f16523 cc8094	Yorkshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1939
Venue	The Circle, Hull on 7th, 8th, 9th June 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Yorkshire won by an innings and 30 runs
Points	Yorkshire 12; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	GM Lee, CV Tarbox
Close of play day 1	Yorkshire (1) 20/0 (Sutcliffe 11*, Mitchell 8*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 28/1 (Berry 15*, Armstrong 6*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Robinson b Yardley	8
GS Watson	b Verity	80
NF Armstrong	b Verity	20
FT Prentice	lbw b Verity	10
M Tompkin	st Wood b Verity	2
CS Dempster	not out	165
*MS Packe	st Wood b Leyland	16
LD Thursting	c Verity b Smailes	24
+GO Dawkes	lbw b Smailes	0
HA Smith	b Barber	24
WH Flamson	b Barber	4
Extras	(9 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 109.2 overs)	366
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-76, 3-117, 4-122, 5-127, 6-197, 7-248, 8-248, 9-348, 10-366 (109.2 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smailes	18	5	54	2	-	-
Turner	16	3	51	0	-	-
Yardley	10	1	46	1	-	-
Verity	32	12	76	4	-	-
Robinson	14	2	40	0	-	-
Leyland	16	1	74	1	-	-
Barber	3.2	0	12	2	-	-

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Sutcliffe	not out	234
A Mitchell	c Dawkes b Prentice	32
W Barber	b Flamson	34
M Leyland	c Tompkin b Smith	18
NWD Yardley	lbw b Smith	74
C Turner	hit wkt b Thursting	38
*AB Sellers	c Packe b Thursting	5
+A Wood	c Dawkes b Packe	32
H Verity	did not bat
TF Smailes	did not bat
EP Robinson	did not bat
Extras	(15 b, 14 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	33
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 106.2 overs)	500
Fall of wickets:
1-70, 2-153, 3-185, 4-343, 5-422, 6-434, 7-500 (106.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flamson	25	1	91	1	-	-
Smith	26	0	108	2	-	-
Prentice	28	2	113	1	-	-
Armstrong	10	0	51	0	-	-
Thursting	17	0	104	2	-	-
Packe	0.2	0	0	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	lbw b Verity	16
GS Watson	run out	5
NF Armstrong	c Mitchell b Verity	10
CS Dempster	c Turner b Verity	29
FT Prentice	c Smailes b Verity	22
M Tompkin	c sub b Verity	4
*MS Packe	c Robinson b Verity	2
LD Thursting	not out	4
+GO Dawkes	lbw b Verity	0
HA Smith	b Robinson	3
WH Flamson	b Verity	1
Extras	(8 b)	8
Total	(all out, 46.3 overs)	104
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-32, 3-33, 4-81, 5-86, 6-92, 7-92, 8-92, 9-99, 10-104 (46.3 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smailes	10	3	24	0	-	-
Turner	3	2	1	0	-	-
Verity	19.3	6	38	8	-	-
Robinson	12	4	31	1	-	-
Leyland	2	0	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> FT Prentice (1) passed 4500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 3
--> CS Dempster (1) passed his previous highest score of 164 in County Championship matches
--> H Sutcliffe (1) passed 32000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 57
--> H Sutcliffe (1) passed 50000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 209
--> M Leyland (1) passed 32000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 1
--> CS Dempster (2) passed 11500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 1
--> H Verity reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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