f16679 cc8222	Hampshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1939
Venue	County Ground, Southampton on 12th, 14th, 15th August 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Hampshire won by 177 runs
Points	Hampshire 12; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	D Hendren, JJ Hills
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 55/2 (Berry 16*, Watson 1*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 11/0 (Lester 1*, Berry 10*)

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Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+NT McCorkell	b Sperry	14
J Bailey	c West b Drake	13
RB Proud	c Watson b West	6
J Arnold	c Tompkin b Lester	82
WCL Creese	b West	7
DF Walker	lbw b Lester	44
AE Pothecary	c Dawkes b Sperry	21
GS Boyes	not out	59
*AEG Baring	b Sperry	2
CJ Knott	c Armstrong b Sperry	9
GEM Heath	c Dawkes b Sperry	12
Extras	(14 b, 2 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 80.4 overs)	285
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-32, 3-60, 4-84, 5-168, 6-175, 7-212, 8-222, 9-232, 10-285 (80.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	24.4	1	83	5	-	-
Drake	22	2	77	1	-	-
Astill	6	0	23	0	-	-
West	15	3	46	2	-	-
Lester	13	1	40	2	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Creese b Knott	17
GL Berry	b Bailey	16
NF Armstrong	b Heath	17
GS Watson	c McCorkell b Boyes	37
M Tompkin	lbw b Boyes	53
GF Knew	c Walker b Boyes	1
+GO Dawkes	b Baring	8
AR West	c McCorkell b Baring	0
*WE Astill	not out	6
CH Drake	b Heath	13
J Sperry	run out	7
Extras	(5 b, 9 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 55.6 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-50, 3-58, 4-134, 5-146, 6-155, 7-157, 8-165, 9-181, 10-189 (55.6 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Baring	16	2	52	2	-	-
Heath	12	2	44	2	-	-
Knott	12.6	2	46	1	-	-
Bailey	5	0	20	1	-	-
Boyes	10	4	13	3	-	-

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Hampshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+NT McCorkell	c Dawkes b Lester	24
J Bailey	c Tompkin b Drake	44
DF Walker	lbw b Lester	66
J Arnold	c Watson b Drake	5
WCL Creese	lbw b Lester	30
RB Proud	b Lester	8
AE Pothecary	not out	23
GS Boyes	c Knew b Sperry	26
*AEG Baring	did not bat
CJ Knott	did not bat
GEM Heath	did not bat
Extras	(16 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	19
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 67.5 overs)	245
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-101, 3-116, 4-176, 5-183, 6-198, 7-245 (67.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	21.5	1	51	1	-	-
Drake	15	0	84	2	-	-
Astill	5	1	22	0	-	-
West	11	3	29	0	-	-
Lester	11	2	28	4	-	-
Knew	4	0	12	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Creese b Baring	2
GL Berry	c Walker b Knott	14
NF Armstrong	not out	72
GS Watson	lbw b Knott	1
M Tompkin	c Walker b Knott	13
GF Knew	b Heath	1
+GO Dawkes	c Creese b Bailey	19
*WE Astill	b Bailey	0
AR West	lbw b Boyes	22
CH Drake	lbw b Baring	2
J Sperry	c McCorkell b Knott	17
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(all out, 41.2 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-17, 3-23, 4-53, 5-54, 6-88, 7-88, 8-128, 9-131, 10-164 (41.2 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Baring	14	3	55	2	-	-
Heath	5	0	31	1	-	-
Knott	12.2	1	44	4	-	-
Bailey	7	1	17	2	-	-
Boyes	3	0	16	1	-	-

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Notes
--> J Arnold (1) passed 14500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 42
--> G Lester (1) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 14
--> AR West made his debut in County Championship matches
--> J Bailey (2) passed 4500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 27
--> GS Boyes (2) passed 8000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 25
--> NF Armstrong (2) passed 17000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 52
--> J Sperry (2) passed his previous highest score of 16 in first-class matches
--> J Sperry (2) passed his previous highest score of 16 in County Championship matches
--> GEM Heath reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> G Lester reached 50 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Hampshire second innings
--> CJ Knott reached 50 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> CJ Knott reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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