First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

WARWICKSHIRE v LEICESTERSHIRE Played at Edgbaston, Birmingham, June 25, 27, 28, 1949. Match drawn. (Points: Warwickshire 4, Leicestershire 0) LEICESTERSHIRE 1 G.L.Berry run out 41 c and b Grove 55 2 G.Lester b Grove 4 c Kendall b Grove 82 3 F.T.Prentice b Grove 83 c Maudsley b D.D.S.Taylor 31 4 M.Tompkin b D.D.S.Taylor 0 st Kendall b D.D.S.Taylor 1 5 V.E.Jackson c Kendall b Pritchard 43 b Grove 17 6 G.S.Watson b Grove 1 b Grove 19 7 J.E.Walsh b Townsend 38 b Grove 0 8 *S.J.Symington not out 26 (9) lbw b Townsend 13 9 V.S.Munden c Kendall b Grove 30 (8) c Dollery b Pritchard 34 10 †P.Corrall lbw b Pritchard 4 b Townsend 0 11 J.Sperry run out 1 not out 0 Extras b 19, lb 6, nb 1 26 b 5, lb 9, w 1, nb 1 16 —— —— 297 268 FoW (1): 1-10, 2-86, 3-86, 4-188, 5-188, 6-194, 7-252, 8-292, 9-296, 10-297 FoW (2): 1-117, 2-166, 3-168, 4-194, 5-199, 6-199, 7-228, 8-266, 9-266, 10-268 WARWICKSHIRE 1 R.H.Maudsley b Walsh 5 2 F.C.Gardner b Sperry 28 (7) not out 17 3 D.D.S.Taylor c and b Munden 121 (8) not out 12 4 A.Townsend b Walsh 22 (3) run out 6 5 J.S.Ord c Corrall b Walsh 5 (4) b Sperry 5 6 *H.E.Dollery run out 107 (5) lbw b Sperry 35 7 K.A.Taylor c Corrall b Walsh 25 8 A.V.G.Wolton not out 31 (6) b Sperry 2 9 C.W.C.Grove b Walsh 11 (2) c Symington b Sperry 0 10 †J.T.Kendall c Jackson b Walsh 0 11 T.L.Pritchard b Walsh 1 (1) b Sperry 11 Extras b 28 28 b 7, lb 2 9 —— —— 384 (6 wickets) 97 FoW (1): 1-35, 2-45, 3-93, 4-109, 5-287, 6-329, 7-352, 8-378, 9-378, 10-384 FoW (2): 1-7, 2-17, 3-19, 4-30, 5-48, 6-65 Warwickshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Pritchard 37.5 2 89 2 42 4 96 1 Grove 24 5 56 4 26 4 82 5 Townsend 18 7 31 1 9 1 21 2 D.D.S.Taylor 21 7 65 1 (5) 13 3 31 2 Maudsley 14 6 30 0 (4) 8 2 22 0 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Sperry 37 8 95 1 14 2 38 5 Symington 3 0 11 0 Jackson 34 16 47 0 (2) 8 2 24 0 Walsh 39.4 7 118 7 (3) 9 0 23 0 Lester 14 1 50 0 (4) 3 1 3 0 Munden 16 2 35 1 Umpires: J.J.Hills and K.McCanlis. Toss: Leicestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Warwickshire (1) 40-1 (Gardner 24*, D.D.S.Taylor 4*); 2nd day: Leicestershire (2) 70-0 (Berry 34*, Lester 29*). 226