f17672 cc8653	Leicestershire v Yorkshire
	County Championship 1947
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 6th, 7th, 8th August 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Yorkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Yorkshire won by an innings and 4 runs
Points	Leicestershire 0; Yorkshire 12
Umpires	E Cooke, CN Woolley
Close of play day 1	Yorkshire (1) 470/6 (Smailes 3*, Coxon 3*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 294/5 (Prentice 25*, Lester 39*)

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Hutton	c Walsh b Prentice	137
W Watson	b Walsh	22
GA Smithson	c and b Riddington	169
NWD Yardley	c Walsh b Jackson	100
EI Lester	lbw b Riddington	0
*AB Sellers	c Corrall b Sperry	26
TF Smailes	c and b Sperry	19
A Coxon	c Corrall b Jackson	3
R Aspinall	c Berry b Sperry	12
+DV Brennan	not out	15
JH Wardle	not out	28
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	10
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 144 overs)	541
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-252, 3-399, 4-399, 5-464, 6-464, 7-471, 8-487, 9-500

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	33	3	121	3	-	-
Riddington	25	4	75	2	-	-
Walsh	31	2	128	1	-	-
Jackson	32	2	108	2	-	-
Lester	15	0	63	0	-	-
Prentice	8	1	36	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	c and b Wardle	29
A Riddington	c and b Wardle	42
GS Watson	c Coxon b Wardle	43
M Tompkin	c Brennan b Coxon	48
VE Jackson	lbw b Coxon	61
FT Prentice	lbw b Wardle	43
G Lester	c and b Wardle	50
LD Thursting	b Smailes	0
JE Walsh	run out	4
+P Corrall	b Smailes	8
J Sperry	not out	4
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 128.3 overs)	344
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-97, 3-132, 4-217, 5-234, 6-319, 7-320, 8-326, 9-328, 10-344 (128.3 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Aspinall	23	4	70	0	-	-
Coxon	30	5	76	2	-	-
Wardle	49	21	107	5	-	-
Smailes	21.3	6	48	2	-	-
Hutton	3	0	27	0	-	-
Lester	2	1	4	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	lbw b Wardle	22
A Riddington	c Sellers b Aspinall	0
GS Watson	c and b Coxon	19
M Tompkin	c Smailes b Coxon	19
VE Jackson	c Wardle b Smailes	56
FT Prentice	c Brennan b Aspinall	24
G Lester	not out	24
LD Thursting	c Aspinall b Coxon	9
JE Walsh	c Hutton b Aspinall	2
+P Corrall	c Coxon b Wardle	4
J Sperry	b Wardle	0
Extras	(3 b, 8 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 79.2 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-24, 3-57, 4-73, 5-120, 6-163, 7-175, 8-180, 9-191, 10-193 (79.2 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Aspinall	20	2	56	3	-	-
Coxon	24	5	53	3	-	-
Wardle	21.2	10	38	3	-	-
Smailes	12	2	25	1	-	-
Hutton	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GA Smithson (1) passed his previous highest score of 107 in first-class matches
--> GA Smithson (1) passed his previous highest score of 107 in County Championship matches
--> M Tompkin (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 17
--> G Lester (1) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 6
--> A Coxon reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> R Aspinall achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Leicestershire second innings (previous best was 2-52)
--> JH Wardle reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> JH Wardle reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> R Aspinall achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire second innings (previous best was 2-52)

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