County Championship, 1938
Northamptonshire v Leicestershire
Northampton
30 July, 1,2 August 1938
Result: Match drawn
Toss: Leicestershire
Umpires: LC Braund and TW Oates
Close of Play:
Day 1: Leicestershire 352, Northamptonshire 3/1
(Greenwood 1*, Nelson 0*).
Day 2: Northamptonshire 351, Leicestershire 35/1
(Berry 19*, Armstrong 10*).
Leicestershire 1st innings
GL Berry c Dunkley b Buswell 6
LD Thursting b Timms 17
NF Armstrong c O'Brien b Partridge 125
FT Prentice hit wkt b Partridge 40
M Tompkin b Timms 33
GS Watson c James b Timms 50
*G Geary c Herbert b Partridge 0
+GO Dawkes b Buswell 15
HA Smith c O'Brien b Timms 25
G Lester lbw b Nelson 12
J Sperry not out 4
Extras (b 15, lb 7, w 1, nb 2) 25
Total (all out) 352
FoW: 1-10, 2-37, 3-130, 4-205, 5-231, 6-250, 7-270, 8-311, 9-343,
10-352.
Bowling O M R W
Buswell 23 5 88 2
Partridge 25 3 69 3
Timms 21 3 60 4
Herbert 35 5 72 0
Nelson 13.1 5 24 1
O'Brien 6 0 14 0
Northamptonshire 1st innings
HW Greenwood c sub b Smith 9
D Brookes lbw b Sperry 1
*RP Nelson c Dawkes b Lester 86
JE Timms st Dawkes b Lester 121
+KC James c Dawkes b Sperry 20
FP O'Brien c Sperry b Smith 1
SI Phillips lbw b Lester 0
MEF Dunkley c Smith b Lester 48
RJ Partridge b Lester 22
EJ Herbert lbw b Lester 4
JE Buswell not out 26
Extras (b 9, lb 4) 13
Total (all out) 351
FoW: 1-1, 2-13, 3-182, 4-225, 5-226, 6-273, 7-273, 8-304, 9-315,
10-351.
Bowling O M R W
Sperry 27 7 54 2
Smith 38 8 96 2
Geary 13 3 28 0
Lester 34.3 6 108 6
Prentice 17 1 52 0
Leicestershire 2nd innings
GL Berry c Nelson b Partridge 80
LD Thursting b Partridge 2
NF Armstrong lbw b Partridge 14
FT Prentice b Partridge 11
M Tompkin c & b Timms 10
GS Watson b Herbert 5
*G Geary not out 48
+GO Dawkes b Partridge 4
HA Smith b Herbert 13
G Lester not out 20
Extras (b 13, lb 4, nb 2) 19
Total (8 wickets declared) 226
FoW: 1-15, 2-43, 3-73, 4-96, 5-111, 6-153, 7-157, 8-188.
Bowling O M R W
Buswell 18 2 62 0
Partridge 27 8 54 5
Timms 12 4 28 1
Herbert 23 5 48 2
Nelson 6 2 15 0
Northamptonshire 2nd innings
HW Greenwood run out 20
D Brookes not out 30
SI Phillips not out 3
Extras (lb 5, w 1) 6
Total (1 wicket) 59
FoW: 1-54.
Bowling O M R W
Sperry 7 2 19 0
Smith 5 2 11 0
Lester 7 2 9 0
Prentice 5 0 14 0
- The Northamptonshire players only arrived back at 4.00am
from Scarborough after the Yorkshire match.
- Armstrong 125, retiring hurt with his score at 118, fifteen 4's in
235 minutes,
- Timms 121, eleven 4's.
- Northamptonshire provided three fielding substitutes on the second
morning, as the visitors were delayed by railway holiday traffic.
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