f15903 cc7745	Hampshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1937
Venue	May's Bounty, Basingstoke on 7th, 9th August 1937 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 9 wickets
Points	Hampshire 0; Leicestershire 15
Umpires	E Cooke, JA Smart
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 404 all out

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Walker b Creese	153
FT Prentice	lbw b Herman	59
NF Armstrong	c McCorkell b Herman	10
GS Watson	lbw b Herman	44
H Riley	b Moore	26
MS Packe	st McCorkell b Moore	21
G Geary	c Creese b Herman	26
*WE Astill	c Creese b Herman	56
HA Smith	c Hill b Creese	1
+P Corrall	run out	2
WH Flamson	not out	1
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 117.4 overs)	404
Fall of wickets:
1-135, 2-161, 3-262, 4-280, 5-317, 6-318, 7-385, 8-394, 9-401, 10-404 (117.4 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Herman	33	1	124	5	-	-
Heath	20	4	74	0	-	-
Lawson	11	1	38	0	-	-
Moore	13	1	47	2	-	-
Hill	20	6	44	0	-	-
Creese	20.4	1	72	2	-	-

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Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RH Moore	b Smith	7
+NT McCorkell	c Smith b Flamson	30
G Hill	c Geary b Flamson	23
J Arnold	lbw b Flamson	5
AE Pothecary	b Flamson	5
DF Walker	c Astill b Smith	34
WCL Creese	c Packe b Geary	12
GL Jones	not out	23
OW Herman	b Flamson	10
HM Lawson	c Armstrong b Flamson	0
GEM Heath	b Smith	0
Extras	(10 b, 21 lb)	31
Total	(all out, 50.4 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-74, 3-90, 4-95, 5-108, 6-123, 7-161, 8-180, 9-180, 10-180 (50.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flamson	22	5	61	6	-	-
Smith	15.4	2	48	3	-	-
Geary	11	3	28	1	-	-
Prentice	2	0	12	0	-	-

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Hampshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RH Moore	b Smith	7
+NT McCorkell	lbw b Flamson	50
G Hill	lbw b Smith	4
J Arnold	b Geary	24
AE Pothecary	c Smith b Prentice	9
DF Walker	c Packe b Smith	13
WCL Creese	run out	34
GL Jones	c Geary b Flamson	2
OW Herman	not out	91
HM Lawson	c Corrall b Flamson	5
GEM Heath	lbw b Smith	0
Extras	(6 b, 8 lb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 66 overs)	254
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-39, 3-82, 4-93, 5-105, 6-113, 7-122, 8-214, 9-241, 10-254 (66 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flamson	18	2	51	3	-	-
Smith	21	4	91	4	-	-
Geary	16	3	50	1	-	-
Prentice	11	1	47	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	not out	12
FT Prentice	lbw b Arnold	0
NF Armstrong	not out	19
GS Watson	did not bat
H Riley	did not bat
MS Packe	did not bat
G Geary	did not bat
*WE Astill	did not bat
HA Smith	did not bat
+P Corrall	did not bat
WH Flamson	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(1 wicket, 7.5 overs)	32
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Prentice)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnold	4	0	20	1	-	-
McCorkell	3.5	1	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> GL Berry (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 55
--> FT Prentice (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 26
--> G Geary (1) passed 10000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 10
--> GL Jones (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in County Championship matches
--> GL Jones (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> WCL Creese (2) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> OW Herman (2) passed his previous highest score of 72 in County Championship matches
--> OW Herman (2) passed his previous highest score of 72 in First-Class matches
--> NF Armstrong (2) passed 16000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> OW Herman reached 700 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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