f15699 cc7580	Northamptonshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1937
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 15th, 17th, 18th May 1937 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 5; Leicestershire 3
Umpires	G Beet, E Robinson
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 11/0 (Berry 7*, Prentice 4*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 44/2 (Timms 13*, Brookes 0*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FN Grimshaw	b Geary	81
CP Davis	lbw b Smith	9
JE Timms	b Geary	2
D Brookes	b Geary	32
VWC Jupp	c Dempster b Smith	82
+KC James	lbw b Astill	38
*WC Brown	lbw b Geary	9
RJ Partridge	c Berry b Geary	1
GC Perkins	b Geary	1
EW Clark	c Corrall b Astill	7
JE Buswell	not out	0
Extras	(10 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 133.1 overs)	279
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-11, 3-83, 4-211, 5-229, 6-263, 7-269, 8-270, 9-279, 10-279 (133.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	29	8	48	2	-	-
Geary	50.1	20	78	6	-	-
Astill	25	5	75	2	-	-
Bowley	22	8	34	0	-	-
Prentice	7	0	27	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c James b Buswell	65
FT Prentice	b Partridge	127
NF Armstrong	b Jupp	30
*CS Dempster	c Grimshaw b Partridge	1
GS Watson	lbw b Clark	11
H Riley	lbw b Clark	0
G Geary	b Buswell	11
WE Astill	b Clark	2
FJ Bowley	b Buswell	1
HA Smith	not out	6
+P Corrall	b Partridge	1
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 95.3 overs)	264
Fall of wickets:
1-114, 2-178, 3-183, 4-207, 5-207, 6-232, 7-235, 8-244, 9-260, 10-264 (95.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clark	22	3	51	3	-	-
Partridge	24.3	6	41	3	-	-
Jupp	19	5	56	1	-	-
Perkins	7	3	12	0	-	-
Buswell	23	2	95	3	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FN Grimshaw	b Geary	10
CP Davis	b Smith	17
JE Timms	lbw b Smith	32
D Brookes	b Bowley	16
VWC Jupp	c Armstrong b Smith	51
+KC James	lbw b Geary	3
*WC Brown	b Smith	8
RJ Partridge	c Dempster b Bowley	4
GC Perkins	b Bowley	3
EW Clark	b Astill	0
JE Buswell	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 112.2 overs)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-33, 3-79, 4-85, 5-102, 6-114, 7-119, 8-141, 9-151, 10-151 (112.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	37.2	13	54	4	-	-
Geary	41	21	50	2	-	-
Astill	4	1	6	1	-	-
Bowley	30	14	34	3	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	b Partridge	18
FT Prentice	b Buswell	20
NF Armstrong	not out	22
H Riley	b Buswell	5
GS Watson	not out	6
*CS Dempster	did not bat
G Geary	did not bat
WE Astill	did not bat
FJ Bowley	did not bat
HA Smith	did not bat
+P Corrall	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb)	4
Total	(3 wickets, 32 overs)	75
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-59, 3-65

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clark	8	3	15	0	-	-
Partridge	9	2	21	1	-	-
Perkins	7	2	12	0	-	-
Buswell	8	2	23	2	-	-

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Notes
--> VWC Jupp (1) passed 22500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 60
--> GL Berry (1) passed 15000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 16
--> FT Prentice (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 85
--> RJ Partridge (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 4
--> HA Smith reached 800 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> G Geary reached 1950 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings

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