f16289 cc7971	Leicestershire v Yorkshire
	County Championship 1938
Venue	Aylestone Road, Leicester on 3rd, 4th, 5th August 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Yorkshire won by an innings and 74 runs
Points	Leicestershire 0; Yorkshire 12
Umpires	LC Braund, JA Newman
Close of play day 1	Yorkshire (1) 23/0 (Mitchell 5*, Sellers 17*)
Close of play day 2	Yorkshire (1) 440/6 (Leyland 63*, Robinson 23*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Barber b Yardley	2
LD Thursting	c Wood b Bowes	28
NF Armstrong	c and b Leyland	64
FT Prentice	c Mitchell b Leyland	21
GS Watson	lbw b Leyland	60
M Tompkin	lbw b Verity	45
*G Geary	b Leyland	15
+GO Dawkes	b Leyland	8
HA Smith	run out	20
G Lester	not out	12
J Sperry	b Verity	7
Extras	(8 b, 7 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 113.4 overs)	297
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-51, 3-87, 4-167, 5-194, 6-216, 7-232, 8-272, 9-287, 10-297 (113.4 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bowes	29	7	82	1	-	-
Yardley	14	2	33	1	-	-
Robinson	9	2	23	0	-	-
Verity	39.4	14	67	2	-	-
Leyland	22	5	77	5	-	-

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Mitchell	b Lester	19
*AB Sellers	run out	46
H Sutcliffe	lbw b Smith	87
W Barber	c Tompkin b Lester	130
NWD Yardley	lbw b Lester	13
M Leyland	not out	63
+A Wood	b Smith	38
EP Robinson	not out	23
H Verity	did not bat
WE Bowes	did not bat
J Smurthwaite	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 12 lb, 2 w)	21
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 128 overs)	440
Fall of wickets:
1-67, 2-71, 3-272, 4-293, 5-340, 6-403

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	28	4	99	0	-	-
Smith	35	5	97	2	-	-
Geary	16	4	31	0	-	-
Lester	32	2	121	3	-	-
Prentice	13	1	60	0	-	-
Armstrong	4	1	11	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Yardley b Verity	33
LD Thursting	c Yardley b Bowes	1
NF Armstrong	c Sellers b Verity	5
FT Prentice	c Wood b Bowes	0
GS Watson	c Verity b Bowes	0
M Tompkin	c Mitchell b Verity	8
*G Geary	c Yardley b Bowes	2
+GO Dawkes	b Verity	11
HA Smith	c Yardley b Bowes	0
G Lester	st Wood b Verity	3
J Sperry	not out	3
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(all out, 29.3 overs)	69
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-10, 3-10, 4-10, 5-25, 6-40, 7-50, 8-50, 9-64, 10-69 (29.3 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bowes	15	6	28	5	-	-
Yardley	2	1	2	0	-	-
Verity	12.3	4	36	5	-	-

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Notes
--> J Smurthwaite made his debut in County Championship matches
--> J Smurthwaite made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GS Watson (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> W Barber (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 111
--> W Barber (1) passed 10000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 9
--> M Leyland (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 30
--> GL Berry (2) passed 19500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> M Leyland reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> H Verity reached 1100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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Barber 130, seventeen 4's.