County Championship, 1938
Leicestershire v Warwickshire
Aylestone Road, Leicester
21,23,24 May 1938 (3-day match)
Result: Leicestershire won by 4 wickets
Points: Leicestershire 12, Warwickshire 0
Toss: Warwickshire
Umpires: G Beet and D Hendren
Close of Play:
Day 1: Warwickshire 112, Leicestershire 167/5 (Cherrington 4*, Geary 4*)
Day 2: Leicestershire 349, Warwickshire 153/2 (Croom 76*, Ord 40*)
Warwickshire 1st innings
AJW Croom b Flamson 4
FR Santall lbw b Smith 16
RES Wyatt lbw b Geary 43
JS Ord c Berry b Flamson 5
HE Dollery b Geary 2
+J Buckingham lbw b Flamson 4
*P Cranmer b Geary 3
GAE Paine lbw b Flamson 19
K Wilmot b Smith 3
JH Mayer b Flamson 10
WE Hollies not out 2
Extras (lb 1) 1
Total (all out, 53 overs) 112
FoW: 1-20, 2-22, 3-48, 4-57, 5-62, 6-65, 7-84, 8-87, 9-109,
10-112.
Bowling O M R W
Flamson 23 6 33 5
Smith 12 3 42 2
Geary 18 3 36 3
Leicestershire 1st innings
GL Berry c Ord b Mayer 55
FT Prentice c Croom b Wilmot 9
NF Armstrong c Buckingham b Mayer 69
*CS Dempster c Mayer b Wilmot 21
GS Watson lbw b Wilmot 2
PR Cherrington c & b Paine 8
G Geary not out 116
HA Smith c Croom b Mayer 29
+GO Dawkes c Mayer b Hollies 16
G Lester c Mayer b Hollies 10
WH Flamson lbw b Paine 4
Extras (lb 10) 10
Total (all out, 140.5 overs) 349
FoW: 1-26, 2-90, 3-138, 4-150, 5-163, 6-198, 7-247, 8-287, 9-330,
10-349.
Bowling O M R W
Mayer 28 1 97 3
Wilmot 29 7 69 3
Santall 5 2 11 0
Paine 44.5 19 71 2
Hollies 33 8 91 2
Wyatt 1 1 0 0
Warwickshire 2nd innings
AJW Croom lbw b Smith 88
FR Santall b Flamson 13
RES Wyatt c Geary b Smith 18
JS Ord c Armstrong b Geary 49
HE Dollery not out 127
*P Cranmer c Smith b Flamson 32
+J Buckingham lbw b Armstrong 33
GAE Paine lbw b Smith 15
K Wilmot b Armstrong 3
JH Mayer not out 2
Extras (b 11, lb 4) 15
Total (8 wickets declared, 140 overs) 395
DNB: WE Hollies.
FoW: 1-25, 2-62, 3-170, 4-181, 5-230, 6-289, 7-328, 8-346.
Bowling O M R W
Flamson 34 8 108 2
Smith 37 7 108 3
Geary 35 9 67 1
Lester 12 1 33 0
Prentice 12 3 44 0
Armstrong 10 2 20 2
Leicestershire 2nd innings (target: 159 runs)
GL Berry c & b Wilmot 26
*CS Dempster lbw b Paine 20
FT Prentice lbw b Paine 30
GS Watson b Mayer 37
NF Armstrong b Paine 11
PR Cherrington b Mayer 0
G Geary not out 19
HA Smith not out 16
Extras (nb 1) 1
Total (6 wickets, 37.3 overs) 160
DNB: +GO Dawkes, G Lester, WH Flamson.
FoW: 1-31, 2-52, 3-95, 4-121, 5-124, 6-125.
Bowling O M R W
Mayer 12 0 46 2
Wilmot 6 0 27 1
Paine 12.3 3 53 3
Hollies 7 1 33 0
- Leicestershire's first victory at Leicester since August 1935.
- G Geary's first championship hundred since 1929, 116*, eleven 4's, 240
minutes.
- HE Dollery 127* in 215 minutes, twelve 4's.
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