First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

WARWICKSHIRE v LEICESTERSHIRE Played at Edgbaston, Birmingham, June 27, 28, 29, 1951. Warwickshire won by six wickets. (Points: Warwickshire 12, Leicestershire 0) LEICESTERSHIRE 1 G.Lester c Dollery b Grove 6 b Grove 19 2 V.S.Munden lbw b Grove 15 lbw b Pritchard 13 3 M.Tompkin b Pritchard 15 b Grove 34 4 *C.H.Palmer c Pritchard b Grove 0 b Grove 41 5 V.E.Jackson st Spooner b Hollies 34 c Gardner b Hollies 21 6 G.A.Smithson c and b Hollies 4 c Wolton b Grove 28 7 G.L.Berry c Taylor b Hollies 0 lbw b Grove 8 8 K.D.Smith c Spooner b Hollies 14 b Hollies 2 9 D.G.Harron not out 17 lbw b Hollies 5 10 †J.Firth b Grove 12 b Grove 1 11 J.Sperry c Taylor b Grove 4 not out 0 Extras b 2 2 lb 5, nb 4 9 —— —— 123 181 FoW (1): 1-19, 2-30, 3-30, 4-38, 5-58, 6-58, 7-85, 8-92, 9-119, 10-123 FoW (2): 1-26, 2-58, 3-73, 4-116, 5-138, 6-151, 7-151, 8-176, 9-177, 10-181 WARWICKSHIRE 1 F.C.Gardner c Firth b Munden 54 lbw b Palmer 12 2 †R.T.Spooner c Firth b Palmer 17 c and b Jackson 16 3 D.D.Taylor c Smith b Sperry 12 lbw b Lester 12 4 J.S.Ord c Jackson b Lester 10 run out 17 5 *H.E.Dollery c Firth b Sperry 64 not out 37 6 A.V.G.Wolton lbw b Sperry 7 not out 1 7 R.E.Hitchcock lbw b Palmer 5 8 T.L.Pritchard b Sperry 0 9 R.T.Weeks lbw b Lester 25 10 C.W.C.Grove b Sperry 0 11 W.E.Hollies not out 12 Extras lb 1 1 b 1, lb 1, w 1 3 —— —— 207 (4 wickets) 98 FoW (1): 1-45, 2-60, 3-75, 4-128, 5-165, 6-170, 7-170, 8-170, 9-170, 10-207 FoW (2): 1-23, 2-33, 3-53, 4-71 Warwickshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Pritchard 17 5 49 1 21 2 66 1 Grove 19.2 7 20 5 32.1 12 54 6 Hollies 20 8 26 4 30 14 37 3 Weeks 13 7 26 0 5 0 15 0 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Sperry 38 11 60 5 9 2 21 0 Palmer 36 11 35 2 7 1 9 1 Jackson 26 13 52 0 17.4 12 29 1 Lester 13.4 3 44 2 5 0 24 1 Munden 10 5 15 1 11 7 12 0 Umpires: H.Elliott and T.W.Spencer. Toss: Leicestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Warwickshire (1) 56-1 (Gardner 30*, Taylor 8*); 2nd day: Leicestershire (2) 122-4 (Palmer 30*, Smithson 1*). 276