f18110 cc8903	Leicestershire v Lancashire
	County Championship 1948
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 18th, 19th, 20th August 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 4 runs
Points	Leicestershire 0; Lancashire 12
Umpires	F Chester, CN Woolley
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 55/3 (Prentice 19*, Jackson 3*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 98/5 (Howard 39*, Greenwood 5*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Place	c Berry b Sperry	19
ND Howard	c Corrall b Munden	44
GA Edrich	lbw b Walsh	35
JT Ikin	b Sperry	81
A Wharton	c Cornock b Walsh	48
*K Cranston	b Sperry	0
P Greenwood	c Jackson b Sperry	4
R Pollard	b Sperry	13
WB Roberts	st Corrall b Walsh	11
MJ Hilton	b Sperry	3
+A Wilson	not out	3
Extras	(16 b, 6 lb)	22
Total	(all out, 96.5 overs)	283
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-73, 3-136, 4-221, 5-221, 6-237, 7-263, 8-267, 9-271, 10-283 (96.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	27	6	69	6	-	-
Cornock	11	3	33	0	-	-
Walsh	32.5	3	102	3	-	-
Munden	12	3	26	1	-	-
Jackson	14	3	31	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	c Edrich b Greenwood	9
GS Watson	b Cranston	17
FT Prentice	b Pollard	68
M Tompkin	c Wilson b Wharton	5
VE Jackson	c Hilton b Cranston	62
G Lester	b Roberts	25
WB Cornock	b Pollard	4
JE Walsh	b Greenwood	38
VS Munden	b Hilton	27
+P Corrall	c Howard b Hilton	10
J Sperry	not out	0
Extras	(11 b, 3 lb, 3 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 113.1 overs)	282
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-35, 3-50, 4-169, 5-173, 6-181, 7-244, 8-244, 9-279, 10-282 (113.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pollard	37	13	82	2	-	-
Greenwood	17	5	35	2	-	-
Roberts	25	9	42	1	-	-
Cranston	23	5	74	2	-	-
Wharton	9	1	29	1	-	-
Hilton	2.1	1	3	2	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Place	c Corrall b Cornock	11
ND Howard	b Walsh	41
GA Edrich	b Cornock	1
JT Ikin	c Cornock b Sperry	16
A Wharton	b Walsh	9
*K Cranston	b Jackson	17
P Greenwood	b Walsh	9
R Pollard	c Watson b Sperry	2
WB Roberts	b Sperry	0
MJ Hilton	not out	12
+A Wilson	c Walsh b Sperry	4
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 57.2 overs)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-20, 3-48, 4-59, 5-88, 6-103, 7-104, 8-105, 9-110, 10-122 (57.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	19.2	8	38	4	-	-
Cornock	9	1	21	2	-	-
Walsh	21	6	49	3	-	-
Jackson	8	2	14	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	c Cranston b Pollard	24
GS Watson	b Pollard	1
FT Prentice	run out	33
M Tompkin	c Cranston b Roberts	32
VE Jackson	c Greenwood b Pollard	18
WB Cornock	c Wilson b Pollard	1
JE Walsh	c Wilson b Pollard	0
G Lester	run out	4
+P Corrall	c Howard b Roberts	1
VS Munden	b Roberts	0
J Sperry	not out	1
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 37 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-36, 3-81, 4-98, 5-100, 6-100, 7-117, 8-117, 9-118, 10-119 (37 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pollard	18	4	60	5	-	-
Greenwood	11	1	28	0	-	-
Roberts	8	0	27	3	-	-

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Notes
--> FT Prentice (1) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 38
--> J Sperry reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> R Pollard reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> R Pollard reached 850 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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