f20861 cc10370	Worcestershire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Tipton Road, Dudley on 25th, 26th, 27th May 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Worcestershire 4; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	N Oldfield, EA Roberts
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), D Rabjohns (Worcestershire)
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 310/6 (Broadbent 55*, Yarnold 0*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 227/7 (Tompkin 101*, Firth 2*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	b Lester	129
PE Richardson	c Hallam b Munden	39
LF Outschoorn	c Jackson b Lester	28
G Dews	c Palmer b Munden	4
RG Broadbent	c Firth b Boshier	69
JP Whitehead	c Firth b Boshier	10
MJ Horton	b Jackson	42
+H Yarnold	c Smithson b Boshier	36
*RTD Perks	b Spencer	1
R Berry	not out	23
JA Flavell	b Spencer	2
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 135.3 overs)	387
Fall of wickets:
1-99, 2-189, 3-198, 4-211, 5-242, 6-305, 7-345, 8-352, 9-372, 10-387 (135.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	29.3	7	87	2	-	-
Boshier	32	4	113	3	-	-
Walsh	9	2	38	0	-	-
Jackson	25	13	56	1	-	-
Munden	30	9	70	2	-	-
Lester	10	4	19	2	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Dews b Berry	16
MR Hallam	c and b Horton	65
M Tompkin	c Richardson b Berry	131
*CH Palmer	b Flavell	36
GA Smithson	b Flavell	4
VE Jackson	c Broadbent b Berry	1
VS Munden	c Yarnold b Flavell	0
JE Walsh	b Flavell	0
+J Firth	lbw b Horton	6
CT Spencer	not out	0
BS Boshier	c Perks b Berry	0
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(all out, 98 overs)	261
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-99, 3-184, 4-192, 5-203, 6-204, 7-204, 8-261, 9-261, 10-261 (98 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	15	4	38	0	-	-
Flavell	22	2	75	4	-	-
Berry	35	10	70	4	-	-
Horton	26	5	76	2	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	not out	9
JP Whitehead	not out	0
D Kenyon	did not bat
LF Outschoorn	did not bat
G Dews	did not bat
RG Broadbent	did not bat
MJ Horton	did not bat
+H Yarnold	did not bat
*RTD Perks	did not bat
R Berry	did not bat
JA Flavell	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(no wicket, 5 overs)	10

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	2	0	4	0	-	-
Boshier	2	1	1	0	-	-
Tompkin	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RG Broadbent (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 49

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