f17714 cc8690	Leicestershire v Warwickshire
	County Championship 1947
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 23rd, 25th, 26th August 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 120 runs
Points	Leicestershire 12; Warwickshire 0
Umpires	P Holmes, GM Lee
Scorers	GC Austin (Warwickshire), S Coe (Leicestershire)
Close of play day 1	Warwickshire (1) 81/2 (Hill 36*, Ord 16*)
Close of play day 2	Warwickshire (2) 44/1 (Hill 20*, Taylor 3*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	c Thompson b Hollies	37		90	3	-
HG Pickering	lbw b Cannings	15
GS Watson	c Cannings b Hollies	31
M Tompkin	c and b Pritchard	19
VE Jackson	b Pritchard	3
G Lester	c Dollery b Hollies	18
LA Hales	b Grove	62
TA Chapman	c Cranmer b Hollies	74
JE Walsh	b Hollies	13
+P Corrall	b Grove	0
J Sperry	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 93.2 overs)	276
Fall of wickets:
1-38 (Pickering), 2-68 (Berry), 3-101 (Tompkin), 4-105 (Jackson), 5-111 (Watson), 6-133 (Lester), 7-259 (Hales), 8-269 (Chapman), 9-276 (Walsh), 10-276 (Corrall, 93.2 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pritchard	24	4	63	2	-	-
Grove	21.2	0	83	2	-	-
Hollies	36	5	88	5	-	-
Cannings	12	2	38	1	-	-

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Thompson	st Corrall b Lester	23
WA Hill	b Jackson	48
KA Taylor	c Corrall b Walsh	3
JS Ord	not out	81		175	8	-
+HE Dollery	lbw b Walsh	0	1		-	-
R Sale	st Corrall b Walsh	13
*P Cranmer	st Corrall b Walsh	2
CWC Grove	hit wkt b Walsh	28
TL Pritchard	b Walsh	6
VHD Cannings	run out	0
WE Hollies	c and b Jackson	12
Extras	(15 b, 6 lb)	21
Total	(all out, 85.5 overs)	237
Fall of wickets:
1-47 (Thompson), 2-56 (Taylor), 3-108 (Hill), 4-113 (Dollery), 5-131 (Sale), 6-139 (Cranmer), 7-199 (Grove), 8-213 (Pritchard), 9-217 (Cannings), 10-237 (Hollies, 85.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	10	1	22	0	-	-
Jackson	26.5	11	64	2	-	-
Lester	12	2	32	1	-	-
Walsh	37	8	98	6	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	b Pritchard	7
HG Pickering	c Dollery b Grove	9
GS Watson	c Dollery b Grove	0	1		-	-
M Tompkin	lbw b Pritchard	2
VE Jackson	c Ord b Hollies	90
G Lester	lbw b Grove	8
LA Hales	b Grove	0
TA Chapman	lbw b Hollies	13
JE Walsh	c Cranmer b Hollies	28
+P Corrall	not out	16
J Sperry	b Grove	5
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 6 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 52.5 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-22 (Pickering), 2-22 (Watson), 3-25 (Tompkin), 4-28 (Berry), 5-37 (Lester), 6-41 (Hales), 7-85 (Chapman), 8-157, 9-189, 10-193 (52.5 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pritchard	14	1	54	2	-	-
Grove	14.5	2	43	5	-	-
Hollies	18	4	65	3	-	-
Cannings	6	1	16	0	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Thompson	b Walsh	19
WA Hill	c and b Walsh	29
KA Taylor	b Jackson	10
JS Ord	lbw b Jackson	4
+HE Dollery	lbw b Walsh	0	1		-	-
R Sale	c and b Jackson	7
*P Cranmer	b Walsh	1
CWC Grove	lbw b Walsh	14
TL Pritchard	c Berry b Walsh	4
VHD Cannings	b Jackson	12
WE Hollies	not out	9
Extras	(2 lb, 1 w)	3
Total	(all out, 41.3 overs)	112
Fall of wickets:
1-35 (Thompson), 2-60 (Taylor), 3-60 (Hill), 4-60 (Dollery), 5-69 (Sale), 6-72 (Cranmer), 7-72 (Ord), 8-79 (Pritchard), 9-92 (Grove), 10-112 (Cannings, 41.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	10	3	13	0	-	-
Jackson	11.3	2	29	4	-	-
Walsh	18	1	67	6	-	-
Lester	2	2	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> LA Hales made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> LA Hales made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> G Lester (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 14
--> LA Hales (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in First-Class matches
--> LA Hales (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in County Championship matches
--> TA Chapman (1) passed his previous highest score of 38 in First-Class matches
--> TA Chapman (1) passed his previous highest score of 38 in County Championship matches
--> JS Ord (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 44
--> VE Jackson (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 76
--> WE Hollies reached 950 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> VE Jackson reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed R Sale, his 2nd wicket in the Warwickshire second innings

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