2
Extras                (lb 9, nb 1)                             10
Total                 (all out, 85.2 overs)                   176
FoW: 1-9, 2-46, 3-56, 4-58, 5-58,
     6-110, 7-118, 8-128, 9-166, 10-176.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Trueman                     20      5     35      2
Platt                        6      3      7      1
Wardle                      27.2    8     61      2
Close                       20      6     43      4
Illingworth                 12      3     20      0
Yorkshire 2nd innings (target: 161 runs)
WHH Sutcliffe                            b Jackson              7
DB Close                                 b Jackson             49
JV Wilson                            c & b Walsh               19
DEV Padgett                          c & b Walsh                0
W Watson              st Firth           b Walsh               18
*NWD Yardley                             b Walsh               17
R Illingworth         not out                                  29
JH Wardle             lbw                b Palmer              16
FS Trueman            lbw                b Walsh                0
+JG Binks             not out                                   0
Extras                (b 8, lb 1)                               9
Total                 (8 wickets, 41.3 overs)                 164
DNB: RK Platt.
FoW: 1-12, 2-75, 3-75, 4-75, 5-117, 6-118, 7-159, 8-160.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Palmer                       6.3    3     31      1
Jackson                     17      3     73      2
Walsh                       18      3     51      5
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