f16319 cc7998	Yorkshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1938
Venue	Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford on 13th, 15th August 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Yorkshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Yorkshire won by an innings and 141 runs
Points	Yorkshire 12; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	GM Lee, CWL Parker
Close of play day 1	Yorkshire (1) 223/4 (Sutcliffe 79*, Robinson 32*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
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 and 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	(6 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 36.4 overs)	62
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-27, 3-27, 4-31, 5-31, 6-40, 7-45, 8-45, 9-58, 10-62 (36.4 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bowes	11	6	10	0	-	-
Smailes	5.4	2	14	2	-	-
Verity	15	5	18	7	-	-
Robinson	5	2	13	1	-	-

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
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	(11 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 103.5 overs)	328
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-24, 3-37, 4-177, 5-249, 6-257, 7-285, 8-299, 9-319, 10-328 (103.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
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	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
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	(1 nb)	1
Total	(all out, 45.2 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-5, 3-31, 4-32, 5-43, 6-67, 7-95, 8-107, 9-125 (45.2 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
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	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> CS Dempster (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> M Leyland (1) passed 20000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 76
--> H Verity (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> TF Smailes reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> WE Bowes reached 1350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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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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