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LEI flag LEIWon toss. Elected to bowl
305-5d & 65-2 Series badge IRL
259 & 108-9 IRL flag
Overs: 25.3 RR: 2.55 vs spin: 2.15
vs seam: 1.43
 Overs: 67.1 RR: 1.61 vs spin: 1.83
vs seam: 0.88
Wed 12/08/59 Leicestershire v Ireland at Leicester, Fischer County Ground, Grace Road, Leicester
LEICESTERSHIRE WIN Leicestershire won by 8 wickets
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Ireland - 1st Inns 259 (123.4; RR: 2.09)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SF Bergin c Burch b Kirby 31 0 0 0
KJ Quinn c Revill b Spencer 6 0 0 0
H Martin lbw b Savage 61 0 0 0
MH Stevenson b Savage 80 0 0 0
PA Neville c Julian b van Geloven 20 0 0 0
AJ O'Riordan c van Geloven b Spencer 4 0 0 0
WR Hunter c Revill b Savage 6 0 0 0
AJ Finlay c Spencer b Savage 20 0 0 0
KW Hope c Gardner b Savage 6 0 0 0
F Fee c & b Savage 7 0 0 0
OD Colhoun not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (9b, 6lb, 0w, 3nb) 18  
TOTAL 259 all out (123.4 overs; RR: 2.09)

Fall of wickets

7-1 (0.0 ov), 98-2 (0.0 ov), 104-3 (0.0 ov), 163-4 (0.0 ov), 168-5 (0.0 ov), 201-6 (0.0 ov), 222-7 (0.0 ov), 249-8 (0.0 ov), 251-9 (0.0 ov), 259-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
CT Spencer 28.0 17 25 2 0.89 0 0
J van Geloven 25.0 12 47 1 1.88 0 0
JS Savage 30.4 10 84 6 2.80 0 0
RC Smith 30.0 13 54 0 1.80 0 0
D Kirby 10.0 2 31 1 3.10 0 0

Leicestershire - 1st Inns 305-5 (94.2; RR: 3.23)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
W Watson c Finlay b Hope 106 0 0 0
D Kirby c Neville b Fee 26 0 0 0
J van Geloven b O'Riordan 11 0 0 0
LR Gardner c Hunter b Fee 91 0 0 0
AC Revill c Hope b Fee 57 0 0 0
B Cromack not out 1 0 0 0
R Julian  
RC Smith  
CT Spencer  
JS Savage  
GW Burch  
Extras (12b, 1lb, 0w, 0nb) 13  
TOTAL 305-5 (94.2 overs; RR: 3.23)

Fall of wickets

63-1 (0.0 ov), 116-2 (0.0 ov), 181-3 (0.0 ov), 287-4 (0.0 ov), 305-5 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AJ O'Riordan 29.0 6 112 1 3.86 0 0
WR Hunter 13.0 3 44 0 3.38 0 0
KW Hope 19.0 6 44 1 2.32 0 0
F Fee 31.2 6 78 3 2.52 0 0
KJ Quinn 2.0 0 14 0 7.00 0 0

Ireland - 2nd Inns 108-9 (67.1; RR: 1.61)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SF Bergin c Spencer b Smith 23 0 0 0
KJ Quinn c Gardner b Spencer 5 0 0 0
H Martin c Revill b Savage 21 0 0 0
PA Neville c van Geloven b Kirby 34 0 0 0
MH Stevenson b Savage 0 0 0 0
AJ O'Riordan  
WR Hunter c Revill b Kirby 0 0 0 0
AJ Finlay b van Geloven 1 0 0 0
KW Hope c Revill b Kirby 8 0 0 0
F Fee b Kirby 0 0 0 0
OD Colhoun not out 4 0 0 0
Extras (6b, 0lb, 0w, 2nb) 8  
TOTAL 108-9 (67.1 overs; RR: 1.61)

Fall of wickets

6-1 (0.0 ov), 32-2 (0.0 ov), 85-3 (0.0 ov), 85-4 (0.0 ov), 95-5 (0.0 ov), 96-6 (0.0 ov), 104-7 (0.0 ov), 104-8 (0.0 ov), 108-9 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
CT Spencer 17.0 10 15 1 0.88 0 0
J van Geloven 7.0 4 6 1 0.86 0 0
JS Savage 19.0 13 17 2 0.89 0 0
RC Smith 12.1 5 29 1 2.42 0 0
D Kirby 12.0 2 33 4 2.75 0 0

Leicestershire - 2nd Inns 65-2 (25.3; RR: 2.55)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
D Kirby c Bergin b Fee 21 0 0 0
B Cromack c Martin b Fee 21 0 0 0
J van Geloven not out 16 0 0 0
LR Gardner not out 7 0 0 0
W Watson  
AC Revill  
R Julian  
RC Smith  
CT Spencer  
JS Savage  
GW Burch  
Extras (0b, 0lb, 0w, 0nb) 0  
TOTAL 65-2 (25.3 overs; RR: 2.55)

Fall of wickets

38-1 (0.0 ov), 42-2 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WR Hunter 7.0 3 10 0 1.43 0 0
KW Hope 6.3 1 14 0 2.33 0 0
F Fee 12.0 3 41 2 3.42 0 0

Match Info

Match

Leicestershire v Ireland at Leicester

Date

Wednesday August 12, 1959

Toss

Leicestershire won the toss and elected to field

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Fischer County Ground, Grace Road, Leicester

Umpires

P Corrall, A Skelding

Leicestershire Team

Playing XI

W Watson, R Julian, GW Burch, B Cromack, LR Gardner, D Kirby, AC Revill, JS Savage, RC Smith, CT Spencer, J van Geloven

Ireland Team

Playing XI

SF Bergin, OD Colhoun, F Fee, AJ Finlay, KW Hope, WR Hunter, H Martin, PA Neville, AJ O'Riordan, KJ Quinn, MH Stevenson