f18270 cc8948	Middlesex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1949
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 18th, 19th May 1949 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by an innings and 44 runs
Points	Middlesex 12; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	HG Baldwin, F Chester
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 19/2 (Berry 8*, Tompkin 3*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Berry b Jackson	51
SM Brown	c Watson b Sperry	0
WJ Edrich	b Sperry	2
DCS Compton	b Jackson	60
*FG Mann	lbw b Jackson	13
HPH Sharp	not out	62
AW Thompson	c Jackson b Sperry	25
+LH Compton	c Evans b Sperry	2
JM Sims	c Corrall b Walsh	18
JA Young	b Sperry	22
LH Gray	b Sperry	3
Extras	(14 b, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 98.2 overs)	273
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-30, 3-87, 4-119, 5-134, 6-186, 7-188, 8-211, 9-255, 10-273 (98.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	30.2	11	45	6	-	-
Symington	5	1	20	0	-	-
Walsh	25	4	86	1	-	-
Jackson	29	9	64	3	-	-
Evans	9	0	43	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c LH Compton b Gray	20
G Lester	c Robertson b Gray	1
FT Prentice	c Robertson b Gray	0
M Tompkin	c Robertson b Young	16
VE Jackson	c Robertson b Gray	0
GS Watson	not out	20
*SJ Symington	b Gray	4
G Evans	c LH Compton b Young	0
JE Walsh	b Gray	1
+P Corrall	b Young	0
J Sperry	b Young	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 40.5 overs)	70
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-10, 3-39, 4-45, 5-45, 6-55, 7-58, 8-61, 9-70, 10-70 (40.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edrich	5	0	12	0	-	-
Gray	20	5	38	6	-	-
Young	15.5	9	12	4	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Gray b Young	28
G Lester	b Edrich	12
FT Prentice	c DCS Compton b Gray	3
M Tompkin	b Sims	38
VE Jackson	lbw b Sims	21
GS Watson	c DCS Compton b Young	1
*SJ Symington	run out	8
G Evans	c LH Compton b Young	0
JE Walsh	c Brown b Young	27
+P Corrall	c Robertson b Young	9
J Sperry	not out	0
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 61 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-22, 3-56, 4-101, 5-106, 6-120, 7-120, 8-134, 9-159, 10-159 (61 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edrich	7	0	33	1	-	-
Gray	8	6	4	1	-	-
Young	24	11	42	5	-	-
DCS Compton	8	0	19	0	-	-
Sims	14	1	49	2	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> JE Walsh (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 22
--> G Evans made his debut for Leicestershire in County Championship matches
--> LH Gray reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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