First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

LEICESTERSHIRE v YORKSHIRE Played at Grace Road, Leicester, August 8, 9, 10, 1951. Yorkshire won by 212 runs. (Points: Leicestershire 0, Yorkshire 12) YORKSHIRE 1 F.A.Lowson b Sperry 1 st Firth b Walsh 67 2 H.Halliday c Smithson b Sperry 8 b Wooler 49 3 J.V.Wilson b Munden 32 c Tompkin b Walsh 107 4 W.H.H.Sutcliffe c Smithson b Jackson 1 c Sperry b Walsh 19 5 W.Watson c Walsh b Munden 28 b Wooler 0 6 *N.W.D.Yardley b Jackson 33 b Wooler 21 7 J.H.Wardle b Munden 10 c Firth b Wooler 0 8 †D.V.Brennan c Lester b Munden 4 b Wooler 2 9 E.Leadbeater c Smithson b Jackson 0 lbw b Sperry 33 10 R.Appleyard b Jackson 0 not out 21 11 F.S.Trueman not out 2 st Firth b Walsh 14 Extras lb 4 4 lb 4, w 1 5 —— —— 123 338 FoW (1): 1-3, 2-30, 3-31, 4-70, 5-85, 6-95, 7-101, 8-106, 9-106, 10-123 FoW (2): 1-88, 2-160, 3-198, 4-205, 5-252, 6-252, 7-256, 8-289, 9-311, 10-338 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 G.A.Smithson run out 14 c and b Appleyard 16 2 V.S.Munden c Sutcliffe b Appleyard 2 c Leadbeater b Appleyard 6 3 M.Tompkin c Wardle b Appleyard 4 c Sutcliffe b Wardle 12 4 †J.Firth b Wardle 0 c Wardle b Appleyard 26 5 V.E.Jackson b Appleyard 7 c Yardley b Appleyard 4 6 *G.L.Berry lbw b Wardle 0 lbw b Appleyard 6 7 G.Lester c Wardle b Appleyard 0 c Wilson b Appleyard 6 8 D.G.Harron c Wilson b Appleyard 0 not out 48 9 J.E.Walsh c Lowson b Wardle 20 c Halliday b Yardley 35 10 C.R.D.Wooler b Wardle 15 st Brennan b Leadbeater 6 11 J.Sperry not out 4 b Appleyard 2 Extras b 4, lb 5 9 b 4, lb 3 7 —— —— 75 174 FoW (1): 1-21, 2-26, 3-26, 4-28, 5-28, 6-29, 7-29, 8-46, 9-56, 10-75 FoW (2): 1-19, 2-22, 3-40, 4-45, 5-73, 6-78, 7-83, 8-132, 9-157, 10-174 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Wooler 7 3 14 0 (5) 29 7 71 5 Sperry 10 1 25 2 (1) 25 5 99 1 Jackson 13.2 4 25 4 (2) 23 4 61 0 Munden 12 1 50 4 (3) 22 9 38 0 Walsh 2 0 5 0 (4) 18.2 5 64 4 Yorkshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Appleyard 17 8 36 5 (4) 37.5 16 57 7 Wardle 16.4 8 30 4 (3) 31 15 43 1 Trueman (1) 9 1 27 0 Yardley (2) 5 3 5 1 Leadbeater (5) 10 2 35 1 Umpires: J.T.Bell and A.E.Boulton-Carter. Toss: Leicestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Yorkshire (2) 88-0 (Lowson 39*, Halliday 49*); 2nd day: Yorkshire (2) 338 all out. J.V.Wilson’s 107 took 185 minutes and included 13 fours. 378