f11404 cc4970	Essex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1925
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 29th, 31st August, 1st September 1925 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 10 wickets
Points	Essex 0; Leicestershire 5
Umpires	HR Butt, H Draper
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 55/3 (Shipman 20*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 98/7 (Gilligan 3*, Sharp 3*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Freeman	b Bale	27
JA Cutmore	b Bale	9
J O'Connor	c Berry b Geary	8
CAG Russell	b Bale	2
NG Wykes	b Astill	15
*JWHT Douglas	lbw b Lord	37
AB Hipkin	c Sidwell b Astill	0
+FW Gilligan	not out	38
RH Sharp	b Geary	0
MS Nichols	b Astill	2
HJ Palmer	lbw b Astill	0
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 90.3 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-40, 3-44, 4-66, 5-66, 6-67, 7-136, 8-137, 9-148, 10-148 (90.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Geary	26	10	39	2	-	-
Astill	22.3	14	13	4	-	-
Shipman	15	8	36	0	-	-
Bale	14	6	25	3	-	-
Smith	6	3	11	0	-	-
Lord	7	1	14	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EW Dawson	c Palmer b Sharp	19
AW Shipman	c Russell b Sharp	102		300
GL Berry	c and b Hipkin	6
A Lord	c Palmer b O'Connor	5
WE Astill	c Russell b Nichols	0
G Geary	b Hipkin	30
JC Bradshaw	b O'Connor	45
*GHS Fowke	b O'Connor	1
HA Smith	c Douglas b Nichols	0
+TE Sidwell	c Nichols b O'Connor	52
F Bale	not out	3
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 121.5 overs)	272
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-48, 3-55, 4-56, 5-109, 6-192, 7-196, 8-205, 9-260, 10-272 (121.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	25	5	65	2	-	2
Douglas	23	9	56	0	-	-
Sharp	14	3	33	2	-	-
Hipkin	26	6	41	2	-	-
Palmer	7	2	14	0	-	-
O'Connor	21.5	5	48	4	-	-
Russell	5	2	6	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Freeman	lbw b Bale	52
JA Cutmore	c Fowke b Astill	17
J O'Connor	c Smith b Astill	9
CAG Russell	b Bale	0
NG Wykes	b Astill	0
*JWHT Douglas	b Bale	5
AB Hipkin	b Astill	0
+FW Gilligan	lbw b Bale	3
RH Sharp	b Astill	15
MS Nichols	run out	15
HJ Palmer	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 60.2 overs)	126
Fall of wickets:
1-73, 2-77, 3-77, 4-78, 5-89, 6-92, 7-92, 8-98, 9-124, 10-126 (60.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Astill	23.2	6	47	5	-	-
Geary	14	5	21	0	-	-
Bale	21	7	47	4	-	-
Shipman	2	1	1	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+TE Sidwell	not out	6
*GHS Fowke	not out	0
EW Dawson	did not bat
AW Shipman	did not bat
GL Berry	did not bat
A Lord	did not bat
WE Astill	did not bat
G Geary	did not bat
JC Bradshaw	did not bat
HA Smith	did not bat
F Bale	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 0.2 overs)	6

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gilligan	0.2	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> NG Wykes made his debut in First-Class matches
--> NG Wykes made his debut in County Championship matches
--> JR Freeman (1) passed 12500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> AW Shipman (1) passed his previous highest score of 68 in County Championship matches
--> AW Shipman (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> AW Shipman (1) passed his previous highest score of 68 in First-Class matches
--> AW Shipman (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> F Bale reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> MS Nichols reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> MS Nichols reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> WE Astill reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
--> F Bale reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings

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