misc127995	London Fire Service v British Empire XI
	Other matches in England 1940
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 1st June 1940 (1-day single innings match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	London Fire Service won the toss and decided to field
Result	British Empire XI won by 144 runs
Umpires	AB Godfrey, LWE Shephard
Scorers	RJ Holbrook, W Mavins

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British Empire XI innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LF Parslow	b Calcott	75
CL Walker	run out	5
WG Spencer	c Davison b Lees	61
FR de Saram	b Davison	8
HT Bartlett	c Hall b Lees	82
R Smith	c and b Bills	55
L Allen	not out	3
+MVO Umfreville	did not bat
JCW Rock	did not bat
RJ Hayter	did not bat
*DL Donnelly	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 45.5 overs)	290
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-104, 3-137, 4-160, 5-280, 6-290 (45.5 ov)

London Fire Service bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Calcott	11	0	77	1	-	-
Lay	11	3	47	0	-	-
Lees	11	1	64	2	-	-
Colbourn	2	0	8	0	-	-
Davison	8	0	63	1	-	-
Bills	2.5	0	30	1	-	-

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London Fire Service innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HW Hall	b Allen	16
JA Bills	c Umfreville b Smith	3
EC Woodgate	b Smith	0
JW Levy	c Umfreville b Rock	14
RM Davison	c Hayter b Allen	62
*+FW Field	lbw b de Saram	25
B Johnson	b de Saram	9
A Lay	b Smith	1
CC Lees	not out	8
WO Colbourn	b Allen	0
RA Calcott	b Allen	0
Extras		8
Total	(all out, 32.3 overs)	146
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-11, 3-27, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-146 (32.3 ov)

British Empire XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	11	2	42	3	-	-
Allen	10.3	0	53	4	-	1
Rock	5	0	19	1	-	-
de Saram	4	0	20	2	-	1
Hayter	2	0	4	0	-	-

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