f22883 cc11456	Leicestershire v Lancashire
	County Championship 1959
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 5th, 6th, 7th August 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 170 runs
Points	Leicestershire 0; Lancashire 14 (Batting 2)
Umpires	JG Langridge, H Yarnold
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), J Pilston (Lancashire)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 30/3 (Gardner 7*, Palmer 2*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 8/2 (van Geloven 0*, Smith 0*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*A Wharton	c Julian b Palmer	37
DM Green	lbw b van Geloven	8
JD Bond	c Burch b Spencer	86
KJ Grieves	c Julian b Spencer	1
PT Marner	b Savage	20
A Bolton	b van Geloven	13
BJ Booth	b Palmer	41
KB Standring	b Spencer	4
+A Wilson	c van Geloven b Spencer	8
JB Statham	b van Geloven	9
K Higgs	not out	1
Extras	(10 b, 9 lb, 2 w)	21
Total	(all out, 96.2 overs)	249
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-64, 3-67, 4-98, 5-134, 6-221, 7-229, 8-232, 9-247, 10-249 (96.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	26	6	56	4	-	-
van Geloven	29.2	5	62	3	-	-
Palmer	15	3	39	2	-	-
Savage	18	4	54	1	-	-
Kirby	4	2	3	0	-	-
Smith	4	0	14	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	c Wilson b Statham	12
D Kirby	b Higgs	8
J van Geloven	c Wharton b Higgs	1
LR Gardner	c Marner b Higgs	15
*CH Palmer	b Standring	29
AC Revill	b Statham	2
GW Burch	not out	28
+R Julian	b Statham	2
RC Smith	c Marner b Green	6
CT Spencer	b Green	0
JS Savage	b Green	0
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 62.5 overs)	103
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-21, 3-22, 4-45, 5-50, 6-75, 7-81, 8-103, 9-103, 10-103 (62.5 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	20	5	34	3	-	-
Higgs	23	6	34	3	-	-
Booth	2	0	8	0	-	-
Standring	12	2	21	1	-	-
Green	5.5	1	6	3	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*A Wharton	c Julian b Spencer	1
DM Green	b Spencer	6
JD Bond	b van Geloven	0
KJ Grieves	c Spencer b van Geloven	12
PT Marner	b Spencer	19
A Bolton	c Burch b Kirby	96
BJ Booth	lbw b van Geloven	1
KB Standring	c and b Kirby	41
+A Wilson	b Kirby	0
JB Statham	c Spencer b Savage	18
K Higgs	not out	1
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	3
Total	(all out, 62.5 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-8, 3-8, 4-28, 5-48, 6-49, 7-150, 8-152, 9-187, 10-198 (62.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	19	1	67	3	-	-
van Geloven	13	2	37	3	-	-
Palmer	10	3	18	0	-	-
Savage	9.5	1	32	1	-	-
Kirby	9	2	23	3	-	-
Smith	2	0	18	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	b Statham	4
D Kirby	c Marner b Higgs	2
RC Smith	c Wilson b Statham	2
J van Geloven	c Marner b Higgs	22
LR Gardner	c Wilson b Statham	29
*CH Palmer	lbw b Booth	35
AC Revill	b Statham	19
GW Burch	lbw b Statham	0
+R Julian	c and b Booth	27
CT Spencer	not out	13
JS Savage	c Grieves b Booth	14
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 70 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-8, 3-14, 4-49, 5-96, 6-102, 7-105, 8-147, 9-147, 10-174 (70 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	22	7	58	5	-	-
Higgs	18	7	25	2	-	-
Booth	12	0	44	3	-	-
Standring	6	2	15	0	-	-
Green	8	6	7	0	-	-
Wharton	4	0	18	0	-	-

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Notes
--> A Bolton (2) passed his previous highest score of 34 in first-class matches
--> A Bolton (2) passed his previous highest score of 34 in County Championship matches
--> KB Standring (2) passed his previous highest score of 13 in County Championship matches
--> KB Standring (2) passed his previous highest score of 30 in first-class matches
--> J van Geloven (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 7
--> J van Geloven (2) passed 3000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 1
--> CH Palmer made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> CH Palmer made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> AC Revill (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 14
--> J van Geloven reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> DM Green achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 3-19)
--> K Higgs reached 150 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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