f16667 cc8208	Leicestershire v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1939
Venue	Aylestone Road, Leicester on 5th, 7th, 8th August 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	FJ Durston, CV Tarbox
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 27/0 (Berry 12*, Lester 10*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EJH Dixon	b Drake	30
HW Greenwood	c Packe b Drake	68
D Brookes	c Packe b Armstrong	43
JE Timms	c Drake b Sperry	26
WE Merritt	c Packe b Armstrong	24
*RP Nelson	lbw b Smith	44
FP O'Brien	c Smith b Armstrong	19
+KC James	c Dawkes b Drake	14
CP Davis	c Armstrong b Smith	8
RJ Partridge	b Smith	6
EJ Herbert	not out	1
Extras	(10 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 88.5 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-74, 2-113, 3-159, 4-203, 5-203, 6-228, 7-251, 8-271, 9-299, 10-300 (88.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	18	6	64	1	-	-
Drake	26	7	58	3	-	-
Smith	22.5	7	62	3	-	-
Lester	3	0	24	0	-	-
Prentice	11	1	43	0	-	-
Armstrong	8	1	32	3	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Dixon b Partridge	16
G Lester	hit wkt b Merritt	26
NF Armstrong	hit wkt b Merritt	20
FT Prentice	not out	8
GS Watson	not out	1
*MS Packe	did not bat
HA Smith	did not bat
+GO Dawkes	did not bat
J Sperry	did not bat
M Tompkin	did not bat
CH Drake	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb)	12
Total	(3 wickets, 28.5 overs)	83
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-55, 3-82

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Partridge	12	1	27	1	-	-
Herbert	2	0	10	0	-	-
Timms	2	0	3	0	-	-
Merritt	10.5	2	27	2	-	-
Nelson	2	1	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> D Brookes (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 20
--> RP Nelson (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 7
--> KC James (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 7
--> HA Smith reached 1000 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings

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