f11592 cc5058	Leicestershire v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1926
Venue	Aylestone Road, Leicester on 16th, 17th, 18th June 1926 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 146 runs
Points	Leicestershire 0; Worcestershire 5
Umpires	C Charlesworth, A Nash
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 2/1 (Shipman 2*, Armstrong 0*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 144/9 (Rogers 15*, Bowles 3*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MFS Jewell	run out	15
FA Pearson	c Geary b Skelding	1
CV Tarbox	c Smith b Skelding	35
WV Fox	c Smith b Astill	25
L Wright	b Geary	20
+MK Foster	b Armstrong	58
RH Williams	c Smith b Astill	10
CF Root	run out	2
HO Rogers	lbw b Skelding	29
GC Wilson	b Geary	2
JJ Bowles	not out	11
Extras	(20 b, 1 lb)	21
Total	(all out, 132.2 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-43, 3-69, 4-105, 5-107, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-229 (132.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skelding	32.2	4	76	3	-	-
Astill	47	17	62	2	-	-
Geary	29	12	46	2	-	-
Bale	16	9	13	0	-	-
Armstrong	8	3	11	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Shipman	b Jewell	21
GL Berry	b Root	0
NF Armstrong	b Wilson	7
*GHS Fowke	c and b Root	36
WE Astill	c Foster b Root	10
G Geary	lbw b Root	22
+TE Sidwell	b Root	1
JC Bradshaw	run out	3
HA Smith	c Root b Pearson	6
F Bale	not out	11
A Skelding	b Bowles	12
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 88.2 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-17, 3-53, 4-65, 5-102, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-116, 10-137 (88.2 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Root	32	17	24	5	-	-
Pearson	18	8	30	1	-	-
Bowles	11.2	1	24	1	-	-
Wilson	8	2	23	1	-	-
Jewell	9	3	13	1	-	-
Tarbox	10	2	15	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MFS Jewell	lbw b Geary	14
FA Pearson	b Skelding	4
CV Tarbox	c Smith b Skelding	29
WV Fox	b Astill	23
L Wright	b Astill	0
+MK Foster	c Sidwell b Skelding	11
RH Williams	c Sidwell b Skelding	20
CF Root	lbw b Geary	12
HO Rogers	not out	21
GC Wilson	b Armstrong	3
JJ Bowles	b Astill	3
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 67.4 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-150 (67.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skelding	19	3	60	4	-	-
Astill	17.4	5	19	3	-	-
Geary	22	7	42	2	-	-
Armstrong	4	3	3	1	-	-
Shipman	5	2	16	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Shipman	lbw b Root	5
GL Berry	c Jewell b Root	1
NF Armstrong	lbw b Pearson	3
*GHS Fowke	b Root	5
WE Astill	b Root	13
G Geary	b Root	20
+TE Sidwell	c Fox b Bowles	24
JC Bradshaw	c and b Root	11
HA Smith	c Tarbox b Bowles	2
F Bale	not out	6
A Skelding	b Bowles	3
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(all out, 43.3 overs)	96
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-?, 3-9, 4-33, 5-56, 6-70, 7-?, 8-?, 9-91, 10-96 (43.3 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Root	22	10	27	6	-	-
Pearson	10	2	26	1	-	-
Bowles	11.3	1	40	3	-	-

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Notes
--> CF Root reached 650 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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