f18260	Leicestershire v New Zealanders
	New Zealand in British Isles 1949
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 14th, 16th, 17th May 1949 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	New Zealanders won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	H Elliott, FS Lee
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 32/1 (Berry 16*, Prentice 4*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 123/1 (Lester 54*, Prentice 44*)

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New Zealanders first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Sutcliffe	b Sperry	0
VJ Scott	b Symington	0
*WA Hadlee	c Corrall b Evans	15
WM Wallace	st Corrall b Walsh	171			29	1
MP Donnelly	c Corrall b Walsh	146		190	22	-
JR Reid	hit wkt b Lester	45
GO Rabone	run out	14
+FLH Mooney	lbw b Lester	5
C Burke	c Walsh b Lester	1
HB Cave	not out	0
J Cowie	st Corrall b Lester	0
Extras	(24 b, 8 lb, 1 w)	33
Total	(all out, 104.3 overs)	430
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-4, 3-32, 4-331, 5-371, 6-386, 7-412, 8-429, 9-430, 10-430 (104.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	23	7	70	1	-	-
Symington	13	0	57	1	-	-
Evans	8	1	45	1	-	-
Jackson	24	4	71	0	-	-
Walsh	22	1	109	2	-	-
Lester	14.3	4	45	4	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Rabone b Cave	30
G Lester	lbw b Cowie	10
FT Prentice	c Rabone b Cave	5
M Tompkin	b Cowie	23
VE Jackson	lbw b Cowie	14
GS Watson	lbw b Cowie	9
*SJ Symington	c Rabone b Cave	7
G Evans	b Cowie	1
JE Walsh	c Mooney b Cave	2
+P Corrall	lbw b Cowie	1
J Sperry	not out	2
Extras	(6 b, 9 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 59.5 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-38, 3-57, 4-86, 5-95, 6-103, 7-113, 8-113, 9-115, 10-119 (59.5 ov)

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowie	24	5	54	6	-	-
Cave	21.5	9	28	4	-	-
Burke	14	6	22	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Sutcliffe b Reid	18
G Lester	not out	70
FT Prentice	not out	104		145	11	-
M Tompkin	did not bat
VE Jackson	did not bat
GS Watson	did not bat
*SJ Symington	did not bat
G Evans	did not bat
JE Walsh	did not bat
+P Corrall	did not bat
J Sperry	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	15
Total	(1 wicket, 64 overs)	207
Fall of wickets:
1-24 (Berry)

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowie	11	1	34	0	-	-
Cave	16	3	56	0	-	-
Reid	5	2	13	1	-	-
Donnelly	4	0	35	0	-	-
Rabone	15	3	31	0	-	-
Burke	8	1	14	0	-	-
Sutcliffe	5	2	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> MP Donnelly (1) passed 7000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 135
--> G Lester (1) passed 3500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 1
--> VE Jackson (1) passed 5000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 2
--> G Evans made his debut for Leicestershire in first-class matches
--> JE Walsh reached 550 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the New Zealanders first innings
--> HB Cave reached 50 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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