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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