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When first-class county cricket resumed in 1946, Dawkes was still serving with the Royal Air Force, so
Corrall was recalled as Leicestershire wicketkeeper and had his most successful season so far, with 65 dismissals. Dawkes had still not been demobilised by the start of the 1947, so Corrall retained
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Lancashire at Leicester overtook Corrall, the young wicketkeeper, and for weeks he was in hospital on the danger list. As it happened, the loss of Corrall, far from weakening the eleven, brought forth some increased strength in batting, for Sidwell, after
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in 1934, with an innings of 64. In exactly the same fixture in 1936, he set a first-class record for a
Leicestershire wicketkeeper that still stands, as of 2013, in making 10 dismissals, with seven caught and three stumped. In 1937, Corrall was injured twice and Leicestershire turned to
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Leicestershire side in 1934 and was then the regular wicketkeeper again until he was once more injured in 1937. Never much more than a tail-ender as a batsman, he made his only career score of more than 50 when acting as
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and, at five feet two inches (1.57 m), one of the smallest first-class cricketers. Having played for the second eleven since 1927, he made his first-class debut for
Leicestershire in a single game in the 1930 season, against
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and struck the wicketkeeper on the left ear. He was removed to hospital in a semi-unconscious condition, and remained so ill that he did not play again during the summer." In its broader report on
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player) the leading wicketkeeper in
England with 74 dismissals, 34 of them stumpings. His high proportion of stumpings in the latter part of his career reflected the Leicestershire bowling attack's dependence on the spin of
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list for the 1952 season and stayed there for six seasons, returning for occasional matches in the following two seasons. Later, although a lifelong teetotaller, he ran a pub.
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spending a year in retirement, returned to first-class cricket with marked success." Later reports identified
Corrall's injury as a fractured skull.
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531:"First-class Batting and Fielding in each Season by Percy Corrall"
686:"First-class Batting and Fielding in England in 1948"
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604:. Vol. Part II (1934 ed.).
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555:. www.cricketarchive.com. 8 July 1933
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642:"Scorecard: Sussex v Leicestershire"
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664:"Scorecard: Europeans v Parsees"
458:"Player Profile: Percy Corrall"
344:in early July he met with what
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299:Percy "Paddy" Corrall
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327:Tom Sidwell
230:Runs scored
216:First-class
212:Competition
164:First-class
145:First-class
708:Categories
444:References
423:Jack Walsh
414:Eric Meads
410:Derbyshire
338:Lancashire
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398:Europeans
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311:Leicester
266:stumpings
256:Top score
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378:Sussex
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