First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

WARWICKSHIRE v LEICESTERSHIRE Played at Edgbaston, Birmingham, June 5, 7, 8, 1948. Warwickshire won by seven wickets. (Points: Warwickshire 12, Leicestershire 0) LEICESTERSHIRE 1 *G.L.Berry c Townsend b Grove 5 b Grove 16 2 G.Lester c Hill b Pritchard 3 st Spooner b Hollies 47 3 W.B.Cornock c Hill b Pritchard 4 b Pritchard 2 4 M.Tompkin c and b Pritchard 8 c Taylor b Pritchard 0 5 V.E.Jackson b Pritchard 1 lbw b Hollies 14 6 G.S.Watson b Pritchard 6 b Hollies 0 7 A.Riddington b Grove 22 lbw b Hollies 2 8 J.Howard not out 6 not out 12 9 J.E.Walsh c Dollery b Grove 9 b Pritchard 8 10 †P.Corrall c Taylor b Pritchard 4 lbw b Pritchard 0 11 J.Sperry b Grove 1 b Pritchard 0 Extras b 2, lb 1, nb 1 4 b 3, lb 7, nb 1 11 —— —— 73 112 FoW (1): 1-7, 2-13, 3-19, 4-23, 5-24, 6-39, 7-55, 8-67, 9-72, 10-73 FoW (2): 1-33, 2-41, 3-43, 4-64, 5-64, 6-78, 7-101, 8-112, 9-112, 10-112 WARWICKSHIRE 1 W.A.Hill st Corrall b Walsh 14 c Corrall b Jackson 7 2 K.A.Taylor lbw b Jackson 6 (5) not out 0 3 J.S.Ord lbw b Jackson 9 b Walsh 12 4 *H.E.Dollery c Cornock b Jackson 57 not out 15 5 †R.T.Spooner hit wkt b Walsh 0 6 A.Townsend b Jackson 5 7 A.V.G.Wolton lbw b Jackson 5 (2) lbw b Jackson 8 8 C.W.C.Grove b Walsh 14 9 V.H.D.Cannings c and b Walsh 16 10 T.L.Pritchard b Walsh 0 11 W.E.Hollies not out 0 Extras b 12, lb 6 18 b 2 2 —— —— 144 (3 wickets) 44 FoW (1): 1-16, 2-28, 3-36, 4-44, 5-57, 6-79, 7-96, 8-136, 9-144, 10-144 FoW (2): 1-12, 2-15, 3-39 Warwickshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Pritchard 20 9 33 6 22.4 5 47 5 Grove 19.4 6 36 4 16 10 8 1 Hollies (3) 30 8 46 4 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Sperry 10 8 5 0 3 1 7 0 Cornock 5 0 11 0 1 0 5 0 Jackson 30 7 53 5 6 0 14 2 Walsh 25.1 5 57 5 4.2 0 16 1 Umpires: F.Chester and F.S.Lee. Toss: Leicestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Warwickshire (1) 96-7 (Dollery 34*); 2nd day: Leicestershire (2) 112 all out. T.L.Pritchard completed a hat-trick in the Leicestershire second innings (Walsh, Corrall, Sperry). 197