f20027 cc9922	Leicestershire v Sussex
	County Championship 1953
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 6th, 8th, 9th June 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by 8 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 4; Sussex 12
Umpires	TJ Bartley, E Cooke
Scorers	W Goodenough (Leicestershire), GW Washer (Sussex)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 371/8 (Firth 3*, Spencer 3*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 103/2 (Tompkin 36*, Palmer 37*)

---

Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Sheppard b Oakman	20
GA Smithson	lbw b James	28
M Tompkin	c Sheppard b Cox	150
*CH Palmer	lbw b Oakman	22
VE Jackson	c Langridge b Wood	46
VS Munden	b Wood	24
MR Hallam	lbw b Oakes	47
JE Walsh	run out	15
+J Firth	not out	3
CT Spencer	not out	3
TJ Goodwin	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 8 lb)	13
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 141 overs)	371
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-51, 3-90, 4-219, 5-263, 6-314, 7-357, 8-368

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wood	24	8	53	2	-	-
Thomson	21	6	59	0	-	-
Oakman	41	9	106	2	-	-
James	28	8	63	1	-	-
Parks	1	0	8	0	-	-
Oakes	8	2	21	1	-	-
Cox	18	4	48	1	-	-

---

Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DS Sheppard	c and b Walsh	48
JG Langridge	c Lester b Walsh	46
G Cox	c Lester b Walsh	0
C Oakes	lbw b Walsh	8
JM Parks	b Goodwin	53
KG Suttle	c Tompkin b Spencer	24
ASM Oakman	b Spencer	2
NI Thomson	c Hallam b Spencer	22
AE James	lbw b Spencer	1
DJ Wood	b Walsh	16
+RT Webb	not out	18
Extras	(9 b, 6 lb, 9 nb)	24
Total	(all out, 95.4 overs)	262
Fall of wickets:
1-97, 2-97, 3-107, 4-114, 5-165, 6-171, 7-203, 8-212, 9-229, 10-262 (95.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	22	4	58	4	-	-
Goodwin	13	2	35	1	-	-
Jackson	24	11	57	0	-	-
Walsh	34.4	5	88	5	-	-
Munden	2	2	0	0	-	-

---

Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	lbw b Thomson	12
GA Smithson	b Thomson	18
M Tompkin	c Suttle b Oakman	69
*CH Palmer	st Webb b James	79
VE Jackson	c James b Oakman	16
VS Munden	not out	26
MR Hallam	b James	9
JE Walsh	not out	7
+J Firth	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
TJ Goodwin	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 66 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-30, 3-158, 4-190, 5-195, 6-227

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wood	11	1	34	0	-	-
Thomson	16	4	51	2	-	-
Oakman	18	0	80	2	-	-
James	17	4	60	2	-	-
Cox	4	1	11	0	-	-

---

Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DS Sheppard	not out	186
JG Langridge	st Firth b Munden	65
G Cox	c and b Munden	36
C Oakes	not out	48
JM Parks	did not bat
KG Suttle	did not bat
ASM Oakman	did not bat
NI Thomson	did not bat
AE James	did not bat
DJ Wood	did not bat
+RT Webb	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb, 3 nb)	11
Total	(2 wickets, 75.1 overs)	346
Fall of wickets:
1-153, 2-238

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	13	1	70	0	-	-
Goodwin	12.1	0	51	0	-	-
Jackson	4	0	28	0	-	-
Walsh	10	1	40	0	-	-
Munden	21	0	88	2	-	-
Palmer	15	0	58	0	-	-

---

Notes
--> M Tompkin (1) passed 12000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 146
--> M Tompkin (1) passed 13500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 69

---

 

 

 

 

This page was created by the CricketArchive Oracles