f15807 cc7663	Worcestershire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1937
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 26th, 28th, 29th June 1937 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Worcestershire 3; Leicestershire 5
Umpires	A Dolphin, EJ Smith
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 44/1 (Berry 19*, Armstrong 25*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 16/1 (Bull 8*, Cooper 2*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CH Bull	c Corrall b Geary	63
FB Warne	c Corrall b Smith	26
E Cooper	c Corrall b Geary	8
HHIH Gibbons	c Smith b Astill	63
SH Martin	c Flamson b Smith	13
J Horton	b Smith	13
*BW Quaife	c Corrall b Astill	19
R Howorth	c Geary b Astill	56
+JS Buller	not out	25
RTD Perks	c Armstrong b Astill	30
PF Jackson	c Berry b Flamson	8
Extras	(17 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	23
Total	(all out, 114.5 overs)	347
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-62, 3-167, 4-167, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-347 (114.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	27	2	88	3	-	-
Flamson	26.5	6	74	1	-	-
Geary	34	9	80	2	-	-
Prentice	6	0	27	0	-	-
Astill	21	7	55	4	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Buller b Martin	62
FT Prentice	lbw b Perks	0
NF Armstrong	c Horton b Martin	55
HC Graham	c Horton b Jackson	12
GS Watson	c Quaife b Howorth	33
H Riley	c Cooper b Martin	28
G Geary	b Jackson	6
*WE Astill	c Horton b Jackson	84
HA Smith	not out	100
+P Corrall	c Jackson b Martin	4
WH Flamson	c Bull b Howorth	3
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 136.4 overs)	393
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-93, 3-126, 4-171, 5-174, 6-?, 7-239, 8-359, 9-?, 10-393 (136.4 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	27	2	81	1	-	-
Martin	33	5	84	4	-	-
Howorth	31.4	7	82	2	-	-
Warne	14	1	61	0	-	-
Jackson	31	6	79	3	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CH Bull	not out	101
FB Warne	c Riley b Smith	6
E Cooper	c Geary b Smith	30
HHIH Gibbons	c Corrall b Geary	3
SH Martin	not out	39
J Horton	did not bat
*BW Quaife	did not bat
R Howorth	did not bat
+JS Buller	did not bat
RTD Perks	did not bat
PF Jackson	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 w)	6
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 73 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-82, 3-?

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	18	4	38	2	-	-
Flamson	24	6	80	0	-	-
Geary	18	5	35	1	-	-
Prentice	11	3	23	0	-	-
Riley	2	0	3	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	not out	11
FT Prentice	c Buller b Perks	4
NF Armstrong	b Perks	0
HC Graham	not out	5
GS Watson	did not bat
H Riley	did not bat
G Geary	did not bat
*WE Astill	did not bat
HA Smith	did not bat
+P Corrall	did not bat
WH Flamson	did not bat
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(2 wickets, 11 overs)	24
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	5	2	4	2	-	-
Martin	3	1	7	0	-	-
Howorth	1	1	0	0	-	-
Jackson	2	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> HHIH Gibbons (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 8
--> GL Berry (1) passed 16000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 21
--> HA Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 65 in first-class matches
--> HA Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 65 in County Championship matches
--> CH Bull (2) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 79
--> FT Prentice (2) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 4
--> HA Smith reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> WE Astill reached 2000 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> SH Martin reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> HA Smith reached 850 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire second innings
--> HA Smith reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire second innings
--> RTD Perks reached 700 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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