First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

LEICESTERSHIRE v WARWICKSHIRE Played at Grace Road, Leicester, July 30, 31, August 1, 1952. Warwickshire won by 224 runs. (Points: Leicestershire 0, Warwickshire 12) WARWICKSHIRE 1 F.C.Gardner lbw b Spencer 3 c Firth b Walsh 23 2 N.F.Horner b Goodwin 1 c Firth b Walsh 22 3 †R.T.Spooner b Spencer 35 c Munden b Jackson 16 4 A.Townsend c Jackson b Goodwin 5 lbw b Walsh 14 5 *H.E.Dollery b Spencer 45 not out 158 6 J.S.Ord c Firth b Spencer 18 c Spencer b Jackson 31 7 M.Robinson b Goodwin 0 b Goodwin 16 8 P.H.Bromley lbw b Spencer 0 c Firth b Spencer 4 9 C.W.C.Grove c Palmer b Goodwin 11 b Spencer 3 10 J.D.Bannister not out 0 lbw b Palmer 10 11 W.E.Hollies b Goodwin 0 not out 1 Extras b 4, lb 1, nb 3 8 b 2, lb 6, nb 2 10 —— —— 126 (9 wickets, declared) 308 FoW (1): 1-10, 2-18, 3-34, 4-71, 5-110, 6-111, 7-115, 8-126, 9-126, 10-126 FoW (2): 1-36, 2-65, 3-67, 4-98, 5-151, 6-180, 7-191, 8-215, 9-280 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 G.A.Smithson c Horner b Grove 0 (2) c Horner b Grove 18 2 G.Lester c Grove b Bannister 5 (1) c Townsend b Grove 4 3 *C.H.Palmer lbw b Townsend 51 c Horner b Grove 0 4 V.E.Jackson c Spooner b Bannister 0 c Gardner b Hollies 50 5 V.S.Munden b Townsend 26 c Bromley b Townsend 0 6 M.A.J.Sargent c Robinson b Townsend 9 c Bromley b Townsend 0 7 J.E.Walsh c Spooner b Bannister 2 b Townsend 0 8 L.A.Spence c Bromley b Bannister 12 c Horner b Bannister 9 9 †J.Firth lbw b Townsend 1 not out 3 10 C.T.Spencer not out 10 c Bromley b Hollies 0 11 T.J.Goodwin b Bannister 1 c and b Hollies 4 Extras b 2, lb 3 5 —— —— 122 88 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-28, 3-28, 4-75, 5-94, 6-97, 7-99, 8-104, 9-116, 10-122 FoW (2): 1-5, 2-11, 3-46, 4-47, 5-47, 6-47, 7-76, 8-84, 9-84, 10-88 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Goodwin 17.4 4 64 5 (2) 20 4 70 1 Spencer 19 4 47 5 (1) 25 8 59 2 Palmer 5 3 7 0 (5) 14 8 15 1 Walsh (3) 23 5 83 3 Jackson (4) 29 19 52 2 Munden (6) 6 2 19 0 Warwickshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Grove 13 2 34 1 12 2 44 3 Bannister 19 6 53 5 8 2 24 1 Townsend 15 2 30 4 7 1 15 3 Hollies (4) 4.2 3 5 3 Umpires: F.Chester and W.T.Jones. Toss: Warwickshire Close of Play: 1st day: Leicestershire (1) 118-9 (Spencer 7*, Goodwin 0*); 2nd day: Warwickshire (2) 308-9 (Dollery 158*, Hollies 1*). H.E.Dollery’s 158 took 240 minutes and included 24 fours and 1 six. 348