County Championship, 1947
Leicestershire v Middlesex
Grace Road, Leicester
12,14,15 July 1947 (3-day match)
Result: Middlesex won by 10 wickets
Points:
Toss: Middlesex
Umpires: GP Heaton and A Mitchison
Close of play:
Day 1:
Day 2:
Leicestershire 1st innings
*GL Berry lbw b Sims 53
FT Prentice c LH Compton b Edrich 1
GS Watson lbw b Gray 3
M Tompkin lbw b Sims 33
G Lester b Sims 19
VE Jackson b Young 117
A Riddington c Sims b Young 63
J Howard st Price b Sims 0
JE Walsh c Brown b Sims 6
+P Corrall b Sims 5
J Sperry not out 0
Extras (b 6, lb 3) 9
Total (all out, 95.5 overs) 309
FoW: 1-5, 2-12, 3-74, 4-113, 5-114,
6-221, 7-230, 8-242, 9-285, 10-309.
Bowling O M R W
Edrich 13 2 37 1
Gray 22 6 65 1
Young 21.5 6 58 2
Sims 36 4 135 6
DCS Compton 3 1 5 0
Middlesex 1st innings
SM Brown retired hurt 13
JDB Robertson c Watson b Walsh 75
*WJ Edrich c Riddington b Sperry 257
DCS Compton st Corrall b Walsh 151
AW Thompson not out 89
LR White lbw b Lester 6
LH Compton not out 29
Extras (b 14, lb 3) 17
Total (4 wickets declared, 136 overs) 637
DNB: JM Sims, JA Young, LH Gray, +WFF Price.
FoW: 1-185, 2-462, 3-539, 4-563.
Bowling O M R W
Sperry 27 2 110 1
Riddington 18 0 75 0
Walsh 35 1 159 2
Lester 21 2 107 1
Jackson 27 2 129 0
Prentice 8 0 40 0
Leicestershire 2nd innings
*GL Berry lbw b Edrich 154
FT Prentice c & b DCS Compton 31
GS Watson c Sims b DCS Compton 4
M Tompkin c LH Compton b Edrich 76
G Lester c LH Compton b Sims 40
VE Jackson c Sims b Gray 7
A Riddington lbw b Sims 3
J Howard st Price b DCS Compton 2
JE Walsh c Young b DCS Compton 15
+P Corrall c Gray b DCS Compton 25
J Sperry not out 2
Extras (b 21, lb 12, nb 1) 34
Total (all out, 122.1 overs) 393
FoW: 1-87, 2-97, 3-249, 4-336, 5-345,
6-345, 7-349, 8-353, 9-387, 10-393.
Bowling O M R W
Edrich 15 3 37 2
Gray 21 4 64 1
Young 14 5 29 0
Sims 43 8 121 2
DCS Compton 29.1 3 108 5
Middlesex 2nd innings (target: 66 runs)
*WJ Edrich not out 29
DCS Compton not out 33
Extras (lb 4) 4
Total (0 wickets, 7 overs) 66
DNB: SM Brown, JDB Robertson, AW Thompson, LR White, LH Compton,
JM Sims, JA Young, LH Gray, +WFF Price.
Bowling O M R W
Sperry 4 0 35 0
Jackson 3 0 27 0
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