County Championship, 1938
Yorkshire v Leicestershire
Park Avenue, Bradford
13,15 August 1938 (3 day match)
Result: Yorkshire won by an innings and 141 runs
Toss: Yorkshire
Umpires: GM Lee and CWL Parker
Close of Play:
Day 1: Leicestershire 62, Yorkshire 223/4 (Sutcliffe 79*, Robinson 32*).
Leicestershire 1st innings
GL Berry c Robinson b Verity 10
*CS Dempster not out 28
NF Armstrong c Mitchell b Verity 1
FT Prentice c Robinson b Verity 0
GS Watson c Robinson b Verity 0
PR Cherrington b Verity 0
+GO Dawkes c & b Robinson 4
WE Astill c Robinson b Verity 3
HA Smith c Robinson b Verity 0
G Lester b Smailes 5
J Sperry b Smailes 4
Extras (lb 6, nb 1) 7
Total (all out) 62
FoW: 1-23, 2-27, 3-27, 4-31, 5-31, 6-40, 7-45, 8-45, 9-58, 10-62.
Bowling O M R W
Bowes 11 6 10 0
Smailes 5.4 2 14 2
Verity 15 5 18 7
Robinson 5 2 13 1
Yorkshire 1st innings
H Sutcliffe c Dawkes b Sperry 105
L Hutton b Astill 9
A Mitchell b Smith 1
+PA Gibb c Smith b Astill 7
M Leyland st Dawkes b Sperry 85
EP Robinson b Smith 49
W Barber b Smith 4
*AB Sellers c Dawkes b Smith 18
TF Smailes c Dempster b Smith 14
H Verity c Sperry b Smith 19
WE Bowes not out 2
Extras (b 11, lb 3, w 1) 15
Total (all out) 328
FoW: 1-23, 2-24, 3-37, 4-177, 5-249, 6-257, 7-285, 8-299, 9-319,
10-328.
Bowling O M R W
Sperry 25 4 83 2
Smith 37.5 6 132 6
Astill 23 1 63 2
Lester 9 0 20 0
Cherrington 7 3 12 0
Prentice 2 0 3 0
Leicestershire 2nd innings
GL Berry lbw b Bowes 2
*CS Dempster c Robinson b Bowes 18
NF Armstrong b Bowes 0
FT Prentice b Bowes 11
GS Watson b Robinson 24
PR Cherrington b Smailes 4
+GO Dawkes b Smailes 15
WE Astill not out 29
HA Smith b Robinson 12
J Sperry c Leyland b Robinson 9
G Lester absent hurt -
Extras (nb 1) 1
Total (all out) 125
FoW: 1-5, 2-5, 3-31, 4-32, 5-43, 6-67, 7-95, 8-107, 9-125.
Bowling O M R W
Bowes 16 2 30 4
Smailes 7 1 36 2
Verity 11 8 9 0
Robinson 4.2 0 18 3
Leyland 3 0 19 0
Hutton 4 0 12 0
- EP Robinson took six catches in the Leicestershire first innings,
the most by a Yorkshire player and his seven in the match equalled
the Yorkshire record.
- Sutcliffe 105, eight 4's in 270 minutes.
- Lester was absent hurt with an injured toe in Leicestershire's
second innings.
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