f17212 cc8378	Lancashire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1946
Venue	Stanley Park, Blackpool on 10th, 11th, 12th July 1946 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 10 wickets
Points	Lancashire 12; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	C Bentley, F Chester
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 142/2 (Edrich 30*, Wharton 5*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 144/8 (Walsh 8*, Corrall 0*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	c King b Garlick	42
G Lester	c Brierley b Pollard	14
FT Prentice	c and b Roberts	31
M Tompkin	c Phillipson b Pollard	31
GS Watson	c Fallows b Garlick	42
VE Jackson	b Roberts	40
A Riddington	c and b Roberts	25
TA Chapman	b Pollard	31
JE Walsh	c King b Roberts	0
+P Corrall	not out	14
J Sperry	b Roberts	0
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 81.4 overs)	276
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-67, 3-122, 4-124, 5-196, 6-216, 7-233, 8-237, 9-271, 10-276 (81.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pollard	25	6	93	3	-	-
Phillipson	11	1	27	0	-	-
Roberts	28.4	6	79	5	-	-
Garlick	14	3	57	2	-	-
Wharton	3	0	14	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Place	c Jackson b Walsh	29
BP King	c Walsh b Jackson	67
GA Edrich	st Corrall b Walsh	70
A Wharton	lbw b Lester	115		230	12	-
F Cooper	b Lester	3
WE Phillipson	c Tompkin b Sperry	4
+TL Brierley	b Jackson	17
RG Garlick	b Sperry	17
R Pollard	c Corrall b Walsh	43
WB Roberts	not out	16
*JA Fallows	st Corrall b Walsh	8
Extras	(12 b, 8 lb)	20
Total	(all out, 138.3 overs)	409
Fall of wickets:
1-84, 2-118, 3-221, 4-236, 5-243, 6-290, 7-325, 8-359, 9-387, 10-409 (138.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	28	4	77	2	-	-
Jackson	29	4	83	2	-	-
Riddington	26	3	41	0	-	-
Walsh	35.3	5	128	4	-	-
Lester	20	6	60	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	lbw b Pollard	41
G Lester	b Pollard	5
FT Prentice	b Pollard	0
M Tompkin	b Pollard	53
GS Watson	c Brierley b Pollard	3
VE Jackson	c Wharton b Roberts	2
A Riddington	b Pollard	19
TA Chapman	lbw b Roberts	7
JE Walsh	b Roberts	36
+P Corrall	not out	8
J Sperry	b Pollard	10
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 68.4 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-14, 3-96, 4-103, 5-106, 6-106, 7-134, 8-144, 9-178, 10-191 (68.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pollard	27.4	6	89	7	-	-
Phillipson	9	1	31	0	-	-
Roberts	25	7	49	3	-	-
Garlick	7	2	15	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Place	not out	22
F Cooper	not out	33
BP King	did not bat
GA Edrich	did not bat
A Wharton	did not bat
WE Phillipson	did not bat
+TL Brierley	did not bat
RG Garlick	did not bat
R Pollard	did not bat
WB Roberts	did not bat
*JA Fallows	did not bat
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(no wicket, 22.1 overs)	60

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	4	1	7	0	-	-
Jackson	3	0	7	0	-	-
Walsh	8	1	19	0	-	-
Lester	7.1	1	22	0	-	-

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Notes
--> F Cooper made his debut in County Championship matches
--> A Wharton (1) passed his previous highest score of 37 in County Championship matches
--> A Wharton (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> A Wharton (1) passed his previous highest score of 73 in First-Class matches
--> A Wharton (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> TL Brierley (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> M Tompkin (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> F Cooper (2) passed his previous highest score of 20 in First-Class matches
--> R Pollard reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> VE Jackson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> R Pollard reached 700 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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