First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

LEICESTERSHIRE v YORKSHIRE Played at Grace Road, Leicester, August 6, 7, 8, 1947. Yorkshire won by an innings and 4 runs. (Points: Leicestershire 0, Yorkshire 12) YORKSHIRE 1 L.Hutton c Walsh b Prentice 137 2 W.Watson b Walsh 22 3 G.A.Smithson c and b Riddington 169 4 N.W.D.Yardley c Walsh b Jackson 100 5 E.I.Lester lbw b Riddington 0 6 *A.B.Sellers c Corrall b Sperry 26 7 T.F.Smailes c and b Sperry 19 8 A.Coxon c Corrall b Jackson 3 9 R.Aspinall c Berry b Sperry 12 10 †D.V.Brennan not out 15 11 J.H.Wardle not out 28 Extras b 4, lb 5, w 1 10 —— (9 wickets, declared) 541 FoW (1): 1-56, 2-252, 3-399, 4-399, 5-464, 6-464, 7-471, 8-487, 9-500 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 *G.L.Berry c and b Wardle 29 lbw b Wardle 22 2 A.Riddington c and b Wardle 42 c Sellers b Aspinall 0 3 G.S.Watson c Coxon b Wardle 43 c and b Coxon 19 4 M.Tompkin c Brennan b Coxon 48 c Smailes b Coxon 19 5 V.E.Jackson lbw b Coxon 61 c Wardle b Smailes 56 6 F.T.Prentice lbw b Wardle 43 c Brennan b Aspinall 24 7 G.Lester c and b Wardle 50 not out 24 8 L.D.Thursting b Smailes 0 c Aspinall b Coxon 9 9 J.E.Walsh run out 4 c Hutton b Aspinall 2 10 †P.Corrall b Smailes 8 c Coxon b Wardle 4 11 J.Sperry not out 4 b Wardle 0 Extras b 4, lb 8 12 b 3, lb 8, w 1, nb 2 14 —— —— 344 193 FoW (1): 1-60, 2-97, 3-132, 4-217, 5-234, 6-319, 7-320, 8-326, 9-328, 10-344 FoW (2): 1-3, 2-24, 3-57, 4-73, 5-120, 6-163, 7-175, 8-180, 9-191, 10-193 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W Sperry 33 3 121 3 Riddington 25 4 75 2 1w Walsh 31 2 128 1 Jackson 32 2 108 2 Lester 15 0 63 0 Prentice 8 1 36 1 Yorkshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Aspinall 23 4 70 0 20 2 56 3 1w Coxon 30 5 76 2 24 5 53 3 2nb Wardle 49 21 107 5 21.2 10 38 3 Smailes 21.3 6 48 2 12 2 25 1 Hutton 3 0 27 0 2 0 7 0 Lester 2 1 4 0 Umpires: E.Cooke and C.N.Woolley. Toss: Yorkshire Close of Play: 1st day: Yorkshire (1) 470-6 (Smailes 3*, Coxon 3*); 2nd day: Leicestershire (1) 294-5 (Prentice 25*, Lester 39*). 331