f15853 cc7701	Leicestershire v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1937
Venue	Ashby Road, Hinckley on 17th, 19th, 20th July 1937 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 8 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 0; Worcestershire 15
Umpires	HW Lee, W Reeves
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (2) 7/2 (Prentice 0*, Dawkes 3*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 43/6 (Prentice 17*, Geary 8*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	b Jackson	33
FT Prentice	c Buller b Perks	4
NF Armstrong	c Kimpton b Jackson	39
*CS Dempster	hit wkt b Jackson	3
GS Watson	st Buller b Howorth	1
HC Graham	lbw b Jackson	7
G Geary	st Buller b Kimpton	3
WE Astill	lbw b Kimpton	8
HA Smith	b Jackson	13
+GO Dawkes	b Jackson	3
WH Flamson	not out	0
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 50.4 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-48, 3-52, 4-53, 5-73, 6-89, 7-94, 8-108, 9-116, 10-119 (50.4 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	11	4	17	1	-	-
Martin	6	1	17	0	-	-
Howorth	14	4	26	1	-	-
Jackson	14.4	2	34	6	-	-
Kimpton	5	0	20	2	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CH Bull	c Dawkes b Geary	10
FB Warne	b Smith	4
E Cooper	b Smith	8
HHIH Gibbons	c Smith b Geary	60
SH Martin	b Geary	30
RCM Kimpton	run out	1
*BW Quaife	not out	11
R Howorth	lbw b Geary	5
+JS Buller	c Flamson b Geary	0
RTD Perks	b Flamson	1
PF Jackson	b Flamson	0
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 55.1 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-20, 3-62, 4-118, 5-121, 6-122, 7-132, 8-134, 9-135, 10-141 (55.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	18	5	27	2	-	-
Geary	19	5	56	5	-	-
Prentice	10	0	34	0	-	-
Astill	3	0	9	0	-	-
Flamson	5.1	3	4	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	lbw b Perks	2
FT Prentice	not out	36
NF Armstrong	lbw b Martin	1
+GO Dawkes	c Quaife b Martin	3
*CS Dempster	c and b Martin	0
GS Watson	c and b Martin	2
HC Graham	b Jackson	3
G Geary	b Martin	8
WE Astill	b Perks	19
HA Smith	c Jackson b Perks	2
WH Flamson	st Buller b Martin	6
Extras	(7 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 47.4 overs)	89
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-3, 3-7, 4-7, 5-15, 6-22, 7-43, 8-78, 9-80, 10-89 (47.4 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	10	2	15	3	-	-
Martin	22.4	5	43	6	-	-
Howorth	1	1	0	0	-	-
Jackson	14	6	24	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CH Bull	b Smith	2
FB Warne	b Geary	9
E Cooper	not out	27
HHIH Gibbons	not out	16
SH Martin	did not bat
RCM Kimpton	did not bat
*BW Quaife	did not bat
R Howorth	did not bat
+JS Buller	did not bat
RTD Perks	did not bat
PF Jackson	did not bat
Extras	(15 b)	15
Total	(2 wickets, 26 overs)	69
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-13

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	11	2	21	1	-	-
Geary	8	2	16	1	-	-
Prentice	2	0	10	0	-	-
Flamson	5	0	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> NF Armstrong (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 17
--> SH Martin reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> G Geary reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire second innings

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