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f18076 cc8875	Yorkshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1948
Venue	Bramall Lane, Sheffield on 4th, 5th, 6th August 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 66 runs
Points	Yorkshire 0; Leicestershire 12
Umpires	TJ Bartley, CN Woolley
Close of play day 1	Yorkshire (1) 20/0 (Hutton 12*, Watson 8*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 89/3 (Tompkin 8*, Jackson 2*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	c Coxon b Wardle	26
GS Watson	st Brennan b Smailes	33
FT Prentice	lbw b Aspinall	32
M Tompkin	st Brennan b Halliday	64
VE Jackson	c Lester b Wardle	56
J Howard	c and b Wardle	0
WB Cornock	b Coxon	38
JE Walsh	c Coxon b Wardle	32
VS Munden	b Smailes	2
+P Corrall	c sub b Wardle	2
J Sperry	not out	4
Extras	(9 b, 2 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 117.2 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-60, 3-135, 4-196, 5-199, 6-224, 7-279, 8-281, 9-284, 10-300 (117.2 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Aspinall	19	2	54	1	-	-
Coxon	19.2	4	34	1	-	-
Wardle	44	12	125	5	-	-
Smailes	19	5	39	2	-	-
Halliday	11	5	28	1	-	-
Yardley	5	1	9	0	-	-

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Hutton	b Walsh	28
W Watson	st Corrall b Walsh	9
JV Wilson	c Corrall b Sperry	4
*NWD Yardley	c Jackson b Walsh	4
EI Lester	st Corrall b Walsh	4
A Coxon	b Jackson	11
TF Smailes	c Walsh b Sperry	60
R Aspinall	not out	60
H Halliday	b Sperry	0
JH Wardle	c Prentice b Sperry	10
+DV Brennan	c Corrall b Walsh	3
Extras	(10 b, 1 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 89.4 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-41, 3-45, 4-49, 5-49, 6-67, 7-152, 8-154, 9-178, 10-204 (89.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	29	6	60	4	-	-
Cornock	8	0	24	0	-	-
Walsh	33.4	6	90	5	-	-
Jackson	16	7	16	1	-	-
Munden	3	1	3	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	lbw b Aspinall	15
GS Watson	b Smailes	46
FT Prentice	lbw b Smailes	6
M Tompkin	b Aspinall	17
VE Jackson	c Brennan b Aspinall	4
J Howard	not out	24
WB Cornock	c Brennan b Smailes	9
JE Walsh	c Lester b Smailes	18
VS Munden	c and b Wardle	15
+P Corrall	c Watson b Wardle	0
J Sperry	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 6 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	16
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 83.2 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-58, 3-87, 4-96, 5-103, 6-117, 7-142, 8-165, 9-170 (83.2 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Aspinall	22	7	37	3	-	-
Coxon	13	5	20	0	-	-
Smailes	29	8	58	4	-	-
Yardley	3	0	10	0	-	-
Wardle	16.2	8	29	2	-	-

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Yorkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Hutton	not out	99
W Watson	c Howard b Sperry	20
*NWD Yardley	c Tompkin b Jackson	19
EI Lester	st Corrall b Walsh	11
R Aspinall	b Jackson	21
TF Smailes	c Cornock b Jackson	2
JV Wilson	c Prentice b Jackson	1
JH Wardle	run out	8
A Coxon	st Corrall b Walsh	3
+DV Brennan	c Jackson b Walsh	6
H Halliday	absent hurt
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 58.1 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-80, 3-98, 4-139, 5-143, 6-147, 7-161, 8-172, 9-200 (58.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	10	2	32	1	-	-
Cornock	6	1	18	0	-	-
Jackson	23	1	83	4	-	-
Walsh	19.1	2	57	3	-	-

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Notes
--> GL Berry (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 10
--> M Tompkin (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 58
--> M Tompkin (1) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 46
--> M Tompkin (1) passed 5500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 34
--> JE Walsh (1) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 11
--> L Hutton (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 10
--> J Sperry reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Yorkshire first innings
--> R Aspinall reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> JH Wardle reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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