f18063 cc8863	Northamptonshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1948
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 31st July, 2nd, 3rd August 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 182 runs
Points	Northamptonshire 4; Leicestershire 12
Umpires	WH Ashdown, HG Baldwin
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (2) 4/0 (Berry 2*, Watson 2*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 309/5 (Tompkin 84*, Walsh 10*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	c Fiddling b Webster	26
GS Watson	b Clarke	13
FT Prentice	lbw b Webster	22
M Tompkin	lbw b Nutter	5
VE Jackson	b Clarke	16
G Lester	hit wkt b Clarke	3
WB Cornock	not out	14
JE Walsh	c Nutter b Webster	8
VS Munden	c Nutter b Webster	1
+P Corrall	b Nutter	4
J Sperry	c Fiddling b Nutter	0
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb, 3 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 45.5 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-55, 3-66, 4-94, 5-98, 6-98, 7-112, 8-114, 9-127, 10-127 (45.5 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nutter	10.5	2	27	3	-	-
Clarke	17	2	57	3	-	-
Webster	18	4	28	4	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Brookes	b Sperry	1
CP Davis	c Prentice b Walsh	16
N Oldfield	c Cornock b Munden	66
W Barron	b Walsh	17
V Broderick	b Walsh	0
AE Nutter	c Corrall b Walsh	22
J Webster	run out	2
*AW Childs-Clarke	b Walsh	1
RW Clarke	b Walsh	9
+K Fiddling	b Walsh	7
RG Garlick	not out	15
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 65 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-43, 3-81, 4-85, 5-119, 6-123, 7-126, 8-126, 9-135, 10-160 (65 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	8	3	20	1	-	-
Cornock	8	2	21	0	-	-
Walsh	25	5	66	7	-	-
Jackson	10	1	20	0	-	-
Munden	14	1	29	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	b Clarke	92
GS Watson	b Nutter	18
FT Prentice	c Fiddling b Nutter	78
M Tompkin	not out	84
VE Jackson	b Nutter	2
WB Cornock	c Fiddling b Webster	8
JE Walsh	not out	10
G Lester	did not bat
VS Munden	did not bat
+P Corrall	did not bat
J Sperry	did not bat
Extras	(13 b, 4 nb)	17
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 119 overs)	309
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-189, 3-199, 4-211, 5-259

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nutter	28	7	89	3	-	-
Clarke	29	6	74	1	-	-
Broderick	24	10	59	0	-	-
Webster	26	9	55	1	-	-
Garlick	12	5	15	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Brookes	c Watson b Sperry	6
N Oldfield	c sub b Sperry	4
W Barron	c Cornock b Walsh	18
V Broderick	c Cornock b Walsh	15
CP Davis	run out	4
AE Nutter	lbw b Walsh	4
J Webster	b Walsh	5
*AW Childs-Clarke	lbw b Walsh	9
RW Clarke	c sub b Walsh	15
+K Fiddling	not out	4
RG Garlick	b Sperry	0
Extras	(10 b)	10
Total	(all out, 63.1 overs)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-15, 3-40, 4-44, 5-49, 6-60, 7-67, 8-74, 9-85, 10-94 (63.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	10.1	3	14	3	-	-
Cornock	4	1	9	0	-	-
Walsh	26	9	42	6	-	-
Jackson	15	5	13	0	-	-
Munden	8	5	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GL Berry (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 30
--> GL Berry (2) passed 25500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> RW Clarke reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> RW Clarke reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> AE Nutter reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> JE Walsh reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings

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