First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

WORCESTERSHIRE v LEICESTERSHIRE Played at County Ground, New Road, Worcester, August 20, 22, 23, 1949. Match drawn. (Points: Worcestershire 0, Leicestershire 4) WORCESTERSHIRE 1 E.Cooper run out 65 not out 28 2 D.Kenyon b Sperry 0 lbw b Walsh 38 3 L.F.Outschoorn c Riddington b Sperry 0 b Walsh 1 4 C.H.Palmer st Corrall b Walsh 56 5 M.L.Y.Ainsworth b Walsh 13 6 R.E.Bird run out 1 7 *R.E.S.Wyatt lbw b Sperry 112 8 R.O.Jenkins c Corrall b Evans 80 9 R.Howorth not out 3 10 †H.Yarnold not out 8 11 R.T.D.Perks Extras b 2, lb 8, w 1, nb 2 13 b 9, w 1 10 —— —— (8 wickets, declared) 351 (2 wickets) 77 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-1, 3-106, 4-135, 5-136, 6-140, 7-330, 8-340 FoW (2): 1-75, 2-77 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 G.L.Berry c Bird b Jenkins 57 2 G.Lester c Yarnold b Jenkins 22 3 M.Tompkin c and b Jenkins 105 4 V.E.Jackson c Howorth b Palmer 115 5 A.Riddington c Jenkins b Howorth 36 6 T.A.Chapman b Palmer 38 7 *G.Evans lbw b Jenkins 10 8 V.S.Munden not out 8 9 J.E.Walsh c Yarnold b Palmer 8 10 †P.Corrall c Yarnold b Howorth 1 11 J.Sperry c Yarnold b Howorth 10 Extras b 4, lb 13 17 —— 427 FoW (1): 1-61, 2-103, 3-232, 4-303, 5-380, 6-399, 7-399, 8-410, 9-417, 10-427 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Sperry 38 14 74 3 6 0 27 0 Evans 24 6 63 1 5 2 12 0 Lester 17 5 50 0 Walsh 30 7 85 2 7.3 2 16 2 Jackson 12 3 40 0 (3) 8 2 12 0 Riddington 19 7 26 0 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W Perks 21 3 77 0 Palmer 47 20 82 3 Jenkins 51 10 175 4 Howorth 33 12 62 3 Wyatt 2 0 3 0 Bird 1 0 11 0 Umpires: W.H.Ashdown and H.G.Baldwin. Toss: Worcestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Worcestershire (1) 351-8 (Howorth 3*, Yarnold 8*); 2nd day: Leicestershire (1) 380-4 (Jackson 115*, Chapman 31*). R.E.S.Wyatt’s 112 included 13 fours. 357