First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

LEICESTERSHIRE v NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Played at Grace Road, Leicester, June 13, 14, 15, 1951. Match drawn. (Points: Leicestershire 0, Nottinghamshire 4) LEICESTERSHIRE 1 G.Lester c Meads b Jepson 9 c Butler b Oscroft 2 2 V.S.Munden b Oscroft 4 c Giles b Stocks 27 3 M.Tompkin c Meads b Oscroft 56 b Jepson 3 4 *C.H.Palmer c and b Jepson 139 b Jepson 16 5 V.E.Jackson c Stocks b Butler 38 c Stocks b Harvey 37 6 G.A.Smithson c Stocks b Butler 24 b Stocks 7 7 G.L.Berry c Harvey b Smales 15 lbw b Simpson 9 8 K.D.Smith b Jepson 5 c Meads b Harvey 0 9 J.M.Josephs b Stocks 25 not out 7 10 †J.Firth not out 29 not out 0 11 J.Sperry not out 18 Extras b 10, lb 11, nb 1 22 b 7, lb 3 10 —— —— (9 wickets, declared) 384 (8 wickets) 118 FoW (1): 1-13, 2-29, 3-90, 4-214, 5-270, 6-297, 7-303, 8-304, 9-356 FoW (2): 1-3, 2-18, 3-40, 4-62, 5-85, 6-107, 7-107, 8-118 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 1 *R.T.Simpson c Munden b Sperry 0 2 R.J.Giles b Sperry 2 3 P.F.Harvey c Jackson b Lester 150 4 C.J.Poole c Jackson b Sperry 21 5 J.Hardstaff c Palmer b Lester 33 6 F.W.Stocks c Firth b Jackson 54 7 K.Smales lbw b Sperry 46 8 A.Jepson c Palmer b Lester 20 9 H.J.Butler c Firth b Sperry 29 10 †E.A.Meads not out 16 11 E.Oscroft b Sperry 1 Extras b 15, lb 2 17 —— 389 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-5, 3-27, 4-91, 5-194, 6-279, 7-323, 8-346, 9-383, 10-389 Nottinghamshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Butler 26 5 81 2 Jepson 24 5 68 3 (1) 12 3 24 2 Oscroft 14 2 65 2 (2) 12 5 18 1 Smales 21 6 62 1 (3) 10 5 17 0 Stocks 17 7 52 1 (4) 19 10 23 2 Harvey 12 4 34 0 (5) 13 5 21 2 Simpson (6) 4 3 1 1 Hardstaff (7) 3 2 4 0 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W Sperry 47.5 11 113 6 Palmer 20 4 33 0 Lester 31 9 112 3 Jackson 56 30 77 1 Munden 7 4 12 0 Smith 4 0 16 0 Josephs 7 4 9 0 Umpires: H.G.Baldwin and E.Paynter. Toss: Leicestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Nottinghamshire (1) 4-1 (Giles 1*, Harvey 3*); 2nd day: Nottinghamshire (1) 272-5 (Harvey 106*, Smales 44*). C.H.Palmer’s 139 took 200 minutes and included 20 fours. P.F.Harvey’s 150 took 390 minutes and included 17 fours. 234