f18313 cc8979	Northamptonshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1949
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 4th, 6th, 7th June 1949 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 4; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	JT Bell, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 264/7 (Prentice 134*, Munden 1*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (1) 315/7 (Davis 125*, Clarke 30*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Oldfield b Broderick	25
G Lester	c Fiddling b Nutter	4
FT Prentice	c Brookes b Brown	161		375
M Tompkin	c Clarke b Broderick	22
VE Jackson	c Brown b Clarke	47
JE Walsh	c Fiddling b Clarke	4
*SJ Symington	lbw b Broderick	15
TA Chapman	c Fiddling b Clarke	2
VS Munden	b Broderick	10
+P Corrall	not out	14
J Sperry	c Fiddling b Clarke	7
Extras	(7 b, 6 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 139.1 overs)	324
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-38, 3-90, 4-193, 5-205, 6-248, 7-257, 8-288, 9-305, 10-324 (139.1 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nutter	23	6	45	1	-	-
Clarke	45.1	13	97	4	-	-
Brown	17	4	36	1	-	-
Garlick	15	4	45	0	-	-
Broderick	39	9	88	4	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Brookes	lbw b Walsh	35
N Oldfield	c Jackson b Sperry	5
E Davis	lbw b Sperry	171		360
V Broderick	b Walsh	4
F Jakeman	c Corrall b Jackson	8
*FR Brown	lbw b Walsh	89
JE Timms	b Walsh	2
AE Nutter	run out	2
RW Clarke	c Jackson b Sperry	47
RG Garlick	c Symington b Jackson	13
+K Fiddling	not out	1
Extras	(6 b, 8 lb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 136.4 overs)	392
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-67, 3-75, 4-94, 5-233, 6-247, 7-251, 8-351, 9-?, 10-392 (136.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	31.4	7	70	3	-	-
Symington	13	2	39	0	-	-
Jackson	40	13	97	2	-	-
Walsh	37	8	110	4	-	-
Lester	5	0	13	0	-	-
Munden	10	0	48	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Fiddling b Brown	13
G Lester	lbw b Brown	10
FT Prentice	lbw b Clarke	12
M Tompkin	lbw b Brown	78
VE Jackson	c and b Brown	7
JE Walsh	c Nutter b Broderick	10
*SJ Symington	not out	17
TA Chapman	lbw b Broderick	0
VS Munden	not out	2
+P Corrall	did not bat
J Sperry	did not bat
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(7 wickets, 72 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-39, 3-39, 4-57, 5-115, 6-139, 7-146

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clarke	17	6	38	1	-	-
Brown	24	8	35	4	-	-
Garlick	12	4	20	0	-	-
Broderick	19	4	56	2	-	-

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Notes
--> FT Prentice (1) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 116
--> M Tompkin (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> E Davis (1) passed his previous highest score of 104 in First-Class matches
--> E Davis (1) passed his previous highest score of 104 in County Championship matches
--> JE Walsh reached 500 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> FR Brown reached 750 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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