f16492 cc8070	Northamptonshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1939
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 27th, 29th May 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by an innings and 193 runs
Points	Northamptonshire 12; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	E Cooke, D Hendren
Scorer	AG Robinson
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 280/2 (Brookes 120*, Timms 50*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	b Buswell	3
GS Watson	b Partridge	1
NF Armstrong	b Partridge	1
FT Prentice	lbw b Partridge	1
*CS Dempster	b Buswell	0
M Tompkin	run out	32
+GO Dawkes	b Timms	16
G Lester	not out	44
JE Walsh	b Buswell	14
HA Smith	b Nelson	13
WH Flamson	b Nelson	0
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 39.6 overs)	134
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-6, 3-6, 4-6, 5-8, 6-34, 7-73, 8-97, 9-134, 10-134 (39.6 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buswell	14	2	43	3	-	-
Partridge	13	2	38	3	-	-
Merritt	6	0	21	0	-	-
Timms	5	0	22	1	-	-
Nelson	1.6	0	1	2	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HW Greenwood	c Smith b Flamson	8
CP Davis	st +Dempster b Walsh	84
D Brookes	c Armstrong b Lester	187
JE Timms	c Tompkin b Flamson	55
*RP Nelson	run out	44
FP O'Brien	b Walsh	10
+KC James	not out	42
MEF Dunkley	c Smith b Flamson	12
WE Merritt	lbw b Flamson	7
RJ Partridge	not out	20
JE Buswell	did not bat
Extras	(30 b, 11 lb)	41
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 111 overs)	510
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-194, 3-295, 4-387, 5-418, 6-421, 7-467, 8-477

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flamson	27	2	125	4	-	-
Smith	31	1	99	0	-	-
Walsh	33	1	157	2	-	-
Lester	13	0	60	1	-	-
Armstrong	3	0	7	0	-	-
Prentice	4	0	21	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	b Buswell	31
GS Watson	st James b Merritt	36
NF Armstrong	lbw b Buswell	20
FT Prentice	lbw b Buswell	1
*CS Dempster	b Partridge	10
M Tompkin	st James b Merritt	13
+GO Dawkes	c James b Merritt	1
G Lester	c Greenwood b Merritt	29
JE Walsh	c Partridge b Merritt	4
HA Smith	st James b Merritt	8
WH Flamson	not out	10
Extras	(7 b, 10 lb, 3 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 41.7 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-100, 3-100, 4-103, 5-120, 6-121, 7-136, 8-152, 9-164, 10-183 (41.7 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buswell	12	2	47	3	-	-
Partridge	12	3	45	1	-	-
Merritt	10.7	0	56	6	-	-
Timms	6	2	15	0	-	-
Nelson	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> G Lester (1) passed his previous highest score of 36 in First-Class matches
--> G Lester (1) passed his previous highest score of 36 in County Championship matches
--> CP Davis (1) passed his previous highest score of 67 in County Championship matches
--> CP Davis (1) passed his previous highest score of 67 in First-Class matches
--> CP Davis (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 16
--> D Brookes (1) passed his previous highest score of 113 in County Championship matches
--> D Brookes (1) passed his previous highest score of 114 in First-Class matches
--> JE Timms reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> RJ Partridge reached 450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> WE Merritt achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire second innings (previous best was 3-154)
--> WE Merritt achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire second innings

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