f10611 cc4423	Leicestershire v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1923
Venue	Aylestone Road, Leicester on 4th, 5th, 6th July 1923 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 5 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 0; Gloucestershire 5
Umpires	J Blake, W Phillips
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 7/0 (Robinson 3*, Dipper 4*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 125/4 (King 35*, Coulson 0*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GHS Fowke	b Bessant	38
G Geary	b Parker	14
A Mounteney	c Robinson b Dennett	28
JH King	b Bessant	68
W Berridge	b Bessant	3
S Coe	b Mills	0
JC Bradshaw	c Mills b Dennett	11
SS Coulson	b Bessant	26
+TE Sidwell	b Dennett	8
AW Shipman	not out	7
WE Benskin	c Mills b Bessant	9
Extras	(9 b, 7 lb, 2 nb, 3 w)	21
Total	(all out, 120.2 overs)	233
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-82, 3-114, 4-122, 5-123, 6-149, 7-201, 8-217, 9-217, 10-233 (120.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bessant	38.2	8	80	5	3	-
Parker	25	16	27	1	-	2
Mills	25	6	41	1	-	-
Dennett	26	7	58	3	-	-
Waters	6	2	6	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+DC Robinson	b Geary	11
AE Dipper	b Benskin	30
CS Barnett	c Sidwell b Shipman	2
J Howman	c Sidwell b Shipman	0
*PFC Williams	c Mounteney b Geary	10
CWL Parker	b Geary	5
HJD Shrimpton	b Benskin	0
PT Mills	not out	71
AE Waters	b Geary	1
EG Dennett	c Sidwell b King	31
JGWT Bessant	c Coe b Benskin	8
Extras	(8 lb, 4 w)	12
Total	(all out, 71.3 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-23, 3-23, 4-50, 5-54, 6-54, 7-64, 8-74, 9-139, 10-181 (71.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Geary	30	7	60	4	-	-
Shipman	14	3	44	2	-	-
Benskin	17.3	5	39	3	-	-
Berridge	1	0	7	0	-	-
King	9	2	19	1	4	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GHS Fowke	st Robinson b Dennett	31
+TE Sidwell	c Waters b Dennett	40
A Mounteney	b Dennett	1
JH King	lbw b Dennett	48
W Berridge	b Dennett	11
SS Coulson	lbw b Mills	1
S Coe	c Howman b Dennett	1
G Geary	c Robinson b Parker	6
JC Bradshaw	run out	2
AW Shipman	b Parker	1
WE Benskin	not out	6
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 4 w)	9
Total	(all out, 78.1 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-66, 2-69, 3-97, 4-125, 5-141, 6-141, 7-146, 8-149, 9-150, 10-157 (78.1 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bessant	14	3	35	0	4	1
Parker	18.1	4	41	2	-	-
Mills	15	4	27	1	-	1
Dennett	31	11	45	6	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+DC Robinson	lbw b Geary	93
AE Dipper	c Sidwell b Benskin	67
CS Barnett	c and b King	9
J Howman	not out	22
*PFC Williams	b Fowke	2
CWL Parker	c and b Fowke	6
HJD Shrimpton	not out	4
PT Mills	did not bat
AE Waters	did not bat
EG Dennett	did not bat
JGWT Bessant	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb)	10
Total	(5 wickets, 74.4 overs)	213
Fall of wickets:
1-144, 2-168, 3-184, 4-187, 5-195

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Benskin	17	6	54	1	-	-
Geary	25.4	6	70	1	-	-
Shipman	9	0	34	0	-	-
King	14	3	26	1	-	-
Coe	3	1	6	0	-	-
Fowke	6	2	13	2	-	-

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Notes
--> TE Sidwell (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> DC Robinson (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 33
--> WE Benskin reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings

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