f22252 cc11115	Leicestershire v Lancashire
	County Championship 1958
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 14th, 16th June 1958 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 9 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 4 (Batting 2); Lancashire 12
Umpires	WH Copson, LH Gray
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), GM Taylor (Lancashire)
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 76/5 (Washbrook 45*, Hilton 0*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	b Higgs	25
J van Geloven	b Statham	11
*W Watson	c Grieves b Booth	55
G Lester	lbw b Statham	12
AC Revill	c Wilson b Booth	16
RA Diment	c and b Booth	12
JS Savage	b Booth	0
+J Firth	b Statham	16
RC Smith	c Wilson b Hilton	0
CT Spencer	c and b Hilton	0
BS Boshier	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 80.1 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-64, 3-90, 4-125, 5-126, 6-126, 7-151, 8-152, 9-154, 10-154 (80.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	16.1	3	29	3	-	-
Higgs	17	4	44	1	-	-
Tattersall	16	3	33	0	-	-
Hilton	18	7	21	2	-	-
Booth	13	6	20	4	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Wharton	b Spencer	9
BJ Booth	c Smith b Spencer	5
KJ Grieves	b Spencer	0
*C Washbrook	c Revill b Spencer	46
PT Marner	b Savage	15
JD Bond	b Spencer	0
MJ Hilton	lbw b Boshier	0
+A Wilson	c Diment b Boshier	1
JB Statham	b Spencer	1
K Higgs	b Savage	14
R Tattersall	not out	11
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 61.4 overs)	105
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-14, 3-27, 4-70, 5-71, 6-76, 7-78, 8-78, 9-79, 10-105 (61.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	22	10	32	6	-	-
Boshier	22	6	38	2	-	-
van Geloven	8	3	14	0	-	-
Savage	9.4	3	18	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	c Wilson b Hilton	26
J van Geloven	b Higgs	11
*W Watson	b Hilton	29
G Lester	lbw b Statham	0
AC Revill	c Marner b Statham	1
RA Diment	b Statham	3
JS Savage	b Hilton	0
+J Firth	b Statham	0
CT Spencer	b Hilton	10
BS Boshier	not out	5
RC Smith	absent hurt
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 41.4 overs)	87
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-64, 3-67, 4-69, 5-69, 6-69, 7-70, 8-77, 9-87 (41.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	17	4	33	4	-	-
Higgs	6	1	15	1	-	-
Tattersall	5	1	12	0	-	-
Hilton	12.4	6	21	4	-	-
Booth	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Wharton	not out	80
BJ Booth	c Spencer b Savage	9
PT Marner	not out	40
KJ Grieves	did not bat
*C Washbrook	did not bat
JD Bond	did not bat
MJ Hilton	did not bat
+A Wilson	did not bat
JB Statham	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
R Tattersall	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(1 wicket, 59.3 overs)	138
Fall of wickets:
1-63 (Booth)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	10	3	26	0	-	-
Boshier	8	2	11	0	-	-
van Geloven	16	10	11	0	-	-
Savage	18.3	5	54	1	-	-
Lester	7	1	27	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> W Watson (1) passed 13000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 48
--> K Higgs (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in first-class matches
--> K Higgs (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in County Championship matches
--> BJ Booth achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 1-29)
--> BJ Booth achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 0-24)
--> CT Spencer reached 450 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> BS Boshier reached 150 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Lancashire first innings

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