f17594 cc8584	Leicestershire v Lancashire
	County Championship 1947
Venue	Egerton Park, Melton Mowbray on 2nd, 3rd, 4th July 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 10 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 0; Lancashire 12
Umpires	F Chester, CV Tarbox
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 133/5 (Prentice 1*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (1) 355/9 (Barlow 0*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	c Barlow b Roberts	54
J Howard	c Ikin b Cranston	23
GS Watson	c Place b Roberts	21
M Tompkin	c Edrich b Roberts	22
FT Prentice	lbw b Pollard	2
G Lester	c Pollard b Roberts	5
VE Jackson	c Barlow b Cranston	11
A Riddington	b Pollard	0
JE Walsh	b Pollard	5
+P Corrall	not out	3
J Sperry	c Washbrook b Cranston	0
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 4 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 84.4 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-99, 3-124, 4-127, 5-133, 6-137, 7-138, 8-147, 9-160, 10-160 (84.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillipson	6	2	12	0	-	-
Pollard	22	5	41	3	-	-
Roberts	34	14	43	4	-	-
Cranston	8.4	1	18	3	-	-
Garlick	14	4	32	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Washbrook	c Lester b Walsh	62
W Place	st Corrall b Walsh	35
JT Ikin	c sub b Lester	100		185
BJ Howard	b Riddington	19
GA Edrich	c Corrall b Sperry	32
*K Cranston	b Riddington	0
WE Phillipson	c Jackson b Prentice	58
RG Garlick	b Sperry	17
R Pollard	c and b Sperry	18
+A Barlow	not out	0
WB Roberts	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 8 lb)	14
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 114.1 overs)	355
Fall of wickets:
1-79, 2-122, 3-181, 4-236, 5-245, 6-275, 7-306, 8-354, 9-355 (114.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	20	2	62	3	-	-
Riddington	23	6	59	2	-	-
Jackson	24	9	68	0	-	-
Walsh	21	2	99	2	-	-
Lester	14	4	32	1	-	-
Prentice	12.1	2	21	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	c Howard b Pollard	42
J Howard	c Barlow b Pollard	2
GS Watson	b Phillipson	10
M Tompkin	b Phillipson	1
FT Prentice	c Ikin b Cranston	75
G Lester	run out	9
VE Jackson	not out	22
A Riddington	b Pollard	12
JE Walsh	b Pollard	6
+P Corrall	lbw b Pollard	0
J Sperry	b Phillipson	1
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb, 9 nb, 1 w)	19
Total	(all out, 65 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-28, 3-30, 4-137, 5-156, 6-165, 7-185, 8-191, 9-196, 10-199 (65 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillipson	17	3	48	3	-	-
Pollard	17	5	48	5	-	-
Cranston	10	3	31	1	-	-
Roberts	19	6	40	0	-	-
Ikin	2	0	13	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RG Garlick	not out	1
+A Barlow	not out	4
C Washbrook	did not bat
W Place	did not bat
JT Ikin	did not bat
BJ Howard	did not bat
GA Edrich	did not bat
*K Cranston	did not bat
WE Phillipson	did not bat
R Pollard	did not bat
WB Roberts	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 1.1 overs)	5

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Prentice	1	0	3	0	-	-
Tompkin	0.1	0	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> M Tompkin (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 20
--> C Washbrook (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 18
--> JT Ikin (1) passed his previous highest score of 82 in County Championship matches
--> JT Ikin (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> WE Phillipson (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 42
--> WB Roberts reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> A Riddington reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire first innings

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