Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Vijay Merchant	not out	111	-	-	-	-	-
Mushtaq Ali	lbw b Sperry	12	-	-	-	-	-
Vijay Hazare	b Jackson	27	-	-	-	-	-
Lala Amarnath	b Jackson	16	-	-	-	-	-
C.S. Nayudu	c Howard b Prentice	6	-	-	-	-	-
Abdul Kardar	b Tilley	14	-	-	-	-	-
Ranga Sohoni	lbw b Tilley	0	-	-	-	-	-
Dattaram Hindlekar †	b Tilley	0	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 6, lb 6)	12
Total	83.5 Ov (RR: 2.36)	198/7d
Did not bat: Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi (c), Sadu Shinde, Vinoo Mankad
Fall of wickets: 1-24, 2-124, 3-162, 4-173, 5-198, 6-198, 7-198

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
James Sperry	17	4	40	1	2.35	-	-	-
Eric Tilley	11.5	2	33	3	2.78	-	-	-
Vic Jackson	21	5	42	2	2.00	-	-	-
Jack Walsh	9	1	21	0	2.33	-	-	-
Francis Prentice	14	6	29	1	2.07	-	-	-
Anthony Riddington	11	4	21	0	1.90	-	-	-

Leicestershire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Les Berry (c)	c Sohoni b Amarnath	67	-	-	-	-	-
George Watson	b Mankad	23	-	-	-	-	-
Francis Prentice	b Nayudu	19	-	-	-	-	-
Maurice Tompkin	lbw b Mankad	8	-	-	-	-	-
Vic Jackson	b Nayudu	1	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Riddington	b Amarnath	11	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Howard	c Mankad b Hazare	2	-	-	-	-	-
Paddy Corrall †	not out	0	-	-	-	-	-
James Sperry	b Amarnath	0	-	-	-	-	-
Eric Tilley	b Amarnath	1	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Walsh	absent hurt	-	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 8, lb 4)	12
Total	83.3 Ov (RR: 1.72)	144
Fall of wickets: 1-49, 2-100, 3-113, 4-124, 5-139, 6-142, 7-142, 8-142, 9-144

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Vijay Hazare	12	7	19	1	1.58	-	-	-
Lala Amarnath	15.3	8	14	4	0.90	-	-	-
Vinoo Mankad	30	15	22	2	0.73	-	-	-
Sadu Shinde	2	0	16	0	8.00	-	-	-
C.S. Nayudu	24	4	61	2	2.54	-	-	-

Indians 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Vijay Merchant	not out	57	-	-	-	-	-
Mushtaq Ali	run out	6	-	-	-	-	-
Vijay Hazare	b Sperry	4	-	-	-	-	-
Lala Amarnath	c Howard b Sperry	0	-	-	-	-	-
Abdul Kardar	b Jackson	10	-	-	-	-	-
C.S. Nayudu	b Tilley	16	-	-	-	-	-
Ranga Sohoni	st †Corrall b Sperry	7	-	-	-	-	-
Dattaram Hindlekar †	not out	3	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 2, lb 2)	4
Total	58 Ov (RR: 1.84)	107/6d
Did not bat: Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi (c), Sadu Shinde, Vinoo Mankad
Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-20, 3-20, 4-54, 5-79, 6-101

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
James Sperry	18	4	33	3	1.83	-	-	-
Eric Tilley	13	4	23	1	1.76	-	-	-
Vic Jackson	10	1	21	1	2.10	-	-	-
Francis Prentice	6	0	13	0	2.16	-	-	-
Anthony Riddington	11	5	13	0	1.18	-	-	-

Leicestershire 2nd Innings (T: 162 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
George Watson	b Hazare	2	-	-	-	-	-
Maurice Tompkin	not out	11	-	-	-	-	-
Francis Prentice	not out	10	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(w 1)	1
Total	23 Ov (RR: 1.04)	24/1
Did not bat: Les Berry (c), Vic Jackson, Anthony Riddington, Jack Howard, Paddy Corrall †, James Sperry, Eric Tilley, Jack Walsh
Fall of wickets: 1-3

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Lala Amarnath	12	5	13	0	1.08	-	-	-	0	0
Vijay Hazare	11	4	10	1	0.90	-	-	-	0	0

Close of Play

Sat, 18 May - day 1 - India 1st innings 86/1 (Vijay Merchant 54*, Vijay Hazare 16*)

Sun, 19 May - rest day

Mon, 20 May - day 2 - Leics 1st innings 83/1 (Les Berry 41*, Francis Prentice 14*)

Tue, 21 May - day 3 - Leics 2nd innings 24/1 (23 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Grace Road, Leicester
Toss	Leicestershire, elected to field first
Series	India tour of England
Season	1946
Match days	day (3-day match)
Umpires	Ernest Cooke Harry Elliott