First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

YORKSHIRE v LEICESTERSHIRE Played at Bramall Lane, Sheffield, June 21, 23, 24, 1952. Yorkshire won by 73 runs. (Points: Yorkshire 12, Leicestershire 0) YORKSHIRE 1 H.Halliday lbw b Jackson 55 b Goodwin 2 2 J.V.Wilson c Walsh b Munden 27 c Palmer b Munden 21 3 W.H.H.Sutcliffe b Goodwin 34 c and b Spencer 50 4 E.I.Lester not out 130 c Jackson b Munden 19 5 W.Watson c Jackson b Spencer 3 b Spencer 18 6 D.B.Close b Spencer 1 c Firth b Spencer 21 7 J.H.Wardle c Munden b Palmer 2 b Palmer 29 8 *†D.V.Brennan b Spencer 0 b Spencer 21 9 G.H.Padgett lbw b Jackson 18 not out 2 10 R.Wood c sub b Spencer 17 b Spencer 3 11 W.E.N.Holdsworth c Tompkin b Spencer 0 not out 0 Extras b 13, lb 5, nb 2 20 b 1, lb 4, nb 2 7 —— —— 307 (9 wickets, declared) 193 FoW (1): 1-83, 2-83, 3-178, 4-197, 5-202, 6-225, 7-225, 8-249, 9-292, 10-307 FoW (2): 1-4, 2-48, 3-83, 4-93, 5-133, 6-142, 7-183, 8-187, 9-193 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 G.Lester lbw b Wardle 47 (7) lbw b Wardle 22 2 G.A.Smithson c Halliday b Wardle 48 (1) b Padgett 4 3 M.Tompkin c and b Close 2 (2) lbw b Halliday 4 4 *C.H.Palmer st Brennan b Wardle 65 lbw b Wood 54 5 V.E.Jackson b Wardle 13 c Sutcliffe b Close 39 6 V.S.Munden c Watson b Wardle 23 (3) c Wilson b Padgett 19 7 M.R.Hallam b Close 0 (8) lbw b Wardle 0 8 †J.Firth c Close b Wardle 1 (9) not out 13 9 J.E.Walsh b Wood 32 (6) c Watson b Wood 22 10 C.T.Spencer c Brennan b Wood 0 c Sutcliffe b Close 0 11 T.J.Goodwin not out 0 c Sutcliffe b Close 0 Extras b 6, lb 4, w 2, nb 2 14 b 1, lb 2, w 1, nb 1 5 —— —— 245 182 FoW (1): 1-88, 2-91, 3-117, 4-153, 5-203, 6-203, 7-204, 8-243, 9-245, 10-245 FoW (2): 1-6, 2-13, 3-48, 4-121, 5-130, 6-151, 7-155, 8-181, 9-182, 10-182 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Goodwin 24 5 67 1 22 8 52 1 Spencer 28.5 8 68 5 21 4 60 5 Palmer 10 4 25 1 (5) 5 1 17 1 Walsh 19 5 55 0 Jackson 29 11 61 2 (4) 8 1 30 0 Munden 9 5 11 1 (3) 8 2 27 2 Yorkshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Holdsworth 7 1 22 0 (2) 2 0 3 0 Padgett 13 3 37 0 (1) 9 0 37 2 Wardle 49 23 67 6 (4) 20 9 66 2 Halliday 11 7 21 0 (3) 5 2 15 1 Close 32 9 68 2 9.3 2 24 3 Wood 12.1 4 16 2 11 4 32 2 Umpires: T.J.Bartley and A.E.Boulton-Carter. Toss: Leicestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Leicestershire (1) 1-0 (Lester 0*, Smithson 0*); 2nd day: Yorkshire (2) 91-3 (Sutcliffe 48*, Watson 0*). 253