f19369 cc9620	Leicestershire v Lancashire
	County Championship 1951
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 29th, 30th, 31st August 1951 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 4; Lancashire 0
Umpires	WFF Price, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 136/3 (Tompkin 57*, Jackson 35*)
Close of play day 2	No play

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Washbrook	c Lester b Wooler	9
*ND Howard	b Sperry	4
W Place	b Sperry	77
GA Edrich	lbw b Sperry	16
KJ Grieves	b Jackson	19
A Wharton	lbw b Walsh	25
JG Lomax	b Sperry	8
R Tattersall	b Wooler	3
MJ Hilton	b Sperry	0
JB Statham	not out	0
+A Wilson	b Sperry	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 w)	2
Total	(all out, 73.3 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-20, 3-39, 4-71, 5-142, 6-159, 7-163, 8-163, 9-163, 10-163 (73.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wooler	15	3	39	2	-	-
Sperry	12.3	3	22	6	-	-
Jackson	24	13	30	1	-	-
Munden	4	2	12	0	-	-
Walsh	18	3	58	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Smithson	c Grieves b Statham	21
GL Berry	lbw b Statham	0
M Tompkin	c Tattersall b Hilton	94
*CH Palmer	c Howard b Statham	9
VE Jackson	c Howard b Hilton	61
VS Munden	c and b Hilton	8
JE Walsh	c Wilson b Tattersall	14
G Lester	c Grieves b Tattersall	1
+J Firth	b Tattersall	1
CRD Wooler	b Tattersall	2
J Sperry	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 11 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 80.2 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-31, 3-57, 4-184, 5-201, 6-218, 7-222, 8-224, 9-225, 10-226 (80.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	13	2	43	3	-	-
Wharton	5	1	18	0	-	-
Tattersall	31.2	8	67	4	-	-
Lomax	3	1	7	0	-	-
Hilton	28	4	76	3	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Washbrook	lbw b Sperry	9
*ND Howard	lbw b Wooler	6
W Place	st Firth b Jackson	31
GA Edrich	c Jackson b Munden	12
KJ Grieves	b Wooler	31
A Wharton	c Lester b Jackson	0
JG Lomax	c Firth b Munden	0
R Tattersall	lbw b Jackson	0
MJ Hilton	c Lester b Munden	0
JB Statham	c Wooler b Jackson	0
+A Wilson	not out	0
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 61.1 overs)	91
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-15, 3-39, 4-89, 5-89, 6-89, 7-91, 8-91, 9-91, 10-91 (61.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wooler	10	3	28	2	-	-
Sperry	8	5	10	1	-	-
Jackson	24.1	14	21	4	-	-
Walsh	3	0	15	0	-	-
Munden	16	10	15	3	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
M Tompkin	run out	2
GA Smithson	not out	2
GL Berry	did not bat
*CH Palmer	did not bat
VE Jackson	did not bat
VS Munden	did not bat
JE Walsh	did not bat
G Lester	did not bat
+J Firth	did not bat
CRD Wooler	did not bat
J Sperry	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(1 wicket, 1.1 overs)	5
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Tompkin, 1.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	1	0	4	0	-	-
Wharton	0.1	0	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> KJ Grieves (1) passed 5500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 14
--> M Tompkin (1) passed 10000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 66
--> GL Berry made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> GL Berry made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> CRD Wooler made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> CRD Wooler reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Lancashire second innings
--> VS Munden reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Lancashire second innings
--> CRD Wooler reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire second innings
--> VS Munden reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Lancashire second innings

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