f17664 cc8645	Leicestershire v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1947
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 2nd, 4th, 5th August 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by 6 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 0; Northamptonshire 12
Umpires	B Flint, P Holmes
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 395/8 (Childs-Clarke 31*, Fiddling 0*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 21/3 (Berry 3*, Jackson 2*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Brookes	c Watson b Sperry	210		330	14	-
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		180	9	-
*AW Childs-Clarke	st Corrall b Walsh	68
CB Clarke	b Jackson	4
+K Fiddling	c Corrall b Walsh	10
RW Clarke	not out	6
Extras	(7 b, 14 lb)	21
Total	(all out, 152.4 overs)	455
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-31, 3-46, 4-72, 5-78, 6-337, 7-385, 8-392, 9-436, 10-455 (152.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
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	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	c CB Clarke b Webster	16
A Riddington	c and b CB Clarke	49
GS Watson	c and 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-Clarke b CB Clarke	15
+P Corrall	c RW Clarke b CB Clarke	2
J Sperry	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 8 lb, 1 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 79.4 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-54, 3-136, 4-145, 5-171, 6-195, 7-206, 8-208, 9-217, 10-224 (79.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
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	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*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	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 110.2 overs)	305
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-6, 3-16, 4-60, 5-174, 6-238, 7-252, 8-259, 9-293, 10-305 (110.2 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
RW Clarke	30	7	102	1	-	-
Webster	17	5	35	3	-	-
CB Clarke	28	7	89	2	-	-
Broderick	21.2	8	34	3	-	-
Childs-Clarke	7	3	11	0	-	-
Cox	7	1	31	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
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
J Webster	did not bat
*AW Childs-Clarke	did not bat
CB Clarke	did not bat
+K Fiddling	did not bat
RW Clarke	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(4 wickets, 25.4 overs)	75
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-1, 3-16, 4-61

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	12.4	4	37	3	-	-
Jackson	6	1	14	1	-	-
Walsh	7	0	22	0	-	-

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Notes
--> BW Cornelius made his debut in First-Class matches
--> BW Cornelius made his debut in County Championship matches
--> RW Clarke made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RW Clarke made his debut in County Championship matches
--> LA Hales made his debut in First-Class matches
--> LA Hales made his debut in County Championship matches
--> BW Cornelius made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> BW Cornelius made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> D Brookes (1) passed his previous highest score of 200 in First-Class matches
--> D Brookes (1) passed his previous highest score of 200 in County Championship matches
--> E Davis (1) passed his previous highest score of 56 in County Championship matches
--> E Davis (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> E Davis (1) passed his previous highest score of 56 in First-Class matches
--> E Davis (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> AW Childs-Clarke (1) passed his previous highest score of 61 in County Championship matches
--> AW Childs-Clarke (1) passed his previous highest score of 61 in First-Class matches
--> FT Prentice (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> GL Berry (2) passed 22000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 7
--> J Sperry reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> CB Clarke reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> V Broderick reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> J Sperry reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings

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