f17494 cc8512	Northamptonshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1947
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 24th, 26th May 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 10 wickets
Points	Northamptonshire 0; Leicestershire 12
Umpires	GM Lee, A Mitchison
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 216/7 (Lester 19*, Walsh 13*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Brookes	b Sperry	2
CP Davis	st Corrall b Walsh	17
AL Cox	c Watson b Jackson	14
JE Timms	c Berry b Sperry	29
W Barron	c Watson b Lester	36
V Broderick	b Walsh	16
*AW Childs-Clarke	b Sperry	5
WT Nevell	c and b Walsh	7
CB Clarke	lbw b Walsh	8
+K Fiddling	b Walsh	14
EW Clark	not out	3
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 64.1 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-34, 3-42, 4-103, 5-103, 6-108, 7-126, 8-137, 9-144, 10-159 (64.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	14	2	27	3	-	-
Lester	16	5	29	1	-	-
Jackson	16	3	35	1	-	-
Walsh	18.1	3	60	5	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	c Fiddling b Clark	2
FT Prentice	c Fiddling b Nevell	6
GS Watson	b Cox	84
M Tompkin	b Broderick	21
VE Jackson	c Barron b Childs-Clarke	49
G Lester	c Fiddling b Clark	19
A Riddington	c Barron b Cox	0
TA Chapman	lbw b Clark	15
JE Walsh	c Fiddling b Nevell	30
+P Corrall	not out	10
J Sperry	c Brookes b Nevell	12
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	17
Total	(all out, 78 overs)	265
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-16, 3-48, 4-167, 5-167, 6-168, 7-198, 8-221, 9-245, 10-265 (78 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clark	22	3	60	3	-	-
Nevell	20	2	67	3	-	-
Clarke	9	1	37	0	-	-
Broderick	9	0	43	1	-	-
Cox	8	0	19	2	-	-
Childs-Clarke	7	2	15	1	-	-
Timms	3	1	7	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Brookes	c Jackson b Walsh	23
CP Davis	lbw b Walsh	34
AL Cox	lbw b Jackson	1
JE Timms	st Corrall b Walsh	32
W Barron	b Walsh	31
V Broderick	b Walsh	2
*AW Childs-Clarke	c Riddington b Walsh	7
WT Nevell	b Lester	0
CB Clarke	b Lester	18
+K Fiddling	b Lester	11
EW Clark	not out	7
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 65.4 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-59, 3-59, 4-120, 5-129, 6-134, 7-137, 8-147, 9-165, 10-178 (65.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	4	1	8	0	-	-
Lester	14.4	2	23	3	-	-
Jackson	16	6	29	1	-	-
Walsh	28	2	89	6	-	-
Riddington	3	0	17	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	not out	35
FT Prentice	not out	35
GS Watson	did not bat
M Tompkin	did not bat
VE Jackson	did not bat
G Lester	did not bat
A Riddington	did not bat
TA Chapman	did not bat
JE Walsh	did not bat
+P Corrall	did not bat
J Sperry	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(no wicket, 27 overs)	73

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clark	6	0	13	0	-	-
Nevell	6	0	18	0	-	-
Clarke	4	0	15	0	-	-
Broderick	4	0	13	0	-	-
Cox	3	2	3	0	-	-
Timms	4	0	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> GL Berry (2) passed 21000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 1
--> G Lester reached 100 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings
--> JE Walsh reached 250 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings

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