County Championship, 1947
Leicestershire v Northamptonshire
Grace Road, Leicester
2,4,5 August 1947 (3-day match)
Result: Northamptonshire won by 6 wickets
Points:
Toss: Northamptonshire
Umpires: B Flint and P Holmes
Close of play:
Day 1:
Day 2:
Northamptonshire 1st innings
D Brookes c Watson b Sperry 210
CP Davis c Walsh b Sperry 14
BW Cornelius st Corrall b Walsh 0
AL Cox c Berry b Lester 2
V Broderick c Jackson b Walsh 15
J Webster lbw b Walsh 1
E Davis lbw b Riddington 104
*AW Childs-Clark st Corrall b Walsh 68
CB Clarke b Jackson 4
+K Fiddling c Corrall b Walsh 10
RW Clarke not out 6
Extras (b 7, lb 14) 21
Total (all out, 152.4 overs) 455
FoW: 1-30, 2-31, 3-46, 4-72, 5-78,
6-337, 7-385, 8-392, 9-436, 10-455.
Bowling O M R W
Sperry 30 4 66 2
Riddington 29 7 47 1
Walsh 44.4 5 157 5
Lester 20 2 71 1
Jackson 15 3 40 1
Prentice 4 0 15 0
Hales 10 1 38 0
Leicestershire 1st innings
*GL Berry c CB Clarke b Webster 16
A Riddington c & b CB Clarke 49
GS Watson c & b RW Clarke 22
M Tompkin lbw b CB Clarke 47
VE Jackson c Cox b RW Clarke 24
FT Prentice c Cox b RW Clarke 23
G Lester b RW Clarke 9
LA Hales b CB Clarke 3
JE Walsh c Childs-Clark b CB Clarke 15
+P Corrall c RW Clarke b CB Clarke 2
J Sperry not out 0
Extras (b 5, lb 8, nb 1) 14
Total (all out, 79.4 overs) 224
FoW: 1-31, 2-54, 3-136, 4-145, 5-171,
6-195, 7-206, 8-208, 9-217, 10-224.
Bowling O M R W
RW Clarke 27 9 56 4
Webster 18 5 51 1
Broderick 7 0 18 0
CB Clarke 21.4 2 69 5
Cox 6 1 16 0
Leicestershire 2nd innings (following on)
*GL Berry lbw b Cox 102
A Riddington b RW Clarke 5
GS Watson lbw b Webster 0
M Tompkin c Fiddling b Webster 10
VE Jackson b CB Clarke 17
FT Prentice c RW Clarke b Webster 67
G Lester b Broderick 40
LA Hales lbw b Broderick 11
JE Walsh c Cornelius b CB Clarke 21
+P Corrall b Broderick 21
J Sperry not out 8
Extras (b 1, lb 2) 3
Total (all out, 110.2 overs) 305
FoW: 1-5, 2-6, 3-16, 4-60, 5-174,
6-238, 7-252, 8-259, 9-293, 10-305.
Bowling O M R W
RW Clarke 30 7 102 1
Webster 17 5 35 3
Broderick 21.2 8 34 3
CB Clarke 28 7 89 2
Cox 7 1 31 1
Childs-Clark 7 3 11 0
Northamptonshire 2nd innings (target: 75 runs)
D Brookes c Lester b Sperry 0
CP Davis c Walsh b Jackson 0
AL Cox not out 41
V Broderick c Corrall b Sperry 5
E Davis b Sperry 18
BW Cornelius not out 9
Extras (lb 2) 2
Total (4 wickets, 25.4 overs) 75
DNB: J Webster, *AW Childs-Clark, CB Clarke, +K Fiddling,
RW Clarke.
FoW: 1-1, 2-1, 3-16, 4-61.
Bowling O M R W
Sperry 12.4 4 37 3
Walsh 7 0 22 0
Jackson 6 1 14 1
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