f16113 cc7827	Leicestershire v Warwickshire
	County Championship 1938
Venue	Aylestone Road, Leicester on 21st, 23rd, 24th May 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Warwickshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 4 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 12; Warwickshire 0
Umpires	G Beet, D Hendren
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 167/5 (Cherrington 4*, Geary 4*)
Close of play day 2	Warwickshire (2) 153/2 (Croom 76*, Ord 40*)

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJW Croom	b Flamson	4
FR Santall	lbw b Smith	16
RES Wyatt	lbw b Geary	43
JS Ord	c Berry b Flamson	5
HE Dollery	b Geary	2
+J Buckingham	lbw b Flamson	4
*P Cranmer	b Geary	3
GAE Paine	lbw b Flamson	19
K Wilmot	b Smith	3
JH Mayer	b Flamson	10
WE Hollies	not out	2
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 53 overs)	112
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-22, 3-48, 4-57, 5-62, 6-65, 7-84, 8-87, 9-109, 10-112 (53 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flamson	23	6	33	5	-	-
Smith	12	3	42	2	-	-
Geary	18	3	36	3	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Ord b Mayer	55
FT Prentice	c Croom b Wilmot	9
NF Armstrong	c Buckingham b Mayer	69
*CS Dempster	c Mayer b Wilmot	21
GS Watson	lbw b Wilmot	2
PR Cherrington	c and b Paine	8
G Geary	not out	116
HA Smith	c Croom b Mayer	29
+GO Dawkes	c Mayer b Hollies	16
G Lester	c Mayer b Hollies	10
WH Flamson	lbw b Paine	4
Extras	(10 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 140.5 overs)	349
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-90, 3-138, 4-150, 5-163, 6-198, 7-247, 8-287, 9-330, 10-349 (140.5 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mayer	28	1	97	3	-	-
Wilmot	29	7	69	3	-	-
Santall	5	2	11	0	-	-
Paine	44.5	19	71	2	-	-
Hollies	33	8	91	2	-	-
Wyatt	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJW Croom	lbw b Smith	88
FR Santall	b Flamson	13
RES Wyatt	c Geary b Smith	18
JS Ord	c Armstrong b Geary	49
HE Dollery	not out	127
*P Cranmer	c Smith b Flamson	32
+J Buckingham	lbw b Armstrong	33
GAE Paine	lbw b Smith	15
K Wilmot	b Armstrong	3
JH Mayer	not out	2
WE Hollies	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 4 lb)	15
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 140 overs)	395
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-62, 3-170, 4-181, 5-230, 6-289, 7-328, 8-346

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flamson	34	8	108	2	-	-
Smith	37	7	108	3	-	-
Geary	35	9	67	1	-	-
Lester	12	1	33	0	-	-
Prentice	12	3	44	0	-	-
Armstrong	10	2	20	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c and b Wilmot	26
*CS Dempster	lbw b Paine	20
FT Prentice	lbw b Paine	30
GS Watson	b Mayer	37
NF Armstrong	b Paine	11
PR Cherrington	b Mayer	0
G Geary	not out	19
HA Smith	not out	16
+GO Dawkes	did not bat
G Lester	did not bat
WH Flamson	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(6 wickets, 37.3 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-52, 3-95, 4-121, 5-124, 6-125

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mayer	12	0	46	2	-	-
Wilmot	6	0	27	1	-	-
Paine	12.3	3	53	3	-	-
Hollies	7	1	33	0	-	-

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Notes
--> HA Smith (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> AJW Croom (2) passed 15000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 66
--> HE Dollery (2) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 97
--> HA Smith reached 850 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Warwickshire second innings

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Leicestershire's first victory at Leicester since August 1935.
G Geary's first championship hundred since 1929, 116*, eleven 4's, 240 minutes.
HE Dollery 127* in 215 minutes, twelve 4's.

 

 

 

 

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