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f17615 cc8603	Leicestershire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1947
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 12th, 14th, 15th July 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Middlesex won by 10 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 0; Middlesex 12
Umpires	GP Heaton, A Mitchison
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 134/0 (Robertson 58, Edrich 54)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 160/2 (Berry 72, Tompkin 32)

Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	lbw b Sims	53
FT Prentice	c LH Compton b Edrich	1
GS Watson	lbw b Gray	3
M Tompkin	lbw b Sims	33
G Lester	b Sims	19
VE Jackson	b Young	117
A Riddington	c Sims b Young	63
J Howard	st Price b Sims	0
JE Walsh	c Brown b Sims	6
+P Corrall	b Sims	5
J Sperry	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 95.5 overs)	309
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-12, 3-74, 4-113, 5-114, 6-221, 7-230, 8-242, 9-285, 10-309 (95.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edrich	13	2	37	1	-	-
Gray	22	6	65	1	-	-
Young	21.5	6	58	2	-	-
Sims	36	4	135	6	-	-
DCS Compton	3	1	5	0	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Brown	retired hurt	13
JDB Robertson	c Watson b Walsh	75
*WJ Edrich	c Riddington b Sperry	257		285	26	4
DCS Compton	st Corrall b Walsh	151			21	-
AW Thompson	not out	89
LR White	lbw b Lester	6
LH Compton	not out	29
JM Sims	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
LH Gray	did not bat
+WFF Price	did not bat
Extras	(14 b, 3 lb)	17
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 136 overs)	637
Fall of wickets:
1-185, 2-462, 3-539, 4-563

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	27	2	110	1	-	-
Riddington	18	0	75	0	-	-
Walsh	35	1	159	2	-	-
Lester	21	2	107	1	-	-
Jackson	27	2	129	0	-	-
Prentice	8	0	40	0	-	-

Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	lbw b Edrich	154		280
FT Prentice	c and b DCS Compton	31
GS Watson	c Sims b DCS Compton	4
M Tompkin	c LH Compton b Edrich	76
G Lester	c LH Compton b Sims	40
VE Jackson	c Sims b Gray	7
A Riddington	lbw b Sims	3
J Howard	st Price b DCS Compton	2
JE Walsh	c Young b DCS Compton	15
+P Corrall	c Gray b DCS Compton	25
J Sperry	not out	2
Extras	(21 b, 12 lb, 1 nb)	34
Total	(all out, 122.1 overs)	393
Fall of wickets:
1-87, 2-97, 3-249, 4-336, 5-345, 6-345, 7-349, 8-353, 9-387, 10-393 (122.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edrich	15	3	37	2	-	-
Gray	21	4	64	1	-	-
Sims	43	8	121	2	-	-
Young	14	5	29	0	-	-
DCS Compton	29.1	3	108	5	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WJ Edrich	not out	29
DCS Compton	not out	33
SM Brown	did not bat
JDB Robertson	did not bat
AW Thompson	did not bat
LR White	did not bat
LH Compton	did not bat
JM Sims	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
LH Gray	did not bat
+WFF Price	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(no wicket, 7 overs)	66

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	4	0	35	0	-	-
Jackson	3	0	27	0	-	-

Notes
--> GL Berry (1) passed 23500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 36
--> VE Jackson (1) passed his previous highest score of 105 in County Championship matches
--> VE Jackson (1) passed his previous highest score of 105 in first-class matches
--> SM Brown (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 9
--> SM Brown (1) passed 4000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 9
--> WJ Edrich (1) passed his previous highest score of 245 in County Championship matches
--> WJ Edrich (1) passed his previous highest score of 245 in first-class matches
--> WJ Edrich (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 185
--> GL Berry (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 113
--> M Tompkin (2) passed 3500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 6
--> WJ Edrich (2) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 7
--> JM Sims reached 750 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> DCS Compton achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire second innings (previous best was 4-23)
--> DCS Compton achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire second innings
--> SM Brown retired hurt in the Middlesex first innings having scored 13 (team score 26/0)