f17576 cc8571	Leicestershire v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1947
Venue	Kirkby Road, Barwell on 25th, 26th, 27th June 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 42 runs
Points	Leicestershire 12; Worcestershire 4
Umpires	P Holmes, JA Smart
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 146/3 (White 12*, Howorth 0*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 75/8 (Young 4*, Yarnold 0*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	c Jackson b Perks	8
FT Prentice	c Jackson b Perks	8
GS Watson	c Bird b Howorth	85
M Tompkin	c Yarnold b Perks	7
VE Jackson	c Yarnold b Jackson	0
G Lester	c Genders b Perks	1
A Riddington	c Outschoorn b Perks	24
J Howard	not out	4
JE Walsh	c Outschoorn b Howorth	0
+P Corrall	c Outschoorn b Perks	17
J Sperry	c Bird b Jackson	33
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 58.5 overs)	196
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-16, 3-24, 4-31, 5-34, 6-139, 7-141, 8-141, 9-160, 10-196 (58.5 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	27	9	66	6	-	-
Jackson	20.5	1	82	2	-	-
Howorth	11	4	39	2	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Cooper	c and b Jackson	88
D Kenyon	c Corrall b Prentice	30
RE Bird	c Walsh b Sperry	4
*AFT White	c Walsh b Sperry	20
R Howorth	c Riddington b Jackson	0
LF Outschoorn	b Jackson	0
DM Young	c Prentice b Walsh	9
WR Genders	c Corrall b Sperry	18
RTD Perks	c Corrall b Walsh	35
+H Yarnold	b Walsh	7
PF Jackson	not out	7
Extras	(21 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	27
Total	(all out, 98.5 overs)	245
Fall of wickets:
1-137, 2-?, 3-146, 4-147, 5-147, 6-157, 7-185, 8-202, 9-232, 10-245 (98.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	30	7	60	3	-	-
Jackson	27	8	65	3	-	-
Walsh	23.5	2	65	3	-	-
Lester	10	6	11	0	-	-
Prentice	8	3	17	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	lbw b Perks	36
FT Prentice	lbw b Howorth	15
GS Watson	c and b Jackson	0
M Tompkin	lbw b Howorth	1
VE Jackson	c Cooper b Howorth	2
G Lester	b Howorth	27
A Riddington	lbw b Jackson	23
J Howard	st Yarnold b Howorth	6
JE Walsh	c Jackson b Perks	4
+P Corrall	not out	38
J Sperry	c White b Jackson	8
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 59.2 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-31, 3-32, 4-34, 5-71, 6-91, 7-111, 8-119, 9-152, 10-171 (59.2 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	18	5	69	2	-	-
Jackson	26.2	8	58	3	-	-
Howorth	15	2	33	5	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Cooper	st Corrall b Walsh	6
D Kenyon	lbw b Walsh	21
RE Bird	c Jackson b Walsh	20
*AFT White	lbw b Walsh	1
R Howorth	c Sperry b Walsh	0
LF Outschoorn	lbw b Walsh	1
RTD Perks	c Walsh b Jackson	18
DM Young	not out	5
WR Genders	b Jackson	0
+H Yarnold	b Jackson	2
PF Jackson	b Jackson	2
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 36.2 overs)	80
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-33, 3-35, 4-37, 5-48, 6-55, 7-71, 8-72, 9-78, 10-80 (36.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	4	1	8	0	-	-
Lester	3	0	18	0	-	-
Walsh	15	9	18	6	-	-
Jackson	14.2	5	32	4	-	-

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Notes
--> GS Watson (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30
--> J Sperry (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in County Championship matches
--> J Sperry (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in First-Class matches
--> E Cooper (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 28
--> E Cooper (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> AFT White (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 16
--> PF Jackson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> R Howorth reached 800 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> VE Jackson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire second innings

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