First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

LEICESTERSHIRE v NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Played at Grace Road, Leicester, May 31, June 2, 3, 1952. Match drawn. (Points: Leicestershire 4, Northamptonshire 0) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 D.Brookes lbw b Jackson 64 not out 51 2 V.Broderick c Firth b Spencer 1 c Lester b Munden 34 3 E.Davis st Firth b Walsh 31 not out 2 4 N.Oldfield b Spencer 30 5 D.W.Barrick lbw b Palmer 10 6 *F.R.Brown b Spencer 21 7 D.G.Greasley c Firth b Goodwin 13 8 G.E.Tribe c sub b Goodwin 19 9 A.E.Nutter c Firth b Spencer 7 10 S.Starkie c Palmer b Walsh 13 11 †K.Fiddling not out 7 Extras b 6, lb 5, nb 1 12 —— —— 228 (1 wicket) 87 FoW (1): 1-5, 2-84, 3-116, 4-131, 5-150, 6-177, 7-181, 8-198, 9-206, 10-228 FoW (2): 1-84 (2) LEICESTERSHIRE 1 G.Lester c Fiddling b Brown 3 2 M.R.Hallam c Greasley b Nutter 15 3 M.Tompkin lbw b Nutter 83 4 *C.H.Palmer c Greasley b Tribe 119 5 G.A.Smithson c Davis b Tribe 15 6 V.S.Munden c Nutter b Starkie 8 7 †J.Firth c and b Starkie 6 8 J.E.Walsh run out 5 9 C.T.Spencer st Fiddling b Broderick 4 10 T.J.Goodwin not out 0 11 V.E.Jackson absent hurt 0 Extras b 8, lb 2 10 —— 268 FoW (1): 1-9, 2-31, 3-200, 4-230, 5-249, 6-254, 7-259, 8-268, 9-268 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Goodwin 33 9 61 2 1 0 1 0 Spencer 33 4 67 4 3 0 8 0 Palmer 6 0 18 1 3 0 4 0 Walsh 13.4 3 35 2 8 0 29 0 Jackson 14 4 35 1 Munden (5) 14 5 24 1 Lester (6) 6 1 18 0 Tompkin (7) 1 0 3 0 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W Nutter 32 7 85 2 Brown 34 7 61 1 Tribe 21 5 54 2 Starkie 23.1 6 34 2 Greasley 5 0 19 0 Broderick 3 1 5 1 Umpires: W.T.Jones and F.S.Lee. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Northamptonshire (1) 170-5 (Brown 20*, Greasley 5*); 2nd day: Leicestershire (1) 77-2 (Tompkin 31*, Palmer 24*). C.H.Palmer’s 119 included 8 fours. 193