f5206 cc971	Leicestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1899
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 7th, 8th, 9th August 1899 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Essex won by an innings and 223 runs
Points	Leicestershire -1; Essex 1
Umpires	J Moss, AF Smith
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 143/1 (Fane 57*, Perrin 64*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 20/0 (Wood 14*, Whiteside 6*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJB Wood	lbw b Ayres	39
AE Knight	b Mead	37
HH Marriott	b Young	7
AD Pougher	b Mead	4
GHS Fowke	b Young	4
R Joyce	b Mead	0
*CE de Trafford	c Street b Bull	37
F Geeson	b Bull	16
S Coe	c Fane b Bull	22
C Agar	not out	12
+JP Whiteside	b Mead	9
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 83.2 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-74, 2-84, 3-89, 4-92, 5-96, 6-98, 7-136, 8-155, 9-177, 10-194 (83.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mead	28.2	5	64	4	-	-
Young	28	5	57	2	-	-
Bull	23	5	62	3	-	-
Ayres	4	3	4	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Fane	c and b Agar	207
HA Carpenter	b Geeson	17
PA Perrin	c Whiteside b Fowke	132
CP McGahey	b Fowke	99
F Street	c Geeson b Pougher	76
GW Ayres	c Agar b Geeson	83
*HGP Owen	c Marriott b Pougher	6
+AE Russell	c de Trafford b Pougher	8
HI Young	c Pougher b Geeson	14
FG Bull	b Geeson	6
W Mead	not out	5
Extras	(5 b, 9 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	20
Total	(all out, 189.4 overs)	673
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-258, 3-447, 4-497, 5-599, 6-619, 7-647, 8-655, 9-661, 10-673 (189.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Geeson	44.4	13	131	4	-	-
Coe	35	5	117	0	-	-
Agar	44	8	137	1	-	-
Wood	21	3	71	0	-	-
Fowke	14	1	76	2	-	-
Pougher	23	2	85	3	-	-
Marriott	5	1	19	0	-	-
Joyce	3	0	17	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJB Wood	c Mead b Bull	17
+JP Whiteside	c and b Mead	6
AE Knight	c Russell b Mead	111
AD Pougher	b Mead	8
HH Marriott	c Young b Mead	7
GHS Fowke	b Mead	0
R Joyce	b Young	1
*CE de Trafford	b Mead	12
F Geeson	b McGahey	39
S Coe	c Owen b Young	16
C Agar	not out	25
Extras	(12 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 107.2 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-39, 3-53, 4-65, 5-73, 6-76, 7-99, 8-164, 9-196, 10-256 (107.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mead	40.2	10	91	6	-	-
Young	21	3	52	2	-	-
Bull	25	11	50	1	-	-
Ayres	5	1	17	0	-	-
McGahey	6	0	17	1	-	-
Carpenter	6	2	8	0	-	-
Perrin	4	1	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GHS Fowke made his debut in County Championship matches
--> GHS Fowke made his debut in first-class matches
--> FL Fane (1) passed his previous highest score of 76 in County Championship matches
--> FL Fane (1) passed his previous highest score of 76 in first-class matches
--> F Street (1) passed his previous highest score of 60 in first-class matches
--> F Street (1) passed his previous highest score of 60 in County Championship matches
--> GW Ayres (1) passed his previous highest score of 40 in County Championship matches
--> GW Ayres (1) passed his previous highest score of 44 in first-class matches
--> FG Bull (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 2
--> AE Knight (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 75
--> AE Knight (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 90
--> FG Bull reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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Fane batted for 280 minutes for his innings of 207 hitting 1 five and 28 fours. Perrin's innings of 132 took 160 minutes and included 16 fours. Knight, who was last out for 111, batted for 195 minutes and hit 12 fours.

 

 

 

 

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