First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

LEICESTERSHIRE v LANCASHIRE Played at Egerton Park, Melton Mowbray, July 2, 3, 4, 1947. Lancashire won by ten wickets. (Points: Leicestershire 0, Lancashire 12) LEICESTERSHIRE 1 *G.L.Berry c Barlow b Roberts 54 c Howard b Pollard 42 2 J.Howard c Ikin b Cranston 23 c Barlow b Pollard 2 3 G.S.Watson c Place b Roberts 21 b Phillipson 10 4 M.Tompkin c Edrich b Roberts 22 b Phillipson 1 5 F.T.Prentice lbw b Pollard 2 c Ikin b Cranston 75 6 G.Lester c Pollard b Roberts 5 run out 9 7 V.E.Jackson c Barlow b Cranston 11 not out 22 8 A.Riddington b Pollard 0 b Pollard 12 9 J.E.Walsh b Pollard 5 b Pollard 6 10 †P.Corrall not out 3 lbw b Pollard 0 11 J.Sperry c Washbrook b Cranston 0 b Phillipson 1 Extras b 5, lb 5, nb 4 14 b 7, lb 2, w 1, nb 9 19 —— —— 160 199 FoW (1): 1-62, 2-99, 3-124, 4-127, 5-133, 6-137, 7-138, 8-147, 9-160, 10-160 FoW (2): 1-9, 2-28, 3-30, 4-137, 5-156, 6-165, 7-185, 8-191, 9-196, 10-199 LANCASHIRE 1 C.Washbrook c Lester b Walsh 62 2 W.Place st Corrall b Walsh 35 3 J.T.Ikin c sub b Lester 100 4 B.J.Howard b Riddington 19 5 G.A.Edrich c Corrall b Sperry 32 6 *K.Cranston b Riddington 0 7 W.E.Phillipson c Jackson b Prentice 58 8 R.G.Garlick b Sperry 17 (1) not out 1 9 R.Pollard c and b Sperry 18 10 †A.Barlow not out 0 (2) not out 4 11 W.B.Roberts Extras b 6, lb 8 14 —— —— (9 wickets, declared) 355 (no wicket) 5 FoW (1): 1-79, 2-122, 3-181, 4-236, 5-245, 6-275, 7-306, 8-354, 9-355 Lancashire Bowling O M R W O M R W Phillipson 6 2 12 0 17 3 48 3 Pollard 22 5 41 3 17 5 48 5 Roberts 34 14 43 4 (4) 19 6 40 0 Cranston 8.4 1 18 3 (3) 10 3 31 1 Garlick 14 4 32 0 Ikin (5) 2 0 13 0 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Sperry 20 2 62 3 Riddington 23 6 59 2 Jackson 24 9 68 0 Walsh 21 2 99 2 Lester 14 4 32 1 Prentice 12.1 2 21 1 (1) 1 0 3 0 Tompkin (2) 0.1 0 2 0 Umpires: F.Chester and C.V.Tarbox. Toss: Leicestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Leicestershire (1) 133-5 (Prentice 1*); 2nd day: Lancashire (1) 355-9 (Barlow 0*). J.T.Ikin’s 100 took 185 minutes. 253