f18380 cc9027	Leicestershire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1949
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 2nd, 4th, 5th July 1949 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 100 runs
Points	Leicestershire 4; Middlesex 12
Umpires	WH Ashdown, E Robinson
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 134/2 (Berry 65*, Tompkin 31*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 6/1 (Sharp 3*, Edrich 0*)

---

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Walsh b Symington	37
HPH Sharp	lbw b Symington	31
WJ Edrich	st Corrall b Walsh	9
DCS Compton	run out	99
*FG Mann	b Walsh	5
AW Thompson	c Munden b Symington	65
RWV Robins	c Walsh b Jackson	16
+LH Compton	c and b Sperry	36
JM Sims	not out	30
JA Young	c Sperry b Jackson	0
LH Gray	b Jackson	0
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 83.1 overs)	333
Fall of wickets:
1-67, 2-70, 3-90, 4-110, 5-219, 6-255, 7-286, 8-324, 9-333, 10-333 (83.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	27	6	89	1	-	-
Symington	25	4	90	3	-	-
Walsh	19	0	109	2	-	-
Jackson	9.1	1	31	3	-	-
Munden	3	0	9	0	-	-

---

Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	b Sims	70
G Lester	b Sims	18
FT Prentice	c Edrich b DCS Compton	16
M Tompkin	c LH Compton b Gray	94
VE Jackson	b Gray	143
JE Walsh	c and b Robins	82
*SJ Symington	lbw b Robins	1
TA Chapman	b Sims	20
VS Munden	not out	12
+P Corrall	did not bat
J Sperry	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 12 lb, 2 nb)	19
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 141.2 overs)	475
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-79, 3-147, 4-253, 5-394, 6-396, 7-457, 8-475 (141.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edrich	14	3	32	0	-	-
Gray	27.2	4	66	2	-	-
Sims	41	8	139	3	-	-
DCS Compton	24	1	130	1	-	-
Young	23	8	47	0	-	-
Sharp	6	3	16	0	-	-
Robins	6	1	26	2	-	-

---

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Berry b Symington	3
HPH Sharp	st Corrall b Walsh	56
WJ Edrich	c Corrall b Jackson	113
DCS Compton	c Corrall b Sperry	8
*FG Mann	c Corrall b Sperry	0
AW Thompson	c Walsh b Sperry	0
RWV Robins	st Corrall b Lester	21
+LH Compton	st Corrall b Lester	5
JM Sims	b Walsh	61
JA Young	b Walsh	28
LH Gray	not out	5
Extras	(32 b, 1 lb)	33
Total	(all out, 92.4 overs)	333
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-135, 3-155, 4-155, 5-155, 6-210, 7-210, 8-215, 9-322, 10-333 (92.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	28	5	84	3	-	-
Symington	8	3	18	1	-	-
Walsh	14.4	1	62	3	-	-
Jackson	22	1	74	1	-	-
Lester	20	6	62	2	-	-

---

Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	lbw b Sims	25
*SJ Symington	b Sims	21
FT Prentice	lbw b Sims	12
M Tompkin	lbw b Young	17
VE Jackson	c Robertson b Young	3
JE Walsh	c Thompson b Sims	5
G Lester	c LH Compton b Young	6
TA Chapman	b Sims	2
VS Munden	st LH Compton b Sims	0
+P Corrall	not out	0
J Sperry	c LH Compton b Sims	0
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 27.3 overs)	91
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-52, 3-69, 4-77, 5-80, 6-86, 7-89, 8-91, 9-91, 10-91 (27.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	4	0	15	0	-	-
Edrich	3	0	13	0	-	-
Sims	10.3	0	38	7	-	-
DCS Compton	1	0	3	0	-	-
Young	9	2	22	3	-	-

---

Notes
--> DCS Compton (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 94
--> FT Prentice (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 16
--> VE Jackson (1) passed 5500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 38
--> JE Walsh (1) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 61
--> HPH Sharp (2) passed 1500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 43
--> RWV Robins (2) passed 13000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 4
--> JM Sims (2) passed 7500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 54
--> JM Sims reached 950 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> J Sperry reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex second innings
--> JA Young reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

---

 

 

 

 

This page was created by the CricketArchive Oracles