f16631 cc8180	Leicestershire v Hampshire
	County Championship 1939
Venue	Aylestone Road, Leicester on 22nd, 24th, 25th July 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Hampshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 4 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 12; Hampshire 4
Umpires	G Beet, GM Lee
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 28/1 (Dempster 16*, Armstrong 0*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 117/6 (Armstrong 51*, Dawkes 4*)

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Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+NT McCorkell	c Watson b Palmer	3
J Bailey	b Sperry	2
JP Blake	c Dawkes b Palmer	3
J Arnold	c Dawkes b Palmer	44
DF Walker	run out	4
AE Pothecary	c Packe b Prentice	67
PA MacKenzie	c Dawkes b Sperry	14
*GR Taylor	b Prentice	26
GS Boyes	not out	16
RCL Court	lbw b Prentice	0
GEM Heath	c Dawkes b Sperry	0
Extras	(9 b, 5 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 66.4 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-8, 3-12, 4-25, 5-101, 6-134, 7-170, 8-192, 9-192, 10-193 (66.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	19.4	2	52	3	-	-
Palmer	17	7	42	3	-	-
Smith	14	4	43	0	-	-
Prentice	16	3	42	3	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CS Dempster	b Boyes	38
GL Berry	c Taylor b Heath	6
NF Armstrong	not out	71
FT Prentice	c Boyes b Bailey	4
GS Watson	c Walker b Bailey	3
MS Packe	b Boyes	1
M Tompkin	b Bailey	4
+GO Dawkes	b Bailey	6
GH Palmer	b Bailey	1
HA Smith	c Arnold b Boyes	8
J Sperry	c Blake b Bailey	8
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 70.7 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-71, 3-89, 4-93, 5-98, 6-113, 7-121, 8-131, 9-140, 10-157 (70.7 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Heath	14	4	25	1	-	-
Bailey	29.7	6	72	6	-	-
Court	2	0	8	0	-	-
Boyes	25	7	45	3	-	-

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Hampshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+NT McCorkell	c Sperry b Smith	22
GS Boyes	b Sperry	0
JP Blake	c Packe b Sperry	14
J Arnold	c Tompkin b Sperry	12
DF Walker	b Sperry	8
AE Pothecary	c Dawkes b Sperry	0
RCL Court	b Sperry	0
J Bailey	b Smith	11
PA MacKenzie	b Sperry	9
*GR Taylor	not out	0
GEM Heath	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb)	3
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 33.1 overs)	79
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-35, 3-37, 4-54, 5-54, 6-54, 7-59, 8-79, 9-79 (33.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	14.1	6	19	7	-	-
Palmer	1	0	10	0	-	-
Smith	13	2	33	2	-	-
Prentice	5	0	14	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CS Dempster	c Court b Boyes	10
GL Berry	lbw b Bailey	22
GS Watson	c and b Bailey	2
MS Packe	b Boyes	8
M Tompkin	b Boyes	39
+GO Dawkes	c Court b Boyes	5
NF Armstrong	not out	18
FT Prentice	not out	3
GH Palmer	did not bat
HA Smith	did not bat
J Sperry	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb)	9
Total	(6 wickets, 24.7 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-24, 3-47, 4-49, 5-61, 6-111

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Heath	1	0	7	0	-	-
Bailey	12	0	40	2	-	-
Boyes	11.7	1	60	4	-	-

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Notes
--> NF Armstrong (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 5
--> J Sperry achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Hampshire second innings (previous best was 5-46)
--> J Sperry reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 7th wicket in the Hampshire second innings
--> J Sperry achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Hampshire second innings (previous best was 5-46)
--> J Bailey reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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