First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

LEICESTERSHIRE v NEW ZEALANDERS Played at Grace Road, Leicester, May 14, 16, 17, 1949. Match drawn. NEW ZEALANDERS 1 B.Sutcliffe b Sperry 0 2 V.J.Scott b Symington 0 3 *W.A.Hadlee c Corrall b Evans 15 4 W.M.Wallace st Corrall b Walsh 171 5 M.P.Donnelly c Corrall b Walsh 146 6 J.R.Reid hit wkt b Lester 45 7 G.O.Rabone run out 14 8 †F.L.H.Mooney lbw b Lester 5 9 C.Burke c Walsh b Lester 1 10 H.B.Cave not out 0 11 J.Cowie st Corrall b Lester 0 Extras b 24, lb 8, w 1 33 —— 430 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-4, 3-32, 4-331, 5-371, 6-386, 7-412, 8-429, 9-430, 10-430 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 G.L.Berry c Rabone b Cave 30 c Sutcliffe b Reid 18 2 G.Lester lbw b Cowie 10 not out 70 3 F.T.Prentice c Rabone b Cave 5 not out 104 4 M.Tompkin b Cowie 23 5 V.E.Jackson lbw b Cowie 14 6 G.S.Watson lbw b Cowie 9 7 *S.J.Symington c Rabone b Cave 7 8 G.Evans b Cowie 1 9 J.E.Walsh c Mooney b Cave 2 10 †P.Corrall lbw b Cowie 1 11 J.Sperry not out 2 Extras b 6, lb 9 15 b 8, lb 5, nb 2 15 —— —— 119 (1 wicket) 207 FoW (1): 1-27, 2-38, 3-57, 4-86, 5-95, 6-103, 7-113, 8-113, 9-115, 10-119 FoW (2): 1-24 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W Sperry 23 7 70 1 Symington 13 0 57 1 Evans 8 1 45 1 Jackson 24 4 71 0 Walsh 22 1 109 2 Lester 14.3 4 45 4 New Zealanders Bowling O M R W O M R W Cowie 24 5 54 6 11 1 34 0 Cave 21.5 9 28 4 16 3 56 0 Burke 14 6 22 0 (6) 8 1 14 0 Reid (3) 5 2 13 1 Donnelly (4) 4 0 35 0 Rabone (5) 15 3 31 0 Sutcliffe (7) 5 2 9 0 Umpires: H.Elliott and F.S.Lee. Toss: New Zealanders Close of Play: 1st day: Leicestershire (1) 32-1 (Berry 16*, Prentice 4*); 2nd day: Leicestershire (2) 123-1 (Lester 54*, Prentice 44*). W.M.Wallace’s 171 included 29 fours and 1 six. M.P.Donnelly’s 146 took 190 minutes and included 22 fours. F.T.Prentice’s 104 took 145 minutes and included 11 fours. 119