f17907 cc8741	Middlesex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1948
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 26th, 27th, 28th May 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Middlesex 0; Leicestershire 4
Umpires	D Davies, GM Lee
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (1) 71/3 (DCS Compton 35*, Mann 7*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	b Young	26
G Lester	lbw b Young	39
FT Prentice	lbw b Gray	0
M Tompkin	b Sims	42
VE Jackson	b Young	25
GS Watson	lbw b Edrich	27
WB Cornock	c Robertson b Gray	60
A Riddington	c LH Compton b Gray	56
JE Walsh	c DCS Compton b Young	23
+P Corrall	not out	2
J Sperry	c DCS Compton b Young	7
Extras	(7 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 107.3 overs)	323
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-43, 3-110, 4-126, 5-144, 6-202, 7-243, 8-307, 9-316, 10-323 (107.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edrich	21	2	69	1	-	-
Gray	22	4	54	3	-	-
Young	40.3	13	91	5	-	-
DCS Compton	8	1	36	0	-	-
Sims	10	4	28	1	-	-
Thompson	6	1	29	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	lbw b Walsh	23
HPH Sharp	c Cornock b Sperry	0
WJ Edrich	b Sperry	0
DCS Compton	c Corrall b Jackson	84
*FG Mann	st Corrall b Walsh	114			13	-
SM Brown	lbw b Walsh	0
AW Thompson	run out	3
+LH Compton	st Corrall b Walsh	2
JM Sims	b Jackson	1
JA Young	b Walsh	0
LH Gray	not out	0
Extras	(9 b, 10 lb)	19
Total	(all out, 73.4 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-3, 3-45, 4-167, 5-168, 6-177, 7-199, 8-202, 9-203, 10-246 (73.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	18	3	38	2	-	-
Cornock	5	0	27	0	-	-
Walsh	28.4	2	116	5	-	-
Jackson	22	8	46	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	st LH Compton b DCS Compton	62
G Lester	b DCS Compton	27
FT Prentice	not out	30
M Tompkin	not out	46
VE Jackson	did not bat
GS Watson	did not bat
WB Cornock	did not bat
A Riddington	did not bat
JE Walsh	did not bat
+P Corrall	did not bat
J Sperry	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 47 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-72, 2-117

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edrich	4	1	17	0	-	-
Gray	5	0	14	0	-	-
Sims	10	0	57	0	-	-
Young	12	4	27	0	-	-
DCS Compton	14	2	35	2	-	-
Thompson	2	0	15	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	not out	35
WJ Edrich	c Cornock b Sperry	11
DCS Compton	c and b Cornock	21
*FG Mann	not out	7
HPH Sharp	did not bat
SM Brown	did not bat
AW Thompson	did not bat
+LH Compton	did not bat
JM Sims	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
LH Gray	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 15 overs)	74
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-62

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	8	0	33	1	-	-
Cornock	7	0	41	1	-	-

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Notes
--> G Lester (1) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 32
--> WB Cornock (1) passed his previous highest score of 59 in first-class matches
--> WB Cornock (1) passed his previous highest score of 59 in County Championship matches
--> FG Mann (1) passed his previous highest score of 106 in County Championship matches
--> J Sperry reached 250 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> JE Walsh reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Middlesex first innings

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