f21432 cc10712	Leicestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 18th, 19th, 20th July 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by an innings and 26 runs
Points	Leicestershire 12; Somerset 0
Umpires	JS Buller, EA Roberts
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), T Tout (Somerset)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 147/4 (Jackson 30*, Smithson 3*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 188/4 (Jackson 48*, Smithson 26*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Pickles	c and b Goodwin	0
JG Lomax	b Pratt	0
CL McCool	b Pratt	5
PB Wight	c Lester b Pratt	6
*MF Tremlett	c Lester b Pratt	39
+HW Stephenson	c Jackson b Goodwin	2
FL Angell	run out	21
GM Tripp	c Goodwin b Pratt	4
BA Langford	lbw b Goodwin	2
JWJ McMahon	not out	16
B Lobb	b Goodwin	13
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 47 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-5, 3-7, 4-12, 5-28, 6-69, 7-77, 8-84, 9-97, 10-116 (47 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Goodwin	19	6	37	4	-	-
Pratt	18	6	33	5	-	-
Jackson	10	0	38	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	st Stephenson b McCool	50
MR Hallam	c Tripp b Lobb	10
J van Geloven	lbw b McCool	49
M Tompkin	c Lomax b McCool	0
VE Jackson	c Tripp b McMahon	50
GA Smithson	c Stephenson b Lobb	26
RA Diment	lbw b McMahon	13
VS Munden	st Stephenson b Wight	42
+J Firth	c sub b McMahon	2
RL Pratt	not out	3
TJ Goodwin	c Pickles b McMahon	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 100 overs)	255
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-84, 3-84, 4-140, 5-190, 6-190, 7-209, 8-252, 9-255, 10-255 (100 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	30	6	67	2	-	-
Lomax	8	1	24	0	-	-
McMahon	26	7	69	4	-	-
Langford	26	8	57	0	-	-
McCool	9	2	23	3	-	-
Wight	1	0	5	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Pickles	lbw b Pratt	2
JG Lomax	b Pratt	3
FL Angell	c Lester b Pratt	0
CL McCool	b Pratt	33
PB Wight	c Hallam b Pratt	5
+HW Stephenson	b Jackson	6
GM Tripp	b Jackson	2
BA Langford	run out	9
*MF Tremlett	not out	44
JWJ McMahon	c Munden b Jackson	0
B Lobb	run out	8
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 44 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-3, 3-6, 4-18, 5-34, 6-36, 7-56, 8-74, 9-80, 10-113 (44 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Goodwin	9	1	32	0	-	-
Pratt	9	1	27	5	-	-
Jackson	16	6	29	3	-	-
Munden	10	3	24	0	-	-

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Notes
--> VE Jackson (1) passed 13000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 38
--> RA Diment (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> MF Tremlett (2) passed 11000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 33
--> RL Pratt achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 5-101)
--> RL Pratt achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 5-101)
--> RL Pratt achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 5-33)
--> RL Pratt achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 5-33)
--> VE Jackson reached 950 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset second innings

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