f18498 cc9128	Worcestershire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1949
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 20th, 22nd, 23rd August 1949 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Worcestershire 0; Leicestershire 4
Umpires	WH Ashdown, HG Baldwin
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 351/8 (Howorth 3*, Yarnold 8*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 380/4 (Jackson 115*, Chapman 31*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Cooper	run out	65
D Kenyon	b Sperry	0
LF Outschoorn	c Riddington b Sperry	0
CH Palmer	st Corrall b Walsh	56
MLY Ainsworth	b Walsh	13
RE Bird	run out	1
*RES Wyatt	lbw b Sperry	112			13	-
RO Jenkins	c Corrall b Evans	80
R Howorth	not out	3
+H Yarnold	not out	8
RTD Perks	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 8 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 140 overs)	351
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-1, 3-106, 4-135, 5-136, 6-140, 7-330, 8-340

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	38	14	74	3	-	-
Evans	24	6	63	1	-	-
Lester	17	5	50	0	-	-
Walsh	30	7	85	2	-	-
Jackson	12	3	40	0	-	-
Riddington	19	7	26	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Bird b Jenkins	57
G Lester	c Yarnold b Jenkins	22
M Tompkin	c and b Jenkins	105
VE Jackson	c Howorth b Palmer	115
A Riddington	c Jenkins b Howorth	36
TA Chapman	b Palmer	38
*G Evans	lbw b Jenkins	10
VS Munden	not out	8
JE Walsh	c Yarnold b Palmer	8
+P Corrall	c Yarnold b Howorth	1
J Sperry	c Yarnold b Howorth	10
Extras	(4 b, 13 lb)	17
Total	(all out, 155 overs)	427
Fall of wickets:
1-61, 2-103, 3-232, 4-303, 5-380, 6-399, 7-399, 8-410, 9-417, 10-427 (155 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	21	3	77	0	-	-
Palmer	47	20	82	3	-	-
Jenkins	51	10	175	4	-	-
Howorth	33	12	62	3	-	-
Wyatt	2	0	3	0	-	-
Bird	1	0	11	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Cooper	not out	28
D Kenyon	lbw b Walsh	38
LF Outschoorn	b Walsh	1
CH Palmer	did not bat
MLY Ainsworth	did not bat
RE Bird	did not bat
*RES Wyatt	did not bat
RO Jenkins	did not bat
R Howorth	did not bat
+H Yarnold	did not bat
RTD Perks	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 1 w)	10
Total	(2 wickets, 26.3 overs)	77
Fall of wickets:
1-75, 2-77 (26.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	6	0	27	0	-	-
Evans	5	2	12	0	-	-
Jackson	8	2	12	0	-	-
Walsh	7.3	2	16	2	-	-

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Notes
--> RE Bird (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 1
--> RO Jenkins (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 29
--> D Kenyon (2) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 26
--> RO Jenkins reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> JE Walsh reached 600 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire second innings

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