f19297 cc9558	Leicestershire v Warwickshire
	County Championship 1951
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 1st, 2nd, 3rd August 1951 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Warwickshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 0; Warwickshire 4
Umpires	JT Bell, F Chester
Scorers	GC Austin (Warwickshire), W Goodenough (Leicestershire)
Close of play day 1	Warwickshire (1) 349/7 (Weeks 9*, Grove 14*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 12/0 (Smithson 8*, Firth 3*)

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	c Smithson b Wooler	101		235	11	-
+RT Spooner	c Smithson b Jackson	101		200	12	1
JS Ord	c Lester b Munden	9
RE Hitchcock	c Jackson b Sperry	0
*HE Dollery	b Munden	77
AVG Wolton	c Lester b Wooler	19
A Townsend	st Firth b Munden	10
RT Weeks	c Firth b Sperry	9
CWC Grove	not out	37
WE Hollies	b Sperry	0
RG Thompson	b Sperry	2
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 134.5 overs)	375
Fall of wickets:
1-195, 2-211, 3-214, 4-218, 5-248, 6-274, 7-335, 8-349, 9-349, 10-375 (134.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wooler	25	5	107	2	-	-
Sperry	20.5	3	52	4	-	-
Palmer	20	7	40	0	-	-
Munden	23	9	48	3	-	-
Jackson	35	12	73	1	-	-
Lester	11	2	45	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Smithson	b Grove	27
VS Munden	b Thompson	6
M Tompkin	c and b Thompson	30
*CH Palmer	c Townsend b Thompson	7
VE Jackson	b Thompson	40
GL Berry	lbw b Grove	23
G Lester	lbw b Grove	0
DG Harron	c Gardner b Thompson	3
+J Firth	not out	31
CRD Wooler	c Weeks b Thompson	4
J Sperry	b Weeks	35
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 91.1 overs)	207
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-45, 3-69, 4-72, 5-124, 6-124, 7-135, 8-144, 9-148, 10-207 (91.1 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	22	4	63	6	-	-
Grove	24	7	61	3	-	-
Hollies	20	5	40	0	-	-
Weeks	23.1	11	35	1	-	-
Townsend	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Smithson	b Grove	37
+J Firth	c Townsend b Hollies	44
M Tompkin	b Grove	0
*CH Palmer	b Townsend	51
VE Jackson	not out	119			16	1
GL Berry	lbw b Hollies	45
VS Munden	not out	22
G Lester	did not bat
DG Harron	did not bat
CRD Wooler	did not bat
J Sperry	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 1 w)	12
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 121 overs)	330
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-58, 3-133, 4-177, 5-239

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	18	1	92	0	-	-
Grove	26	8	43	2	-	-
Townsend	8	0	11	1	-	-
Weeks	27	8	70	0	-	-
Hollies	22	7	45	2	-	-
Wolton	7	2	19	0	-	-
Hitchcock	12	4	32	0	-	-
Gardner	1	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> FC Gardner (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 35
--> FC Gardner (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 73
--> RT Spooner (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 56
--> RT Spooner (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 77
--> AVG Wolton (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 15
--> J Sperry (1) passed his previous highest score of 33 in First-Class matches
--> J Sperry (1) passed his previous highest score of 33 in County Championship matches
--> CH Palmer (2) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 8
--> VE Jackson (2) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 93
--> RG Thompson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 5-16)
--> RG Thompson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 5-16)

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