f16224 cc7914	Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1938
Venue	Trent Bridge, Nottingham on 6th, 7th, 8th July 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Nottinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	E Robinson, JA Smart
Close of play day 1	Nottinghamshire (1) 427/9 (Woodhead 2*, Jepson 1*)
Close of play day 2	Nottinghamshire (1) 452/9 (Woodhead 18*, Jepson 8*)

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Nottinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WW Keeton	b Sperry	1
CB Harris	c Armstrong b Geary	94
J Knowles	c Smith b Walsh	42
GV Gunn	c Dempster b Thursting	184
*GFH Heane	lbw b Geary	3
D Jones	lbw b Smith	12
FH Winrow	c Geary b Smith	0
+CRN Maxwell	c and b Geary	29
W Voce	b Smith	52
FG Woodhead	not out	18
A Jepson	not out	8
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 151.2 overs)	452
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-87, 3-200, 4-212, 5-257, 6-257, 7-313, 8-423, 9-423

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	48	19	97	3	-	-
Sperry	18.2	1	57	1	-	-
Walsh	42	5	131	1	-	-
Geary	29	4	89	3	-	-
Thursting	11	1	57	1	-	-
Armstrong	3	0	12	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CS Dempster	did not bat
JE Walsh	did not bat
GL Berry	did not bat
NF Armstrong	did not bat
GS Watson	did not bat
M Tompkin	did not bat
G Geary	did not bat
LD Thursting	did not bat
+GO Dawkes	did not bat
HA Smith	did not bat
J Sperry	did not bat

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> GV Gunn (1) passed his previous highest score of 147 in County Championship matches
--> GV Gunn (1) passed his previous highest score of 149 in First-Class matches
--> G Geary reached 2050 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Nottinghamshire first innings

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Gunn made the highest individual score for Nottinghamshire in 1938, 184, twenty-one 4's, in 255 minutes.
There was only 30 minutes play on Day 2 and none on the third.

 

 

 

 

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