First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

WORCESTERSHIRE v LEICESTERSHIRE Played at County Ground, New Road, Worcester, May 13, 15, 16, 1950. Match drawn. (Points: Worcestershire 4, Leicestershire 0) WORCESTERSHIRE 1 E.Cooper lbw b Walsh 10 c Corrall b Wooler 9 2 D.Kenyon c Wooler b Walsh 22 not out 100 3 R.E.Bird b Palmer 45 4 *R.E.S.Wyatt c and b Walsh 32 c and b Jackson 12 5 L.F.Outschoorn b Palmer 52 c Lester b Jackson 23 6 R.Howorth c Corrall b Sperry 62 (3) c Jackson b Wooler 0 7 G.Dews st Corrall b Jackson 26 8 R.O.Jenkins not out 24 9 †H.Yarnold run out 51 10 R.T.D.Perks lbw b Wooler 0 (6) not out 3 11 P.F.Jackson not out 0 Extras b 8, lb 5, nb 2 15 lb 2, nb 1 3 —— —— (9 wickets, declared) 339 (4 wickets) 150 FoW (1): 1-31, 2-32, 3-90, 4-118, 5-218, 6-246, 7-269, 8-335, 9-335 FoW (2): 1-30, 2-30, 3-75, 4-131 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 G.L.Berry b Jenkins 28 c Kenyon b Perks 10 2 G.Lester c Yarnold b Perks 39 c Yarnold b Perks 128 3 K.D.Smith b Jenkins 0 (5) c Dews b Jenkins 4 4 *C.H.Palmer c Kenyon b Jenkins 0 b Howorth 77 5 M.Tompkin run out 10 (3) lbw b Wyatt 15 6 V.E.Jackson lbw b Perks 0 c Wyatt b Jackson 100 7 T.A.Chapman c Howorth b Perks 50 c Bird b Howorth 71 8 J.E.Walsh b Howorth 0 not out 19 9 C.R.D.Wooler c Kenyon b Jenkins 2 not out 2 10 †P.Corrall not out 13 11 J.Sperry b Perks 1 Extras b 4, lb 1, nb 2 7 b 1, lb 1, nb 1 3 —— —— 150 (7 wickets, declared) 429 FoW (1): 1-59, 2-62, 3-62, 4-74, 5-74, 6-109, 7-118, 8-125, 9-147, 10-150 FoW (2): 1-10, 2-35, 3-203, 4-214, 5-251, 6-395, 7-421 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Sperry 23 8 38 1 7 4 12 0 Wooler 20 5 46 1 9 0 30 2 Walsh 40 8 130 3 12 2 51 0 Jackson 31 12 66 1 13 0 48 2 Palmer 19 5 31 2 3 1 6 0 Lester 2 0 13 0 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Perks 17.2 4 53 4 24 5 90 2 Jenkins 19 3 65 4 (4) 37 5 117 1 Outschoorn 4 2 12 0 (2) 3 1 12 0 Howorth 7 2 13 1 (6) 42 16 77 2 Wyatt (3) 7 1 32 1 Jackson (5) 35 8 98 1 Umpires: H.W.Parks and T.W.Spencer. Toss: Worcestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Leicestershire (1) 18-0 (Berry 12*, Lester 4*); 2nd day: Leicestershire (2) 229-4 (Lester 122*, Jackson 10*). G.Lester’s 128 took 185 minutes. 137