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109-9 & 180-9 Series badge Won toss. Elected to batAUS
443-8d AUS flag
Overs: 63.5 RR: 2.82 vs spin: 2.48
vs seam: 3.35
 Overs: 122.0 RR: 3.63 vs spin: 4.80
vs seam: 2.93
Sat 02/05/53 Leicestershire v Australians at Leicester, Fischer County Ground, Grace Road, Leicester
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by an innings and 154 runs
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Australia - 1st Inns 443-8 (122.0; RR: 3.63)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CC McDonald b Walsh 20 0 0 0
GB Hole b Goodwin 11 0 0 0
AL Hassett b Palmer 18 0 0 0
RN Harvey not out 202 0 0 0
KR Miller run out 42 0 0 0
ID Craig b Spencer 23 0 0 0
RG Archer b Goodwin 9 0 0 0
AK Davidson b Lester 63 0 0 0
D Tallon c Smithson b Munden 11 0 0 0
DT Ring not out 28 0 0 0
JC Hill  
Extras (4b, 5lb, 4w, 3nb) 16  
TOTAL 443-8 (122.0 overs; RR: 3.63)

Fall of wickets

20-1 (0.0 ov), 48-2 (0.0 ov), 56-3 (0.0 ov), 154-4 (0.0 ov), 204-5 (0.0 ov), 222-6 (0.0 ov), 339-7 (0.0 ov), 387-8 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
CT Spencer 21.0 3 72 1 3.43 0 0
TJ Goodwin 23.0 5 72 2 3.13 0 0
CH Palmer 17.0 7 35 1 2.06 0 0
JE Walsh 22.0 4 102 1 4.64 0 0
VE Jackson 26.0 7 80 0 3.08 0 0
VS Munden 9.0 0 41 1 4.56 0 0
G Lester 4.0 1 25 1 6.25 0 0

Leicestershire - 1st Inns 109-9 (43.0; RR: 2.53)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GA Smithson b Davidson 9 0 0 0
G Lester lbw b Davidson 2 0 0 0
M Tompkin c Hill b Archer 5 0 0 0
CH Palmer run out 26 0 0 0
VE Jackson c Harvey b Ring 11 0 0 0
VS Munden c Hole b Ring 0 0 0 0
JE Walsh not out 23 0 0 0
LA Spence lbw b Hill 1 0 0 0
CT Spencer st Tallon b Ring 30 0 0 0
TJ Goodwin c Davidson b Ring 2 0 0 0
J Firth  
Extras (0b, 0lb, 0w, 0nb) 0  
TOTAL 109-9 (43.0 overs; RR: 2.53)

Fall of wickets

10-1 (0.0 ov), 15-2 (0.0 ov), 23-3 (0.0 ov), 53-4 (0.0 ov), 53-5 (0.0 ov), 53-6 (0.0 ov), 54-7 (0.0 ov), 107-8 (0.0 ov), 109-9 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AK Davidson 10.0 2 23 2 2.30 0 0
RG Archer 8.0 3 12 1 1.50 0 0
KR Miller 5.0 1 9 0 1.80 0 0
DT Ring 12.0 3 57 4 4.75 0 0
JC Hill 8.0 5 8 1 1.00 0 0

Leicestershire - 2nd Inns 180-9 (63.5; RR: 2.82)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GA Smithson c Tallon b Hill 30 0 0 0
G Lester c Harvey b Ring 19 0 0 0
M Tompkin b Hill 4 0 0 0
CH Palmer not out 62 0 0 0
VE Jackson b Hill 0 0 0 0
VS Munden lbw b Hill 4 0 0 0
JE Walsh c Hill b Ring 33 0 0 0
LA Spence c Tallon b Ring 8 0 0 0
CT Spencer c Davidson b Ring 13 0 0 0
TJ Goodwin c Harvey b Ring 0 0 0 0
J Firth  
Extras (5b, 1lb, 1w, 0nb) 7  
TOTAL 180-9 (63.5 overs; RR: 2.82)

Fall of wickets

50-1 (0.0 ov), 54-2 (0.0 ov), 54-3 (0.0 ov), 54-4 (0.0 ov), 62-5 (0.0 ov), 125-6 (0.0 ov), 143-7 (0.0 ov), 179-8 (0.0 ov), 180-9 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AK Davidson 9.0 2 35 0 3.89 0 0
RG Archer 8.0 2 22 0 2.75 0 0
DT Ring 22.5 6 66 5 3.00 0 0
JC Hill 23.0 10 46 4 2.00 0 0
GB Hole 1.0 0 4 0 4.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

Leicestershire v Australians at Leicester

Date

Saturday May 2, 1953

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Fischer County Ground, Grace Road, Leicester

Umpires

JS Buller, F Chester

Leicestershire Team

Playing XI

GA Smithson, CH Palmer, VE Jackson, JE Walsh, J Firth, TJ Goodwin, G Lester, VS Munden, LA Spence, CT Spencer, M Tompkin

Australia Team

Playing XI

AL Hassett, KR Miller, D Tallon, RN Harvey, DT Ring, GB Hole, CC McDonald, RG Archer, ID Craig, AK Davidson, JC Hill