f16265 cc7950	Leicestershire v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1938
Venue	Park Road, Loughborough on 23rd, 25th, 26th July 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 9 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 0; Worcestershire 12
Umpires	CAG Russell, JA Smart
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 0/2 (Bull 0*, Cooper 0*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (1) 501/9 (Buller 48*, Jenkins 0*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	lbw b Perks	13
LD Thursting	c Buller b Lyttelton	2
NF Armstrong	b Howorth	7
FT Prentice	c Jenkins b Howorth	78
M Tompkin	c King b Howorth	22
GS Watson	c Jenkins b Palmer	59
*G Geary	c Cooper b Howorth	8
+GO Dawkes	c Jenkins b Perks	15
GH Palmer	lbw b Howorth	7
HA Smith	not out	29
J Sperry	b Jenkins	4
Extras	(15 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	25
Total	(all out, 85.1 overs)	269
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-19, 3-29, 4-69, 5-156, 6-171, 7-210, 8-236, 9-246, 10-269 (85.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	23	8	67	2	-	-
Lyttelton	14	2	31	1	-	-
Howorth	24	5	84	5	-	-
Jenkins	18.1	2	49	1	-	-
Palmer	6	2	13	1	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CH Bull	lbw b Smith	75
BP King	b Sperry	0
CDA Pullan	b Sperry	0
E Cooper	c Watson b Palmer	104
HHIH Gibbons	c and b Armstrong	5
*CJ Lyttelton	c Thursting b Armstrong	162
CH Palmer	lbw b Armstrong	56
R Howorth	c and b Thursting	23
+JS Buller	not out	48
RTD Perks	c Geary b Thursting	7
RO Jenkins	not out	0
Extras	(13 b, 4 lb, 4 w)	21
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 133 overs)	501
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-173, 4-186, 5-214, 6-313, 7-377, 8-490, 9-501

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	33	4	94	2	-	-
Palmer	25	7	63	1	-	-
Smith	32	7	93	1	-	-
Prentice	18	2	94	0	-	-
Thursting	9	0	67	2	-	-
Armstrong	16	3	69	3	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Cooper b Lyttelton	4
LD Thursting	lbw b Perks	33
NF Armstrong	lbw b Howorth	124
FT Prentice	lbw b Howorth	14
M Tompkin	c Howorth b Jenkins	1
GS Watson	hit wkt b Jenkins	1
*G Geary	c Lyttelton b Howorth	15
+GO Dawkes	c Buller b Jenkins	22
GH Palmer	c Buller b Jenkins	6
HA Smith	c Palmer b Howorth	7
J Sperry	not out	0
Extras	(13 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	19
Total	(all out, 91.2 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-71, 3-149, 4-156, 5-158, 6-202, 7-209, 8-239, 9-240, 10-246 (91.2 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	14	2	48	1	-	-
Lyttelton	2	0	5	1	-	-
Howorth	36.2	3	84	4	-	-
Jenkins	27	6	64	4	-	-
Palmer	9	1	20	0	-	-
Pullan	3	0	6	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CH Bull	c Palmer b Sperry	0
BP King	not out	9
CDA Pullan	not out	9
E Cooper	did not bat
HHIH Gibbons	did not bat
*CJ Lyttelton	did not bat
CH Palmer	did not bat
R Howorth	did not bat
+JS Buller	did not bat
RTD Perks	did not bat
RO Jenkins	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 4 overs)	18
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Bull)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	2	0	11	1	-	-
Smith	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GH Palmer made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GH Palmer made his debut in County Championship matches
--> E Cooper (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 42
--> CJ Lyttelton (1) passed his previous highest score of 73 in County Championship matches
--> CJ Lyttelton (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> CJ Lyttelton (1) passed his previous highest score of 80 in First-Class matches
--> CJ Lyttelton (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> CH Palmer (1) passed his previous highest score of 51 in County Championship matches
--> CH Palmer (1) passed his previous highest score of 51 in First-Class matches
--> JS Buller (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 14
--> HA Smith reached 900 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> RO Jenkins achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire second innings (previous best was 3-42)
--> RO Jenkins achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire second innings (previous best was 3-42)

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Sperry took wickets with the first and third ball of the opening over of the Worcester first innings.
Cooper scored 104, fourteen 4's in 160 minutes.
Geary was unable to bowl through injury.
Lyttelton 162 (his first century for Worcestershire), four 6's and fifteen 4's.
Armstrong, eighteen 4's in 210 minutes.

 

 

 

 

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