f19290 cc9551	Leicestershire v Hampshire
	County Championship 1951
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 28th, 30th, 31st July 1951 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 0; Hampshire 4
Umpires	HL Palmer, CH Welch
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 279/8 (Firth 8*, Wooler 0*)
Close of play day 2	Hampshire (1) 287/6 (Eagar 59*, Rayment 17*)

---

Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Smithson	b Shackleton	12
VS Munden	lbw b Shackleton	1
M Tompkin	b Shackleton	46
*CH Palmer	c Walker b Shackleton	146
VE Jackson	b Walker	42
GL Berry	b Hill	0
G Lester	c Gray b Shackleton	12
DG Harron	c Cannings b Shackleton	3
+J Firth	not out	11
CRD Wooler	b Shackleton	0
J Sperry	b Cannings	20
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 3 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 111.2 overs)	302
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-15, 3-81, 4-180, 5-185, 6-234, 7-259, 8-273, 9-279, 10-302 (111.2 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shackleton	36	7	89	7	-	-
Cannings	25.2	3	78	1	-	-
Gray	23	2	65	0	-	-
Hill	12	2	23	1	-	-
Walker	15	3	38	1	-	-

---

Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+NT McCorkell	b Wooler	6
NH Rogers	c Jackson b Lester	17
L Harrison	b Sperry	85
DE Blake	b Lester	54
C Walker	c sub b Lester	19
JR Gray	c Jackson b Sperry	20
*EDR Eagar	c Lester b Wooler	104
AWH Rayment	b Munden	31
G Hill	c Smithson b Sperry	18
D Shackleton	c Palmer b Wooler	2
VHD Cannings	not out	1
Extras	(7 b, 6 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 142 overs)	370
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-53, 3-150, 4-184, 5-185, 6-246, 7-313, 8-367, 9-369, 10-370 (142 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wooler	23	3	69	3	-	-
Sperry	28	12	58	3	-	-
Jackson	32	11	81	0	-	-
Lester	32	9	92	3	-	-
Munden	17	7	36	1	-	-
Palmer	10	4	21	0	-	-

---

Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Smithson	c Walker b Gray	8
VS Munden	b Hill	51
M Tompkin	not out	77
*CH Palmer	not out	36
VE Jackson	did not bat
GL Berry	did not bat
G Lester	did not bat
DG Harron	did not bat
+J Firth	did not bat
CRD Wooler	did not bat
J Sperry	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 3 nb)	12
Total	(2 wickets, 67 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-87

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shackleton	15	6	30	0	-	-
Cannings	10	2	22	0	-	-
Gray	13	5	30	1	-	-
Hill	17	6	40	1	-	-
Walker	6	3	12	0	-	-
Rayment	2	0	25	0	-	-
Eagar	2	0	9	0	-	-
Harrison	1	0	4	0	-	-
McCorkell	1	1	0	0	-	-

---

Notes
--> L Harrison (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 77
--> VS Munden (2) passed 1500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 39
--> D Shackleton reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> G Lester reached 250 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Hampshire first innings
--> VS Munden reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Hampshire first innings

---

 

 

 

 

This page was created by the CricketArchive Oracles