f17527 cc8534	Gloucestershire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1947
Venue	Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester on 7th, 9th, 10th June 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 6 wickets
Points	Gloucestershire 12; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	E Cooke, CF Root
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 143/4 (Barnett 85*, Goddard 0*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 218/5 (Jackson 57*, Riddington 15*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	lbw b Goddard	14
FT Prentice	c Wilson b Lambert	5
GS Watson	b Lambert	20
M Tompkin	lbw b Goddard	33
VE Jackson	c Scott b Goddard	25
G Lester	b Goddard	1
A Riddington	c and b Goddard	20
TA Chapman	c Crapp b Goddard	2
J Howard	not out	11
+P Corrall	c Scott b Goddard	4
J Sperry	st Wilson b Goddard	0
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 53 overs)	142
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-31, 3-57, 4-87, 5-101, 6-104, 7-111, 8-134, 9-142, 10-142 (53 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	13	3	53	2	-	-
Barnett	9	2	19	0	-	-
Goddard	17	7	26	8	-	-
Cranfield	14	1	37	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJ Barnett	not out	228		360	21	1
*BO Allen	c Berry b Sperry	7
WL Neale	c Jackson b Riddington	0
JF Crapp	c Lester b Sperry	1
GM Emmett	c Prentice b Sperry	42
TWJ Goddard	b Lester	13
BH Lyon	b Lester	8
+AE Wilson	lbw b Lester	19
LM Cranfield	run out	18
GEE Lambert	b Riddington	10
CJ Scott	b Riddington	4
Extras	(9 b, 4 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 123.4 overs)	363
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-16, 3-27, 4-143, 5-193, 6-207, 7-259, 8-313, 9-347, 10-363 (123.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	34	9	75	3	-	-
Riddington	23.4	4	85	3	-	-
Lester	26	5	71	3	-	-
Jackson	32	7	76	0	-	-
Prentice	8	1	43	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	lbw b Cranfield	54
FT Prentice	st Wilson b Cranfield	48
GS Watson	c Scott b Goddard	6
M Tompkin	b Goddard	3
VE Jackson	c Neale b Goddard	105		165	13	-
G Lester	b Lambert	18
A Riddington	lbw b Goddard	19
TA Chapman	c Allen b Goddard	11
J Howard	b Goddard	10
+P Corrall	c Crapp b Goddard	0
J Sperry	not out	13
Extras	(11 b, 10 lb)	21
Total	(all out, 100.3 overs)	308
Fall of wickets:
1-98, 2-115, 3-117, 4-121, 5-166, 6-235, 7-259, 8-285, 9-285, 10-308 (100.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	21	7	41	1	-	-
Barnett	5	0	29	0	-	-
Scott	5	0	33	0	-	-
Goddard	41.3	9	108	7	-	-
Cranfield	28	6	76	2	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJ Barnett	b Sperry	23
*BO Allen	hit wkt b Lester	33
WL Neale	c Prentice b Jackson	23
JF Crapp	c Chapman b Jackson	1
GM Emmett	not out	6
+AE Wilson	not out	1
TWJ Goddard	did not bat
BH Lyon	did not bat
LM Cranfield	did not bat
GEE Lambert	did not bat
CJ Scott	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(4 wickets, 26 overs)	89
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-79, 3-81, 4-86

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	8	2	32	1	-	-
Riddington	2	0	16	0	-	-
Jackson	11	3	23	2	-	-
Lester	5	1	16	1	-	-

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Notes
--> VE Jackson (2) passed his previous highest score of 77 in County Championship matches
--> VE Jackson (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> VE Jackson (2) passed his previous highest score of 99 in First-Class matches
--> VE Jackson (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> VE Jackson (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 47
--> TWJ Goddard reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> VE Jackson reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings
--> G Lester reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings

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