f19230 cc9498	Leicestershire v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1951
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 4th, 5th, 6th July 1951 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 1 wicket
Points	Leicestershire 12; Worcestershire 4
Umpires	JT Bell, HL Parkin
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 61/5 (Tompkin 18*, Berry 1*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 151/3 (Bird 34*, Dews 71*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Cooper	c Corrall b Wooler	8
D Kenyon	b Wooler	8
LF Outschoorn	c Corrall b Palmer	45
*RE Bird	c Lester b Wooler	1
RG Broadbent	b Wooler	8
RO Jenkins	not out	46
G Dews	c Smithson b Lester	19
R Howorth	c Smithson b Jackson	39
+H Yarnold	b Sperry	2
RTD Perks	c Jackson b Sperry	11
JA Flavell	run out	0
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 86 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-19, 3-25, 4-37, 5-100, 6-128, 7-181, 8-183, 9-197, 10-199 (86 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	30	8	45	2	-	-
Wooler	25	6	69	4	-	-
Jackson	18	4	40	1	-	-
Palmer	11	4	28	1	-	-
Lester	2	0	5	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Outschoorn b Perks	11
VS Munden	c Kenyon b Flavell	12
M Tompkin	c Howorth b Flavell	29
*CH Palmer	c Dews b Perks	13
VE Jackson	b Perks	2
GA Smithson	c Dews b Perks	0
GL Berry	c Bird b Flavell	51
DG Harron	b Perks	14
CRD Wooler	b Perks	0
+P Corrall	not out	22
J Sperry	c Broadbent b Howorth	17
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 51.2 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-27, 3-48, 4-50, 5-60, 6-78, 7-128, 8-128, 9-144, 10-176 (51.2 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	25	6	57	6	-	-
Flavell	22	4	107	3	-	-
Howorth	4.2	1	7	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Cooper	b Sperry	27
D Kenyon	lbw b Sperry	6
LF Outschoorn	c Corrall b Sperry	0
*RE Bird	c Palmer b Munden	38
G Dews	c Smithson b Munden	83
RG Broadbent	run out	0
RO Jenkins	b Wooler	15
R Howorth	not out	43
+H Yarnold	b Wooler	19
RTD Perks	b Wooler	15
JA Flavell	not out	3
Extras	(12 b, 5 lb, 2 w)	19
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 102 overs)	268
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-27, 3-42, 4-164, 5-164, 6-179, 7-195, 8-228, 9-253

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	35	12	61	3	-	-
Wooler	39	7	108	3	-	-
Jackson	11	4	29	0	-	-
Palmer	3	0	18	0	-	-
Lester	3	0	14	0	-	-
Munden	11	4	19	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	b Howorth	16
VS Munden	c Dews b Flavell	6
M Tompkin	st Yarnold b Jenkins	37
*CH Palmer	c Howorth b Perks	118
VE Jackson	c Yarnold b Jenkins	35
GA Smithson	c Perks b Jenkins	0
GL Berry	c Bird b Howorth	47
DG Harron	lbw b Howorth	24
CRD Wooler	c Yarnold b Perks	4
+P Corrall	not out	1
J Sperry	not out	3
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(9 wickets, 73.4 overs)	294
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-44, 3-68, 4-135, 5-145, 6-238, 7-280, 8-291, 9-291

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	13.4	2	71	2	-	-
Flavell	6	0	32	1	-	-
Howorth	26	4	96	3	-	-
Jenkins	28	3	92	3	-	-

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Notes
--> LF Outschoorn (1) passed 5500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 1
--> RO Jenkins (1) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 8
--> J Sperry (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 11
--> DG Harron (2) passed his previous highest score of 17 in first-class matches
--> DG Harron (2) passed his previous highest score of 17 in County Championship matches
--> J Sperry reached 400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> VS Munden reached 50 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire second innings

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