f10916 cc4624	Leicestershire v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1924
Venue	Aylestone Road, Leicester on 25th, 26th, 27th June 1924 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 1 run
Points	Leicestershire 5; Gloucestershire 0
Umpires	W Phillips, AE Street
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 78/0 (Simmonds 27*, Dipper 51*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 122/4 (King 35*, Fowke 12*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Berridge	b Hammond	15
SS Coulson	b Goddard	4
WE Astill	b Hammond	2
JH King	c Bloodworth b Parker	11
G Geary	b Parker	30
+TE Sidwell	c Goddard b Dennett	36
*GHS Fowke	c Bessant b Mills	22
GL Berry	c Goddard b Parker	37
AW Shipman	c Goddard b Parker	7
LS Hutchinson	not out	1
A Skelding	st Bloodworth b Dennett	2
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 96 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-22, 3-26, 4-36, 5-85, 6-105, 7-150, 8-172, 9-175, 10-178 (96 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hammond	10	1	33	2	-	-
Goddard	15	3	29	1	-	-
Parker	38	12	61	4	-	-
Mills	15	6	17	1	-	-
Dennett	18	5	27	2	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Dipper	lbw b Astill	61
WH Simmonds	c and b Astill	44
+BS Bloodworth	c Astill b Geary	49
WR Hammond	b Skelding	20
*FG Rogers	c Sidwell b Skelding	5
NFC Hobbs	c Hutchinson b Shipman	13
PT Mills	b Geary	1
CWL Parker	b Astill	34
EG Dennett	c Geary b Astill	14
JGWT Bessant	not out	5
TWJ Goddard	c Geary b Astill	3
Extras	(22 b, 5 lb)	27
Total	(all out, 95.5 overs)	276
Fall of wickets:
1-101, 2-110, 3-131, 4-143, 5-175, 6-178, 7-215, 8-259, 9-264, 10-276 (95.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skelding	30	9	79	2	-	-
Shipman	14	2	42	1	-	-
Astill	22.5	9	54	5	-	-
Geary	29	5	74	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Berridge	b Hammond	2
SS Coulson	c Parker b Dennett	2
WE Astill	c Dennett b Hammond	17
JH King	c Rogers b Goddard	47
G Geary	b Mills	12
+TE Sidwell	b Dennett	33
*GHS Fowke	st Bloodworth b Dennett	56
GL Berry	c Rogers b Parker	6
AW Shipman	not out	22
LS Hutchinson	st Bloodworth b Parker	7
A Skelding	c Hammond b Parker	0
Extras	(9 b, 8 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	19
Total	(all out, 92.4 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-28, 3-55, 4-105, 5-142, 6-149, 7-154, 8-203, 9-223, 10-223 (92.4 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hammond	17	5	47	2	1	-
Goddard	10	2	28	1	-	1
Parker	34.4	16	64	3	-	-
Dennett	23	6	51	3	-	-
Mills	8	3	14	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Dipper	b Shipman	22
WH Simmonds	b Astill	5
+BS Bloodworth	c Sidwell b Skelding	10
WR Hammond	c Sidwell b Shipman	40
*FG Rogers	b Shipman	12
NFC Hobbs	c King b Skelding	0
PT Mills	b Geary	0
CWL Parker	c Sidwell b Geary	17
EG Dennett	b Shipman	1
JGWT Bessant	not out	11
TWJ Goddard	b Geary	1
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 44.5 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-33, 3-54, 4-68, 5-80, 6-81, 7-107, 8-111, 9-112, 10-124 (44.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skelding	12	1	29	2	-	-
Astill	3	0	9	1	-	-
Shipman	11	2	15	4	-	-
Geary	18.5	0	66	3	-	-

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Notes
--> WH Simmonds made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WH Simmonds made his debut in County Championship matches
--> NFC Hobbs made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> NFC Hobbs made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GHS Fowke (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 20
--> WR Hammond (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> TE Sidwell (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> WE Astill reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> SS Coulson retired hurt in the Leicestershire second innings having scored 2 (team had lost 0 wickets) and later returned

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