f16581 cc8136	Leicestershire v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1939
Venue	Aylestone Road, Leicester on 1st, 3rd, 4th July 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 24 runs
Points	Leicestershire 0; Worcestershire 12
Umpires	CWL Parker, CN Woolley
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 77/2 (Berry 42*, Prentice 16*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 298/4 (Cooper 153*, Palmer 0*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Howorth	b Smith	41
BP King	c Berry b Sperry	10
E Cooper	c Smith b Thursting	17
HHIH Gibbons	lbw b Smith	33
SH Martin	c Dawkes b Sperry	10
CH Palmer	st Dawkes b Smith	53
*AFT White	c Armstrong b Sperry	13
RO Jenkins	c Smith b Flamson	21
EG Baylis	c Sperry b Smith	0
RTD Perks	b Smith	14
+H Yarnold	not out	4
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 56.2 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-59, 3-84, 4-118, 5-118, 6-151, 7-197, 8-197, 9-215, 10-225 (56.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	14	0	77	3	-	-
Flamson	12	1	39	1	-	-
Smith	16.2	2	52	5	-	-
Prentice	11	2	26	0	-	-
Thursting	3	0	22	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c King b Perks	79
GS Watson	b Perks	7
NF Armstrong	b Perks	3
FT Prentice	c Gibbons b Martin	31
M Tompkin	c King b Howorth	14
*MS Packe	c Palmer b Jenkins	11
+GO Dawkes	c and b Howorth	4
LD Thursting	c King b Perks	3
HA Smith	not out	15
J Sperry	b Perks	11
WH Flamson	c Cooper b Martin	6
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 4 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 62.5 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-28, 3-112, 4-132, 5-157, 6-157, 7-163, 8-167, 9-190, 10-197 (62.5 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	25	2	75	5	-	-
Martin	20.5	5	66	2	-	-
Howorth	11	1	29	2	-	-
Jenkins	6	1	14	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Howorth	c Dawkes b Sperry	13
E Cooper	not out	184
BP King	c and b Sperry	6
HHIH Gibbons	lbw b Flamson	97
SH Martin	lbw b Smith	12
CH Palmer	b Flamson	3
EG Baylis	b Flamson	0
RO Jenkins	not out	23
*AFT White	did not bat
RTD Perks	did not bat
+H Yarnold	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 9 lb, 2 nb)	19
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 63 overs)	357
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-37, 3-257, 4-312, 5-?, 6-?

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	16	1	117	2	-	-
Flamson	18	1	81	3	-	-
Smith	16	0	66	1	-	-
Prentice	9	0	51	0	-	-
Thursting	4	0	23	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	st +King b Howorth	42
GS Watson	c King b Perks	2
FT Prentice	st +King b Howorth	39
M Tompkin	lbw b Jenkins	82
*MS Packe	c Palmer b Jenkins	56
NF Armstrong	c Jenkins b Howorth	4
+GO Dawkes	b Howorth	9
LD Thursting	c King b Martin	71
HA Smith	run out	22
J Sperry	b Howorth	6
WH Flamson	not out	6
Extras	(16 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	22
Total	(all out, 76 overs)	361
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-74, 3-103, 4-194, 5-198, 6-214, 7-296, 8-349, 9-349, 10-361 (76 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	21	2	104	1	-	-
Martin	15	2	71	1	-	-
Howorth	26	2	103	5	-	-
Jenkins	14	1	61	2	-	-

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Notes
--> EG Baylis made his debut in County Championship matches
--> EG Baylis made his debut in First-Class matches
--> EG Baylis made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> EG Baylis made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> R Howorth (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> M Tompkin (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> HHIH Gibbons (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 68
--> HHIH Gibbons (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 46
--> HA Smith reached 1050 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> SH Martin reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> WH Flamson reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Worcestershire second innings
--> R Howorth reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> SH Martin reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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