f10518 cc4353	Gloucestershire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1923
Venue	Spa Ground, Gloucester on 30th, 31st May 1923 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 5 wickets
Points	Gloucestershire 5; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	J Blake, W Reeves
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (2) 36/2 (Lord 15*, Fowke 0*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Lord	lbw b Parker	2
A Mounteney	c Bessant b Parker	25
WE Astill	b Hammond	5
*GHS Fowke	c Williams b Mills	30
JH King	c Dipper b Parker	14
G Geary	b Mills	2
S Coe	b Mills	0
SW Bradshaw	c Williams b Mills	0
+TE Sidwell	c Bloodworth b Mills	2
AW Shipman	not out	5
A Skelding	b Parker	0
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 42.2 overs)	88
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-35, 3-35, 4-73, 5-79, 6-81, 7-81, 8-83, 9-86, 10-88 (42.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Parker	21.2	9	21	4	-	-
Mills	16	5	46	5	-	-
Hammond	5	2	18	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Dipper	c Fowke b Shipman	20
WR Hammond	b Astill	7
+H Smith	b Geary	5
BS Bloodworth	b King	24
*PFC Williams	c Bradshaw b Geary	13
CR Disney	c Bradshaw b Geary	2
PT Mills	not out	3
CWL Parker	b Geary	0
EG Dennett	c King b Astill	0
JGWT Bessant	b Geary	1
TWJ Goddard	st Sidwell b Geary	0
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(all out, 39.4 overs)	81
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-26, 3-54, 4-62, 5-75, 6-79, 7-79, 8-80, 9-81, 10-81 (39.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Astill	18	3	45	2	-	-
Geary	16.4	12	13	6	-	-
King	3	1	10	1	-	-
Shipman	2	0	7	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Lord	b Mills	15
A Mounteney	lbw b Parker	16
WE Astill	b Parker	3
*GHS Fowke	lbw b Mills	9
JH King	b Mills	1
G Geary	b Mills	18
S Coe	b Mills	7
SW Bradshaw	lbw b Mills	0
+TE Sidwell	b Mills	4
AW Shipman	b Parker	3
A Skelding	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 74.3 overs)	82
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-30, 3-36, 4-42, 5-51, 6-61, 7-63, 8-77, 9-82, 10-82 (74.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Parker	37.3	17	43	3	-	-
Mills	35	17	33	7	-	1
Hammond	2	2	0	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Dipper	c Skelding b Geary	18
WR Hammond	b Astill	17
+H Smith	b Astill	11
BS Bloodworth	b Astill	5
*PFC Williams	not out	6
CR Disney	c and b Astill	0
PT Mills	not out	22
CWL Parker	did not bat
EG Dennett	did not bat
JGWT Bessant	did not bat
TWJ Goddard	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 1 lb)	11
Total	(5 wickets, 44 overs)	90
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-40, 3-55, 4-56, 5-56

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Astill	22	3	47	4	-	-
Geary	22	12	32	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> CR Disney made his debut in County Championship matches
--> CR Disney made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CR Disney made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CR Disney made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> GHS Fowke (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> AE Dipper (1) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> BS Bloodworth (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in County Championship matches
--> BS Bloodworth (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in First-Class matches
--> WR Hammond (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> PT Mills reached 400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> WE Astill reached 900 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> G Geary reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings

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