f16217 cc7908	Warwickshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1938
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 2nd, 4th, 5th July 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Warwickshire 4; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	A Dolphin, CAG Russell
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 52/0 (Berry 41*, Thursting 11*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 49/1 (Thursting 12*, Armstrong 37*)

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJW Croom	lbw b Geary	26
FR Santall	lbw b Flamson	15
GAE Paine	c Flamson b Geary	9
RES Wyatt	c Smith b Armstrong	107		171	8	2
HE Dollery	c Watson b Geary	28
JS Ord	c Dawkes b Smith	36
+J Buckingham	lbw b Smith	31
*P Cranmer	c Armstrong b Geary	43
CWC Grove	c Armstrong b Geary	17
JH Mayer	not out	12
WE Hollies	b Geary	10
Extras	(7 b, 6 lb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 114.1 overs)	348
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-50, 3-55, 4-133, 5-200, 6-250, 7-289, 8-319, 9-325, 10-348 (114.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flamson	13	2	23	1	-	-
Smith	41	4	112	2	-	-
Geary	35.1	6	77	6	-	-
Lester	20	2	98	0	-	-
Thursting	2	0	14	0	-	-
Armstrong	3	0	10	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Hollies b Wyatt	43
LD Thursting	b Mayer	13
NF Armstrong	c Santall b Hollies	46
GS Watson	c Buckingham b Wyatt	8
M Tompkin	c Buckingham b Mayer	3
RA Adcock	lbw b Mayer	2
*G Geary	c and b Hollies	40
HA Smith	c Grove b Paine	17
G Lester	c Dollery b Hollies	0
+GO Dawkes	c Buckingham b Hollies	0
WH Flamson	not out	1
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(all out, 72.2 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-59, 3-70, 4-79, 5-95, 6-130, 7-165, 8-170, 9-170, 10-175 (72.2 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mayer	22	10	38	3	-	-
Grove	6	0	25	0	-	-
Santall	2	1	5	0	-	-
Hollies	14.2	4	32	4	-	-
Wyatt	13	4	40	2	-	-
Paine	15	2	33	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Grove b Mayer	0
LD Thursting	c Santall b Hollies	94
NF Armstrong	lbw b Mayer	62
GS Watson	lbw b Mayer	9
M Tompkin	c and b Hollies	38
RA Adcock	b Mayer	21
*G Geary	not out	28
HA Smith	c Santall b Mayer	0
G Lester	c sub b Mayer	0
+GO Dawkes	not out	4
WH Flamson	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(8 wickets, 123 overs)	263
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-98, 3-112, 4-187, 5-216, 6-242, 7-242, 8-243

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mayer	28	8	60	6	-	-
Grove	12	4	16	0	-	-
Hollies	49	13	88	2	-	-
Wyatt	16	1	58	0	-	-
Paine	17	3	33	0	-	-
Croom	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CWC Grove (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in County Championship matches
--> CWC Grove (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in first-class matches
--> GL Berry (1) passed 19000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 19
--> RA Adcock made his debut in County Championship matches
--> RA Adcock made his debut in first-class matches
--> LD Thursting (2) passed his previous highest score of 54 in first-class matches
--> LD Thursting (2) passed his previous highest score of 54 in County Championship matches
--> G Geary reached 1650 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Warwickshire first innings
--> JH Mayer reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> JH Mayer reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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Rain interrupted play on the second and third days, a total of almost three hours being lost.
Hollies took three wickets in five balls to end the Leicestershire first innings.
Paine took his thousandth wicket for Warwickshire, when he dismissed Smith

 

 

 

 

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