First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

LEICESTERSHIRE v WARWICKSHIRE Played at Grace Road, Leicester, August 6, 8, 9, 1949. Warwickshire won by nine wickets. (Points: Leicestershire 0, Warwickshire 12) LEICESTERSHIRE 1 G.L.Berry c Townsend b Hollies 70 run out 17 2 A.Riddington b Kardar 24 b Pritchard 26 3 F.T.Prentice c Spooner b Grove 42 c Maudsley b Kardar 34 4 M.Tompkin lbw b Hollies 12 c Spooner b Pritchard 13 5 V.E.Jackson lbw b Grove 18 run out 45 6 G.Lester lbw b Kardar 55 c Spooner b Kardar 0 7 *S.J.Symington c Townsend b Pritchard 41 b Pritchard 1 8 T.A.Chapman b Hollies 8 not out 23 9 J.E.Walsh b Pritchard 30 c Spooner b Kardar 1 10 †P.Corrall b Pritchard 4 c Maudsley b Kardar 7 11 J.Sperry not out 10 c Dollery b Kardar 0 Extras b 4, lb 12, w 1, nb 3 20 b 5, nb 2 7 —— —— 334 174 FoW (1): 1-53, 2-121, 3-150, 4-166, 5-175, 6-271, 7-282, 8-301, 9-319, 10-334 FoW (2): 1-40, 2-52, 3-73, 4-110, 5-110, 6-124, 7-153, 8-155, 9-174, 10-174 WARWICKSHIRE 1 R.H.Maudsley lbw b Lester 14 lbw b Sperry 10 2 F.C.Gardner st Corrall b Lester 71 not out 76 3 A.Townsend b Lester 7 not out 68 4 J.S.Ord b Lester 71 5 *H.E.Dollery c and b Riddington 111 6 A.V.G.Wolton not out 39 7 A.H.Kardar not out 15 8 †R.T.Spooner 9 C.W.C.Grove 10 T.L.Pritchard 11 W.E.Hollies Extras b 14, lb 4 18 b 3, lb 6 9 —— —— (5 wickets, declared) 346 (1 wicket) 163 FoW (1): 1-48, 2-64, 3-147, 4-250, 5-307 FoW (2): 1-35 Warwickshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Pritchard 30.3 6 69 3 26 7 56 3 Grove 26 6 64 2 8 0 28 0 Hollies 51 18 105 3 19 8 43 0 Kardar 38 19 58 2 18.2 9 40 5 Townsend 5 0 18 0 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Sperry 22 4 47 0 11 1 17 1 Symington 11 1 43 0 10 1 39 0 Lester 28 7 88 4 7 0 21 0 Walsh 26 3 85 0 5 0 34 0 Jackson 13 6 38 0 (6) 5.4 0 17 0 Riddington 12 3 27 1 (5) 7 1 26 0 Umpires: A.Lockett and C.N.Woolley. Toss: Leicestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Leicestershire (1) 282-7 (Lester 53*); 2nd day: Leicestershire (2) 32-0 (Berry 15*, Riddington 17*). H.E.Dollery’s 111 included 16 fours and 1 six. 317