f16281 cc7963	Northamptonshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1938
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 30th July, 1st, 2nd August 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 0; Leicestershire 4
Umpires	LC Braund, TW Oates
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 3/1 (Greenwood 1*, Nelson 0*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 35/1 (Berry 19*, Armstrong 10*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Dunkley b Buswell	6
LD Thursting	b Timms	17
NF Armstrong	c O'Brien b Partridge	125		235	15	-
FT Prentice	hit wkt b Partridge	40
M Tompkin	b Timms	33
GS Watson	c James b Timms	50
*G Geary	c Herbert b Partridge	0
+GO Dawkes	b Buswell	15
HA Smith	c O'Brien b Timms	25
G Lester	lbw b Nelson	12
J Sperry	not out	4
Extras	(15 b, 7 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	25
Total	(all out, 113.1 overs)	352
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-37, 3-130, 4-205, 5-231, 6-250, 7-270, 8-311, 9-343, 10-352 (113.1 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buswell	23	5	88	2	-	-
Partridge	25	3	69	3	-	-
Timms	21	3	60	4	-	-
Herbert	25	5	72	0	-	-
Nelson	13.1	5	24	1	-	-
O'Brien	6	0	14	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HW Greenwood	c sub b Smith	9
D Brookes	lbw b Sperry	1
*RP Nelson	st Dawkes b Lester	86
JE Timms	st Dawkes b Lester	121			11	-
+KC James	c Dawkes b Sperry	20
FP O'Brien	c Sperry b Smith	1
SI Philips	lbw b Lester	0
MEF Dunkley	c Smith b Lester	48
RJ Partridge	b Lester	22
EJ Herbert	lbw b Lester	4
JE Buswell	not out	26
Extras	(9 b, 4 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 129.3 overs)	351
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-13, 3-182, 4-225, 5-226, 6-273, 7-273, 8-304, 9-315, 10-351 (129.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	27	7	54	2	-	-
Smith	38	8	96	2	-	-
Geary	13	3	28	0	-	-
Lester	34.3	6	108	6	-	-
Prentice	17	1	52	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Nelson b Partridge	80
LD Thursting	b Partridge	2
NF Armstrong	lbw b Partridge	14
FT Prentice	b Partridge	11
M Tompkin	c and b Timms	10
GS Watson	b Herbert	5
*G Geary	not out	48
+GO Dawkes	b Partridge	4
HA Smith	b Herbert	13
G Lester	not out	20
J Sperry	did not bat
Extras	(13 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	19
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 86 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-43, 3-73, 4-96, 5-111, 6-153, 7-157, 8-188

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buswell	18	2	62	0	-	-
Partridge	27	8	54	5	-	-
Timms	12	4	28	1	-	-
Herbert	23	5	48	2	-	-
O'Brien	6	2	15	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HW Greenwood	run out	20
D Brookes	not out	30
SI Philips	not out	3
*RP Nelson	did not bat
JE Timms	did not bat
+KC James	did not bat
FP O'Brien	did not bat
MEF Dunkley	did not bat
RJ Partridge	did not bat
EJ Herbert	did not bat
JE Buswell	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(1 wicket, 24 overs)	59
Fall of wickets:
1-54 (Greenwood)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	7	2	19	0	-	-
Smith	5	2	11	0	-	-
Lester	7	2	9	0	-	-
Prentice	5	0	14	0	-	-

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Notes
--> SI Philips made his debut in First-Class matches
--> SI Philips made his debut in County Championship matches
--> LD Thursting (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> RP Nelson (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 50
--> RP Nelson (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> G Lester (2) passed his previous highest score of 17 in First-Class matches
--> G Lester (2) passed his previous highest score of 17 in County Championship matches
--> D Brookes (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> G Lester achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 4-80)
--> G Lester achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> G Lester achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 4-80)
--> G Lester achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> NF Armstrong retired hurt in the Leicestershire first innings having scored 118 (team score 231/4) - he returned when the score was 250/6

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The Northamptonshire players only arrived back at 4.00am from Scarborough after the Yorkshire match.
Northamptonshire provided three fielding substitutes on the second morning, as the visitors were delayed by railway holiday traffic.