f18126 cc8919	Leicestershire v Warwickshire
	County Championship 1948
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 25th, 26th, 27th August 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Warwickshire won by an innings and 43 runs
Points	Leicestershire 0; Warwickshire 12
Umpires	JJ Hills, E Robinson
Scorers	GC Austin (Warwickshire), S Coe (Leicestershire)
Close of play day 1	Warwickshire (1) 61/0 (Gardner 26*, Maudsley 34*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 36/2 (Lester 16*, Howard 0*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	c Spooner b Grove	23
GS Watson	c Grove b Pritchard	0
G Lester	c and b Grove	22
M Tompkin	lbw b Hollies	5
VE Jackson	c Spooner b Maudsley	8
J Howard	b Hollies	16
A Riddington	c Spooner b Hollies	59
JE Walsh	run out	37
VS Munden	c Townsend b Hollies	28
+P Corrall	b Pritchard	0
J Sperry	not out	1
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 73.3 overs)	207
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-38, 3-43, 4-58, 5-65, 6-85, 7-170, 8-191, 9-205, 10-207 (73.3 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pritchard	26	1	97	2	-	-
Grove	20	7	34	2	-	-
Hollies	14.3	6	23	4	-	-
Maudsley	13	1	45	1	-	-

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	lbw b Walsh	45
*RH Maudsley	c Riddington b Sperry	90
JS Ord	st Corrall b Walsh	26
HE Dollery	st Corrall b Lester	18
KA Taylor	c Jackson b Walsh	25
AVG Wolton	c and b Munden	62
+RT Spooner	c Walsh b Munden	15
A Townsend	c Corrall b Lester	7
CWC Grove	not out	104		80	10	2
TL Pritchard	st Corrall b Lester	40
WE Hollies	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb)	11
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 137 overs)	443
Fall of wickets:
1-94, 2-138, 3-172, 4-187, 5-249, 6-288, 7-289, 8-339, 9-417

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	32	2	82	1	-	-
Jackson	16	3	48	0	-	-
Walsh	41	3	163	3	-	-
Munden	31	10	73	2	-	-
Lester	17	4	66	3	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	c Spooner b Pritchard	18
GS Watson	c Townsend b Pritchard	1
G Lester	c Ord b Grove	67
J Howard	b Grove	0
VE Jackson	c Spooner b Grove	2
M Tompkin	b Hollies	28
A Riddington	b Townsend	28
JE Walsh	b Grove	20
VS Munden	run out	1
+P Corrall	c Grove b Pritchard	13
J Sperry	not out	9
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 76.1 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-32, 3-39, 4-42, 5-88, 6-137, 7-162, 8-171, 9-171, 10-193 (76.1 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pritchard	30.1	7	76	3	-	-
Grove	17	3	52	4	-	-
Hollies	23	7	41	1	-	-
Maudsley	4	0	11	0	-	-
Townsend	2	1	7	1	-	-

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Notes
--> J Howard made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> J Howard made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> A Riddington (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> RH Maudsley (1) passed his previous highest score of 61 in County Championship matches
--> RH Maudsley (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 52
--> AVG Wolton (1) passed his previous highest score of 56 in County Championship matches
--> AVG Wolton (1) passed his previous highest score of 56 in First-Class matches
--> CWC Grove (1) passed his previous highest score of 55 in First-Class matches
--> CWC Grove (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> CWC Grove (1) passed his previous highest score of 55 in County Championship matches
--> CWC Grove (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> G Lester (2) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 49
--> TL Pritchard reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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