f17513 cc8526	Leicestershire v Hampshire
	County Championship 1947
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 31st May, 2nd June 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Hampshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by an innings and 83 runs
Points	Leicestershire 12; Hampshire 0
Umpires	F Chester, GP Heaton
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 193/3 (Tompkin 34*, Jackson 26*)

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Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Arnold	b Sperry	14
NH Rogers	b Sperry	3
L Harrison	c Walsh b Lester	34
J Bailey	c Jackson b Walsh	18
G Hill	c Berry b Sperry	36
*EDR Eagar	lbw b Walsh	4
H Dawson	lbw b Riddington	17
+NT McCorkell	not out	14
VJ Ransom	c Corrall b Sperry	0
CJ Knott	st Corrall b Walsh	22
GEM Heath	b Walsh	2
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 83.5 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-28, 3-60, 4-88, 5-105, 6-134, 7-134, 8-136, 9-168, 10-174 (83.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	22	4	45	4	-	-
Riddington	15	5	25	1	-	-
Jackson	20	9	27	0	-	-
Walsh	19.5	4	56	4	-	-
Lester	7	3	11	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	c and b Knott	91
FT Prentice	c Eagar b Ransom	7
G Lester	c and b Knott	31
M Tompkin	c Eagar b Heath	47
VE Jackson	c McCorkell b Knott	31
GS Watson	c Dawson b Bailey	79
A Riddington	not out	77
TA Chapman	c and b Bailey	15
JE Walsh	c Knott b Hill	26
+P Corrall	not out	15
J Sperry	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 128 overs)	426
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-133, 3-142, 4-204, 5-220, 6-317, 7-351, 8-386

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ransom	16	0	75	1	-	-
Heath	23	4	92	1	-	-
Bailey	38	15	86	2	-	-
Knott	34	2	117	3	-	-
Hill	16	3	44	1	-	-
Eagar	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Hampshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Arnold	b Sperry	19
NH Rogers	st Corrall b Lester	79
L Harrison	c and b Walsh	0
J Bailey	st Corrall b Walsh	2
*EDR Eagar	c Jackson b Walsh	1
G Hill	b Walsh	28
H Dawson	b Lester	5
+NT McCorkell	st Corrall b Walsh	12
CJ Knott	c and b Lester	10
GEM Heath	not out	9
VJ Ransom	absent hurt
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 62.3 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-41, 3-46, 4-62, 5-128, 6-138, 7-138, 8-155, 9-169 (62.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	8	2	21	1	-	-
Riddington	5	0	6	0	-	-
Jackson	9	4	25	0	-	-
Walsh	20	5	74	5	-	-
Lester	15.3	5	27	3	-	-
Prentice	5	1	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> L Harrison (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in County Championship matches
--> L Harrison (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in First-Class matches
--> CJ Knott (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in First-Class matches
--> CJ Knott (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in County Championship matches
--> GL Berry (1) passed 23000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 53
--> M Tompkin (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> JE Walsh (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> NH Rogers (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 40

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