f19214 cc9486	Warwickshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1951
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 27th, 28th, 29th June 1951 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Warwickshire won by 6 wickets
Points	Warwickshire 12; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	H Elliott, TW Spencer
Scorers	GC Austin (Warwickshire), W Goodenough (Leicestershire)
Close of play day 1	Warwickshire (1) 56/1 (Gardner 30*, Taylor 8*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 122/4 (Palmer 30*, Smithson 1*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Dollery b Grove	6
VS Munden	lbw b Grove	15
M Tompkin	b Pritchard	15
*CH Palmer	c Pritchard b Grove	0
VE Jackson	st Spooner b Hollies	34
GA Smithson	c and b Hollies	4
GL Berry	c Taylor b Hollies	0
KD Smith	c Spooner b Hollies	14
DG Harron	not out	17
+J Firth	b Grove	12
J Sperry	c Taylor b Grove	4
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(all out, 69.2 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-30, 3-30, 4-38, 5-58, 6-58, 7-85, 8-92, 9-119, 10-123 (69.2 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pritchard	17	5	49	1	-	-
Grove	19.2	7	20	5	-	-
Hollies	20	8	26	4	-	-
Weeks	13	7	26	0	-	-

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	c Firth b Munden	54
+RT Spooner	c Firth b Palmer	17
DD Taylor	c Smith b Sperry	12
JS Ord	c Jackson b Lester	10
*HE Dollery	c Firth b Sperry	64
AVG Wolton	lbw b Sperry	7
RE Hitchcock	lbw b Palmer	5
TL Pritchard	b Sperry	0
RT Weeks	lbw b Lester	25
CWC Grove	b Sperry	0
WE Hollies	not out	12
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 123.4 overs)	207
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-60, 3-75, 4-128, 5-165, 6-170, 7-170, 8-170, 9-170, 10-207 (123.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	38	11	60	5	-	-
Palmer	36	11	35	2	-	-
Jackson	26	13	52	0	-	-
Lester	13.4	3	44	2	-	-
Munden	10	5	15	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	b Grove	19
VS Munden	lbw b Pritchard	13
M Tompkin	b Grove	34
*CH Palmer	b Grove	41
VE Jackson	c Gardner b Hollies	21
GA Smithson	c Wolton b Grove	28
GL Berry	lbw b Grove	8
KD Smith	b Hollies	2
DG Harron	lbw b Hollies	5
+J Firth	b Grove	1
J Sperry	not out	0
Extras	(5 lb, 4 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 88.1 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-58, 3-73, 4-116, 5-138, 6-151, 7-151, 8-176, 9-177, 10-181 (88.1 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pritchard	21	2	66	1	-	-
Grove	32.1	12	54	6	-	-
Hollies	30	14	37	3	-	-
Weeks	5	0	15	0	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	lbw b Palmer	12
+RT Spooner	c and b Jackson	16
DD Taylor	lbw b Lester	12
JS Ord	run out (Harron->Munden)	17
*HE Dollery	not out	37
AVG Wolton	not out	1
RE Hitchcock	did not bat
TL Pritchard	did not bat
RT Weeks	did not bat
CWC Grove	did not bat
WE Hollies	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	3
Total	(4 wickets, 49.4 overs)	98
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-33, 3-53, 4-71

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	9	2	21	0	-	-
Palmer	7	1	9	1	-	-
Jackson	17.4	12	29	1	-	-
Lester	5	0	24	1	-	-
Munden	11	7	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> M Tompkin (1) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> RT Spooner (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 4
--> RT Spooner (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 4
--> HE Dollery (1) passed 15000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 13
--> HE Dollery (1) passed 16500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 58
--> RT Weeks (1) passed his previous highest score of 21 in First-Class matches
--> RT Weeks (1) passed his previous highest score of 21 in County Championship matches
--> CWC Grove reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 6th wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> CWC Grove reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 6th wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> CWC Grove reached 400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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