First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

LEICESTERSHIRE v WORCESTERSHIRE Played at Grace Road, Leicester, August 23, 25, 26, 1952. Match drawn. (Points: Leicestershire 4, Worcestershire 0) WORCESTERSHIRE 1 D.Kenyon b Spencer 52 lbw b Walsh 19 2 P.E.Richardson c Firth b Munden 68 c Firth b Walsh 27 3 L.F.Outschoorn b Spencer 1 b Goodwin 5 4 *R.E.Bird st Firth b Munden 46 (5) b Walsh 5 5 R.G.Broadbent lbw b Munden 76 (6) lbw b Spencer 108 6 L.N.Devereux b Palmer 0 (7) c Walsh b Spencer 24 7 R.O.Jenkins b Munden 20 (8) not out 8 8 P.J.Whitcombe b Munden 3 (10) not out 1 9 †H.Yarnold b Goodwin 27 10 R.T.D.Perks run out 1 (9) c Munden b Goodwin 21 11 G.H.Chesterton not out 6 (4) c Walsh b Spencer 9 Extras b 5, lb 9, nb 5 19 b 7, lb 5, nb 1 13 —— —— 319 (8 wickets, declared) 240 FoW (1): 1-107, 2-109, 3-151, 4-218, 5-219, 6-262, 7-278, 8-287, 9-288, 10-319 FoW (2): 1-51, 2-60, 3-60, 4-73, 5-79, 6-203, 7-214, 8-235 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 G.A.Smithson b Jenkins 63 c Bird b Chesterton 20 2 L.A.Spence lbw b Perks 3 c Yarnold b Perks 1 3 M.Tompkin c Bird b Perks 6 c Kenyon b Perks 3 4 *C.H.Palmer c Richardson b Jenkins 59 not out 37 5 V.E.Jackson b Perks 72 c Kenyon b Perks 10 6 V.S.Munden c Kenyon b Chesterton 12 c Bird b Jenkins 20 7 J.E.Walsh b Perks 102 b Jenkins 2 8 M.A.J.Sargent not out 14 c Chesterton b Jenkins 1 9 †J.Firth lbw b Perks 2 not out 8 10 C.T.Spencer st Yarnold b Chesterton 2 11 T.J.Goodwin c Outschoorn b Perks 0 Extras lb 10, nb 4 14 lb 2, w 1, nb 1 4 —— —— 349 (7 wickets) 106 FoW (1): 1-16, 2-30, 3-128, 4-141, 5-166, 6-312, 7-325, 8-332, 9-346, 10-349 FoW (2): 1-6, 2-24, 3-26, 4-49, 5-84, 6-86, 7-89 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Goodwin 12.2 1 33 1 19 5 59 2 Spencer 21 4 71 2 22.5 3 76 3 Palmer 30 14 49 1 (6) 3 1 7 0 Walsh 20 3 54 0 (3) 23 7 54 3 Jackson 14 6 28 0 6 1 23 0 Munden 34 13 65 5 (4) 8 3 8 0 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Perks 33.2 3 133 6 14 3 39 3 Chesterton 34 10 96 2 12 2 33 1 Jenkins 19 2 72 2 15 8 21 3 Devereux 8 1 29 0 2 1 2 0 Broadbent 1 0 5 0 Bird (5) 3 1 7 0 Umpires: A.E.Pothecary and C.H.Welch. Toss: Worcestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Worcestershire (1) 319 all out; 2nd day: Worcestershire (2) 64-3 (Chesterton 4*, Bird 0*). J.E.Walsh’s 102 took 117 minutes and included 12 fours. R.G.Broadbent’s 108 included 12 fours and 3 sixes. 407