First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

LEICESTERSHIRE v NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Played at Grace Road, Leicester, August 4, 6, 7, 1951. Match drawn. (Points: Leicestershire 0, Northamptonshire 4) LEICESTERSHIRE 1 G.A.Smithson b Nutter 27 2 V.S.Munden b Brown 25 3 M.Tompkin c Jakeman b Brown 13 4 *C.H.Palmer b Nutter 73 5 V.E.Jackson lbw b Brown 0 6 G.L.Berry run out 52 7 M.J.K.Smith c Fiddling b Nutter 0 8 G.Lester b Nutter 6 9 †J.Firth c Jakeman b Brown 7 10 C.R.D.Wooler c and b Nutter 8 11 J.Sperry not out 1 Extras b 2, lb 2, w 1, nb 5 10 —— 222 FoW (1): 1-50, 2-69, 3-71, 4-71, 5-184, 6-185, 7-206, 8-209, 9-217, 10-222 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 D.Brookes c Firth b Wooler 14 2 N.Oldfield c Firth b Munden 87 3 L.Livingston c Munden b Sperry 15 4 F.Jakeman not out 100 5 E.Davis c Sperry b Munden 0 6 *F.R.Brown not out 43 7 V.Broderick 8 A.E.Nutter 9 J.Webster 10 S.Starkie 11 †K.Fiddling Extras lb 4 4 —— (4 wickets) 263 FoW (1): 1-41, 2-66, 3-139, 4-139 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W Nutter 36.5 11 77 5 Webster 21 4 41 0 Brown 31 12 53 4 Starkie 12 4 26 0 Broderick 3 0 15 0 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W Wooler 25 7 79 1 Sperry 25 4 65 1 Jackson 9 1 38 0 Lester 3 0 26 0 Munden 17 6 51 2 Umpires: W.F.F.Price and E.Robinson. Toss: Leicestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Northamptonshire (1) 37-0 (Brookes 10*, Oldfield 17*); 2nd day: Northamptonshire (1) 262-4 (Jakeman 100*, Brown 43*). F.Jakeman’s 100 took 180 minutes and included 14 fours and 2 sixes. 369