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| Venue | Aylestone Road, Leicester on 5th, 7th, 8th August 1939 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | FJ Durston, CV Tarbox |
| Close of play day 1 | No play |
| Close of play day 2 | Leicestershire (1) 27/0 (Berry 12*, Lester 10*) |
| Northamptonshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| EJH Dixon | b Drake | 30 | |||||
| HW Greenwood | c Packe b Drake | 68 | |||||
| D Brookes | c Packe b Armstrong | 43 | |||||
| JE Timms | c Drake b Sperry | 26 | |||||
| WE Merritt | c Packe b Armstrong | 24 | |||||
| *RP Nelson | lbw b Smith | 44 | |||||
| FP O'Brien | c Smith b Armstrong | 19 | |||||
| +KC James | c Dawkes b Drake | 14 | |||||
| CP Davis | c Armstrong b Smith | 8 | |||||
| RJ Partridge | b Smith | 6 | |||||
| EJ Herbert | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (10 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 88.5 overs) | 300 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-74, 2-113, 3-159, 4-203, 5-203, 6-228, 7-251, 8-271, 9-299, 10-300 (88.5 ov) | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Sperry | 18 | 6 | 64 | 1 | - | - | |
| Drake | 26 | 7 | 58 | 3 | - | - | |
| Smith | 22.5 | 7 | 62 | 3 | - | - | |
| Lester | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Prentice | 11 | 1 | 43 | 0 | - | - | |
| Armstrong | 8 | 1 | 32 | 3 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GL Berry | c Dixon b Partridge | 16 | |||||
| G Lester | hit wkt b Merritt | 26 | |||||
| NF Armstrong | hit wkt b Merritt | 20 | |||||
| FT Prentice | not out | 8 | |||||
| GS Watson | not out | 1 | |||||
| *MS Packe | did not bat | ||||||
| HA Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| +GO Dawkes | did not bat | ||||||
| J Sperry | did not bat | ||||||
| M Tompkin | did not bat | ||||||
| CH Drake | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 7 lb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 28.5 overs) | 83 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-43, 2-55, 3-82 | |||||||
| Northamptonshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Partridge | 12 | 1 | 27 | 1 | - | - | |
| Herbert | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Timms | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Merritt | 10.5 | 2 | 27 | 2 | - | - | |
| Nelson | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |