f21890 cc10964	Worcestershire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1957
Venue	War Memorial Ground, Amblecote on 24th, 25th, 26th July 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Worcestershire won by an innings and 73 runs
Points	Worcestershire 14 (Batting 2); Leicestershire 0
Umpires	HG Baldwin, JG Langridge
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), W Faithfull (Worcestershire)
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 64/2 (Dews 29*, Broadbent 13*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (1) 300/6d

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	lbw b Flavell	4
MR Hallam	b Horton	6
J van Geloven	st Booth b Horton	6
*CH Palmer	c Outschoorn b Horton	0
LR Gardner	c Flavell b Coldwell	50
VS Munden	c Dews b Horton	2
+J Firth	lbw b Coldwell	13
JS Savage	c Booth b Coldwell	0
RC Smith	c Booth b Coldwell	0
CT Spencer	b Coldwell	6
BS Boshier	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 38.5 overs)	90
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-12, 3-12, 4-21, 5-29, 6-55, 7-55, 8-55, 9-89, 10-90 (38.5 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flavell	14	1	58	1	-	-
Coldwell	11.5	5	18	5	-	-
Horton	12	8	11	4	-	-
Berry	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	b Savage	15
LF Outschoorn	b Spencer	5
G Dews	c Palmer b Savage	115
RG Broadbent	c Firth b Spencer	66
MJ Horton	not out	70
+R Booth	c Firth b Munden	14
J Lister	c Munden b van Geloven	7
JA Flavell	not out	5
R Berry	did not bat
*RO Jenkins	did not bat
LJ Coldwell	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 118 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-27, 3-173, 4-234, 5-265, 6-288

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	21	0	64	2	-	-
Boshier	17	4	41	0	-	-
Savage	30	9	75	2	-	-
Smith	29	14	59	0	-	-
Palmer	7	1	22	0	-	-
Munden	10	5	20	1	-	-
van Geloven	4	0	16	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	b Jenkins	46
MR Hallam	st Booth b Jenkins	41
J van Geloven	c Outschoorn b Horton	2
*CH Palmer	b Flavell	6
LR Gardner	st Booth b Jenkins	3
VS Munden	not out	21
+J Firth	c Lister b Jenkins	0
JS Savage	b Horton	0
RC Smith	c Outschoorn b Horton	13
CT Spencer	c Coldwell b Horton	0
BS Boshier	b Horton	0
Extras	(1 b, 4 w)	5
Total	(all out, 95.4 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-76, 2-81, 3-92, 4-97, 5-110, 6-110, 7-110, 8-129, 9-129, 10-137 (95.4 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flavell	10	2	19	1	-	-
Coldwell	4	1	7	0	-	-
Horton	42.4	24	37	5	-	-
Berry	4	2	7	0	-	-
Jenkins	35	11	62	4	-	-

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Notes
--> J Lister made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> VS Munden made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> VS Munden made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> J van Geloven (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 2
--> G Dews (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 86
--> MJ Horton (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 49
--> CH Palmer (2) passed 16500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> LJ Coldwell reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> LJ Coldwell completed a hat-trick in the Leicestershire first innings (Firth, Savage, Smith)
--> MJ Horton reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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