f16300 cc7982	Worcestershire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1938
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 6th, 8th, 9th August 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	D Hendren, FI Walden
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 82/3 (King 44*, Human 1*)
Close of play day 2	No play

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	st Buller b Howorth	10
LD Thursting	c Buller b Perks	3
NF Armstrong	c Howorth b Jackson	22
FT Prentice	lbw b Jackson	13
GS Watson	c Jackson b Jenkins	25
M Tompkin	b Jackson	0
*G Geary	st Buller b Jenkins	7
+GO Dawkes	b Perks	14
HA Smith	b Jackson	33
G Lester	b Perks	2
J Sperry	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 62.1 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-23, 3-48, 4-53, 5-53, 6-80, 7-81, 8-120, 9-136, 10-136 (62.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	16.1	6	29	3	-	-
Martin	12	5	14	0	-	-
Howorth	16	4	35	1	-	-
Jackson	9	3	17	4	-	-
Jenkins	9	0	34	2	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Cooper	c Armstrong b Sperry	4
BP King	not out	44
CH Palmer	st Dawkes b Smith	7
HHIH Gibbons	c Geary b Sperry	22
*RHC Human	not out	1
R Howorth	did not bat
+JS Buller	did not bat
RO Jenkins	did not bat
RTD Perks	did not bat
SH Martin	did not bat
PF Jackson	did not bat
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(3 wickets, 29 overs)	82
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-35, 3-77

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	11	4	16	1	-	-
Sperry	8	1	29	2	-	-
Lester	9	1	27	0	-	-
Geary	1	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> NF Armstrong (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 1
--> PF Jackson reached 650 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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Play began at 1.00pm on the first day and finished at 6.45pm.

 

 

 

 

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