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County Championship, 1938
Leicestershire v Worcestershire
Park Road, Loughborough
23,25,26 July 1938

Result: Worcestershire won by nine wickets

Toss: Leicestershire
Umpires: JA Smart and CAG Russell

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Leicestershire 269, Worcestershire 0/2 (Bull 0*, Cooper 0*).
  • Day 2: Worcestershire 501/9 (Buller 48*, Jenkins 0*).
    Leicestershire 1st innings
    GL Berry              lbw                b Perks               13
    LD Thursting          c Buller           b Lyttelton            2
    NF Armstrong                             b Howorth              7
    FT Prentice           c Jenkins          b Howorth             78
    M Tompkin             c King             b Howorth             22
    GS Watson             c Jenkins          b Palmer              59
    *G Geary              c Cooper           b Howorth              8
    +GO Dawkes            c Jenkins          b Perks               15
    GH Palmer             lbw                b Howorth              7
    HA Smith              not out                                  29
    J Sperry                                 b Jenkins              4
    Extras                (b 15, lb 6, w 2, nb 2)                  25
    Total                 (all out)                               269
    
    
    FoW: 1-14, 2-19, 3-29, 4-69, 5-156, 6-171, 7-210, 8-236, 9-246,
         10-269.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Perks                       23      8     67      2
    Lyttelton                   14      2     31      1
    Howorth                     24      5     84      5
    Jenkins                     18.1    2     49      1
    Palmer                       6      2     13      1
    
    Worcestershire 1st innings
    CH Bull               lbw                b Smith               75
    BP King                                  b Sperry               0
    CDA Pullan                               b Sperry               0
    E Cooper              c Watson           b Palmer             104
    HHI Gibbons           c &                b Armstrong            5
    *Hon CJ Lyttelton     c Thursting        b Armstrong          162
    CH Palmer             lbw                b Armstrong           56
    R Howorth             c &                b Thursting           23
    +JS Buller            not out                                  48
    RTD Perks             c Geary            b Thursting            7
    RO Jenkins            not out                                   0
    Extras                (b 13, lb 4, w 4)                        21
    Total                 (9 wickets declared)                    501
    
    FoW: 1-0, 2-0, 3-173, 4-186, 5-214, 6-313, 7-377, 8-490, 9-501.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Sperry                      33      4     94      2
    Palmer                      25      7     63      1
    Smith                       32      7     93      1
    Prentice                    18      2     94      0
    Thursting                    9      0     67      2
    Armstrong                   16      3     69      3
    
    Leicestershire 2nd innings
    GL Berry              c Cooper           b Lyttelton            4
    LD Thursting          lbw                b Perks               33
    NF Armstrong          lbw                b Howorth            124
    FT Prentice           lbw                b Howorth             14
    M Tompkin             c Howorth          b Jenkins              1
    GS Watson             hit wkt            b b Jenkins            1
    *G Geary              c Lyttelton        b Howorth             15
    +GO Dawkes            c Buller           b Jenkins             22
    GH Palmer             c Buller           b Jenkins              6
    HA Smith              c Palmer           b Howorth              7
    J Sperry              not out                                   0
    Extras                (b 13, lb 5, w 1)                        19
    Total                 (all out)                               246
    
    
    FoW: 1-9, 2-71, 3-149, 4-156, 5-158, 6-202, 7-209, 8-239, 9-240,
         10-246.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Perks                       14      2     48      1
    Lyttelton                    2      0      5      1
    Howorth                     36.2    3     84      4
    Jenkins                     27      6     64      4
    Palmer                       9      1     20      0
    Pullan                       3      0      6      0
    
    Worcestershire 2nd innings
    CH Bull               c Palmer           b Sperry               0
    BP King               not out                                   9
    CDA Pullan            not out                                   9
    Extras                ()                                        0
    Total                 (1 wicket)                               18
    
    FoW:  1-0.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Sperry                       2      0     11      1
    Smith                        2      0      7      0
    

    • Sperry took wickets with the first and third ball of the opening over of the Worcester first innings.
    • Cooper scored 104, fourteen 4's in 160 minutes.
    • Geary was unable to bowl through injury.
    • Lyttelton 162 (his first century for Worcestershire), four 6's and fifteen 4's.
    • Armstrong, eighteen 4's in 210 minutes.




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