First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

WORCESTERSHIRE v LEICESTERSHIRE Played at County Ground, New Road, Worcester, May 30, 31, June 1, 1951. Worcestershire won by seven wickets. (Points: Worcestershire 12, Leicestershire 0) LEICESTERSHIRE 1 G.Lester st Yarnold b Jenkins 36 c Yarnold b Flavell 3 2 V.S.Munden b Jenkins 40 lbw b Flavell 29 3 M.Tompkin b Perks 20 c and b Jenkins 28 4 *C.H.Palmer b Flavell 6 c and b Jenkins 28 5 V.E.Jackson b Perks 23 c Yarnold b Perks 10 6 G.A.Smithson b Flavell 4 hit wkt b Jenkins 5 7 F.T.Prentice lbw b Perks 14 c Whiting b Jenkins 4 8 G.L.Berry b Perks 3 lbw b Flavell 17 9 †J.Firth not out 23 lbw b Perks 34 10 J.E.Walsh c Yarnold b Perks 21 c Yarnold b Flavell 54 11 C.R.D.Wooler b Flavell 6 not out 1 Extras b 2, lb 1, w 1, nb 3 7 w 2 2 —— —— 203 215 FoW (1): 1-71, 2-84, 3-99, 4-112, 5-120, 6-147, 7-149, 8-152, 9-190, 10-203 FoW (2): 1-11, 2-53, 3-71, 4-97, 5-99, 6-103, 7-114, 8-129, 9-209, 10-215 WORCESTERSHIRE 1 D.Kenyon c and b Lester 109 c Walsh b Jackson 44 2 E.Cooper c Firth b Jackson 32 lbw b Jackson 8 3 L.F.Outschoorn lbw b Lester 12 lbw b Jackson 10 4 †H.Yarnold st Firth b Lester 2 5 P.E.Richardson c and b Lester 11 not out 24 6 *R.E.S.Wyatt b Wooler 29 (4) not out 46 7 R.E.Bird b Wooler 14 8 N.H.Whiting c Prentice b Jackson 36 9 R.O.Jenkins not out 27 10 R.T.D.Perks b Wooler 10 11 J.A.Flavell b Jackson 0 Extras lb 1, w 1 2 b 4, lb 1 5 —— —— 284 (3 wickets) 137 FoW (1): 1-102, 2-148, 3-150, 4-166, 5-167, 6-205, 7-220, 8-269, 9-281, 10-284 FoW (2): 1-33, 2-47, 3-88 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Perks 23 5 61 5 22.2 6 66 2 Flavell 24.4 4 64 3 26 9 61 4 Wyatt 3 1 10 0 Jenkins 19 5 56 2 (3) 26 5 80 4 Whiting 2 0 5 0 (4) 4 2 6 0 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Wooler 20 10 49 3 3 0 16 0 Palmer 9 3 23 0 2 0 11 0 Jackson 37.2 22 55 3 (4) 20 7 50 3 Walsh 5 0 32 0 (6) 11 3 29 0 Munden 30 11 71 0 4 0 16 0 Lester 25 10 52 4 (3) 6 3 10 0 Umpires: D.Davies and H.Elliott. Toss: Worcestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Worcestershire (1) 154-3 (Kenyon 103*, Richardson 4*); 2nd day: Leicestershire (2) 157-8 (Firth 13*, Walsh 19*). D.Kenyon’s 109 took 120 minutes and included 20 fours. 201