f15923 cc7763	Lancashire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1937
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 14th, 16th, 17th August 1937 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Lancashire 5; Leicestershire 3
Umpires	G Beet, CN Woolley
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 151/6 (Armstrong 47*, Astill 20*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	lbw b Birtwell	24
FT Prentice	c Phillipson b Birtwell	17
NF Armstrong	c Lister b Pollard	56
GS Watson	c Lister b Nutter	0
JAS Taylor	c Duckworth b Birtwell	6
MS Packe	b Phillipson	12
H Riley	b Sibbles	18
*WE Astill	c Sibbles b Phillipson	22
HA Smith	c Duckworth b Pollard	15
+GO Dawkes	run out	5
WH Flamson	not out	2
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 77.5 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-51, 3-52, 4-59, 5-84, 6-115, 7-162, 8-171, 9-177, 10-185 (77.5 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillipson	26	4	82	2	-	-
Sibbles	14	2	31	1	-	-
Birtwell	21	7	33	3	-	-
Pollard	12.5	2	15	2	-	-
Nutter	4	0	16	1	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Hopwood	b Flamson	0
W Place	not out	86
N Oldfield	c Armstrong b Prentice	59
J Iddon	c Taylor b Prentice	10
AE Nutter	b Smith	15
WE Phillipson	c Dawkes b Smith	17
*WHL Lister	c Packe b Flamson	25
R Pollard	not out	2
AJ Birtwell	did not bat
+G Duckworth	did not bat
FM Sibbles	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 3 w)	12
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 59 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-87, 3-102, 4-139, 5-183, 6-221

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flamson	18	1	60	2	-	-
Smith	17	1	76	2	-	-
Taylor	5	0	24	0	-	-
Prentice	13	4	28	2	-	-
Astill	6	0	26	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	not out	35
FT Prentice	not out	22
NF Armstrong	did not bat
GS Watson	did not bat
JAS Taylor	did not bat
MS Packe	did not bat
H Riley	did not bat
*WE Astill	did not bat
HA Smith	did not bat
+GO Dawkes	did not bat
WH Flamson	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(no wicket, 33 overs)	70

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillipson	6	3	16	0	-	-
Sibbles	11	5	19	0	-	-
Birtwell	5	1	8	0	-	-
Nutter	5	1	5	0	-	-
Hopwood	6	2	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JAS Taylor made his debut in County Championship matches
--> JAS Taylor made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GL Berry (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 13
--> AJ Birtwell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 3-47)
--> R Pollard reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> WE Phillipson reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> AJ Birtwell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 3-47)
--> HA Smith reached 900 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Lancashire first innings

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