First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE v LEICESTERSHIRE Played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, June 15, 16, 17, 1949. Nottinghamshire won by nine wickets. (Points: Nottinghamshire 12, Leicestershire 0) LEICESTERSHIRE 1 G.L.Berry c Meads b Butler 50 c Meads b Jepson 30 2 G.Lester b Woodhead 68 not out 122 3 F.T.Prentice b Butler 31 b Jepson 83 4 M.Tompkin c Meads b Butler 4 b Sime 45 5 V.E.Jackson lbw b Jepson 1 not out 10 6 G.S.Watson run out 12 7 J.E.Walsh c Poole b Sime 57 8 *S.J.Symington c Meads b Sime 34 9 V.S.Munden lbw b Jepson 8 10 †P.Corrall not out 10 11 J.Sperry b Jepson 1 Extras b 4, lb 11, w 1 16 b 2, lb 2 4 —— —— 292 (3 wickets, declared) 294 FoW (1): 1-107, 2-138, 3-146, 4-149, 5-168, 6-198, 7-248, 8-280, 9-282, 10-292 FoW (2): 1-56, 2-203, 3-278 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 1 W.W.Keeton lbw b Lester 31 run out 17 2 R.T.Simpson b Sperry 143 not out 102 3 F.H.Winrow c Corrall b Sperry 27 4 J.Hardstaff b Walsh 14 5 C.J.Poole c Symington b Walsh 8 (3) not out 154 6 J.D.Clay not out 57 7 *W.A.Sime b Walsh 16 8 A.Jepson b Walsh 2 9 H.J.Butler b Walsh 0 10 †E.A.Meads c Lester b Sperry 1 11 F.G.Woodhead b Walsh 2 Extras b 4, lb 1, w 2 7 b 3, lb 2, w 1 6 —— —— 308 (1 wicket) 279 FoW (1): 1-74, 2-124, 3-149, 4-163, 5-261, 6-294, 7-298, 8-298, 9-305, 10-308 FoW (2): 1-28 Nottinghamshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Butler 24 5 47 3 4 2 7 0 Jepson 29.1 5 67 3 28 4 114 2 Woodhead 26 6 69 1 22 6 75 0 Sime 32 8 70 2 21 5 55 1 Winrow 7 0 23 0 11 1 39 0 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Sperry 29 6 70 3 7 0 50 0 Symington 9 2 32 0 3 0 24 0 Walsh 34.2 2 125 6 7 0 53 0 Jackson 16 5 25 0 9 0 68 0 Lester 12 1 36 1 5 0 48 0 Munden 7 1 13 0 4 0 30 0 Umpires: F.S.Lee and K.McCanlis. Toss: Leicestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Leicestershire (1) 292 all out; 2nd day: Leicestershire (2) 27-0 (Berry 10*, Lester 17*). R.T.Simpson’s 143 took 245 minutes and included 17 fours. C.J.Poole’s 154 took 97 minutes and included 21 fours. 200