f23955 cc12001	Leicestershire v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 23rd, 24th, 25th August 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 17 runs
Points	Leicestershire 0; Gloucestershire 12
Umpires	R Aspinall, RSM Lay
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 19/0 (Hallam 9*, Kirby 9*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 147/4 (Hawkins 19*, Allen 1*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Carpenter	c Julian b Pratt	14
RB Nicholls	c Wharton b Boshier	121
*CTM Pugh	b van Geloven	0
DM Young	c Savage b Boshier	55
DG Hawkins	b Spencer	5
AS Brown	lbw b Spencer	50
DA Allen	b Boshier	8
+BJ Meyer	b Boshier	1
DR Smith	not out	3
DG A'Court	not out	7
C Cook	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 21 lb, 2 w)	25
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 101 overs)	289
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-34, 3-159, 4-186, 5-248, 6-264, 7-266, 8-280

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	21	2	61	2	-	-
Boshier	24	4	64	4	-	-
van Geloven	26	5	63	1	-	-
Pratt	26	7	56	1	-	-
Savage	4	0	20	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	not out	152
D Kirby	b Smith	21
A Wharton	c Pugh b A'Court	32
*W Watson	b A'Court	0
J van Geloven	b Allen	11
J Birkenshaw	c Smith b Allen	0
RL Pratt	b Allen	0
+R Julian	b Allen	0
CT Spencer	b Smith	0
JS Savage	c Brown b Allen	9
BS Boshier	b Smith	0
Extras	(5 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 73.2 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-112, 3-124, 4-156, 5-156, 6-162, 7-184, 8-189, 9-230, 10-231 (73.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	13	3	37	0	-	-
Smith	28.2	3	86	3	-	-
A'Court	14	3	39	2	-	-
Cook	8	3	15	0	-	-
Allen	10	2	48	5	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB Nicholls	c Kirby b Spencer	2
D Carpenter	b Savage	51
*CTM Pugh	c Julian b Pratt	21
DM Young	b Savage	47
DG Hawkins	c Hallam b Pratt	59
DA Allen	b Savage	8
AS Brown	not out	47
+BJ Meyer	not out	1
DR Smith	did not bat
DG A'Court	did not bat
C Cook	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb)	11
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 73 overs)	247
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-70, 3-86, 4-146, 5-164, 6-244

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	12	1	34	1	-	-
Boshier	21	5	48	0	-	-
van Geloven	3	0	10	0	-	-
Pratt	11	3	28	2	-	-
Savage	23	3	102	3	-	-
Birkenshaw	3	0	14	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	b Brown	9
*W Watson	c Meyer b Smith	69
A Wharton	c Smith b Allen	24
D Kirby	c Cook b Allen	63
J van Geloven	lbw b Allen	27
J Birkenshaw	st Meyer b Allen	7
RL Pratt	b Allen	42
+R Julian	not out	32
CT Spencer	c Nicholls b Allen	8
JS Savage	b Allen	2
BS Boshier	c Meyer b Brown	2
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	3
Total	(all out, 77.2 overs)	288
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-77, 3-108, 4-185, 5-196, 6-201, 7-266, 8-276, 9-283, 10-288 (77.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	10.2	1	50	2	-	-
Smith	26	3	86	1	-	-
A'Court	8	0	29	0	-	-
Cook	8	0	42	0	-	-
Allen	25	6	78	7	-	-

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Notes
--> DM Young (1) passed 17000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 19
--> DG Hawkins (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 48
--> MR Hallam (2) passed 12000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 1
--> D Kirby (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 17
--> CT Spencer reached 800 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> RL Pratt reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> RL Pratt reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings

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