f18080 cc8878	Leicestershire v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1948
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 7th, 9th, 10th August 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 0; Worcestershire 4
Umpires	JT Bell, FS Lee
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 117/3 (Palmer 61*, Jenkins 26*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 64/4 (Jackson 20*, Howard 0*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Cooper	b Sperry	0
F Cooper	b Sperry	4
CH Palmer	lbw b Walsh	89
D Kenyon	b Jackson	19
RO Jenkins	b Munden	75
R Howorth	b Walsh	12
LF Outschoorn	c Munden b Walsh	42
G Dews	c Watson b Munden	11
*AFT White	c Watson b Walsh	42
RTD Perks	c Jackson b Sperry	9
+H Yarnold	not out	12
Extras	(11 b, 10 lb)	21
Total	(all out, 154.3 overs)	336
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-4, 3-39, 4-162, 5-184, 6-249, 7-268, 8-271, 9-292, 10-336 (154.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	38	12	54	3	-	-
Cornock	15	4	24	0	-	-
Jackson	30	10	62	1	-	-
Walsh	39.3	6	108	4	-	-
Munden	32	9	67	2	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	c Dews b Perks	0
GS Watson	b Outschoorn	0
FT Prentice	c and b Perks	20
M Tompkin	lbw b Jenkins	16
VE Jackson	c Yarnold b Perks	34
J Howard	b Howorth	1
WB Cornock	st Yarnold b Jenkins	51
JE Walsh	b Palmer	18
VS Munden	st Yarnold b Jenkins	14
+P Corrall	not out	9
J Sperry	b Perks	5
Extras	(3 b, 5 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 110.2 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-1, 3-16, 4-64, 5-70, 6-95, 7-126, 8-164, 9-165, 10-179 (110.2 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	29.2	12	46	4	-	-
Outschoorn	6	4	9	1	-	-
Howorth	33	19	38	1	-	-
Jenkins	24	3	49	3	-	-
Palmer	18	9	26	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	not out	32
GS Watson	c and b Howorth	51
FT Prentice	not out	14
M Tompkin	did not bat
VE Jackson	did not bat
J Howard	did not bat
WB Cornock	did not bat
JE Walsh	did not bat
VS Munden	did not bat
+P Corrall	did not bat
J Sperry	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb)	5
Total	(1 wicket, 50 overs)	102
Fall of wickets:
1-81 (Watson)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	11	4	18	0	-	-
Outschoorn	6	3	4	0	-	-
Palmer	10	4	13	0	-	-
Jenkins	14	1	38	0	-	-
Howorth	9	1	24	1	-	-

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Notes
--> CH Palmer (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 59
--> RO Jenkins (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 40
--> LF Outschoorn (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 20
--> J Sperry reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings

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