f18009 cc8818	Leicestershire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1948
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 7th, 8th, 9th July 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 10 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 0; Middlesex 12
Umpires	H Elliott, A Lockett
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 37/0 (Brown 24*, Robertson 9*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 64/0 (Berry 36*, Lester 25*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	c Compton b Gray	72
G Lester	lbw b Ingram	82
FT Prentice	c Gray b Thompson	5
M Tompkin	lbw b Allen	1
VE Jackson	b Gray	4
WB Cornock	c and b Sims	21
A Riddington	lbw b Sims	8
JE Walsh	lbw b Sims	28
MW Etherington	c Malcolm b Gray	6
+P Corrall	c and b Sims	4
J Sperry	not out	4
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 98 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-124, 2-143, 3-145, 4-167, 5-171, 6-195, 7-200, 8-231, 9-231, 10-240 (98 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	30	5	82	3	-	-
Allen	20	5	65	1	-	-
Ingram	27	15	39	1	-	-
Sharp	8	2	15	0	-	-
Thompson	2	1	3	1	-	-
Sims	11	3	31	4	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Brown	lbw b Riddington	64
JDB Robertson	b Lester	132		245	13	1
JG Dewes	b Jackson	22
HJJ Malcolm	st Corrall b Lester	51
AW Thompson	c Berry b Cornock	55
+LH Compton	c Sperry b Lester	85
HPH Sharp	c Walsh b Sperry	3
E Ingram	not out	18
JM Sims	did not bat
LH Gray	did not bat
*GOB Allen	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 2 lb)	11
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 133.3 overs)	441
Fall of wickets:
1-123, 2-180, 3-255, 4-286, 5-386, 6-393, 7-441 (133.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	31	5	117	1	-	-
Etherington	4	0	10	0	-	-
Walsh	25	5	64	0	-	-
Cornock	18	2	66	1	-	-
Jackson	21	8	58	1	-	-
Lester	21.3	6	74	3	-	-
Riddington	13	2	41	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	c sub b Sims	99
G Lester	lbw b Sims	60
FT Prentice	lbw b Ingram	1
M Tompkin	lbw b Sims	7
VE Jackson	c and b Sims	9
WB Cornock	b Sims	19
A Riddington	c Brown b Sims	0
JE Walsh	not out	34
MW Etherington	run out	8
+P Corrall	c Brown b Gray	0
J Sperry	c Brown b Sims	0
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 82 overs)	245
Fall of wickets:
1-139, 2-142, 3-153, 4-169, 5-193, 6-197, 7-204, 8-216, 9-216, 10-245 (82 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	15	3	40	1	-	-
Allen	11	0	48	0	-	-
Ingram	23	10	41	1	-	-
Sims	30	7	91	7	-	-
Thompson	3	0	17	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Brown	not out	31
JDB Robertson	not out	14
JG Dewes	did not bat
HJJ Malcolm	did not bat
AW Thompson	did not bat
+LH Compton	did not bat
HPH Sharp	did not bat
E Ingram	did not bat
JM Sims	did not bat
LH Gray	did not bat
*GOB Allen	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 17 overs)	45

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	5	2	14	0	-	-
Cornock	4	0	14	0	-	-
Riddington	4	0	8	0	-	-
Lester	4	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> MW Etherington made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> MW Etherington made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> JM Sims reached 850 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> JM Sims reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 6th wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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