f11924 cc5250	Leicestershire v Sussex
	County Championship 1927
Venue	Aylestone Road, Leicester on 25th, 26th, 27th May 1927 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 3 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 8; Sussex 0
Umpires	WA Buswell, F Chester
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 43/1 (Shipman 20*, Armstrong 13*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 133/8 (Cox 25*, HW Parks 3*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MW Tate	c Sidwell b Geary	50
JH Parks	b Shipman	1
AF Wensley	c Astill b Bale	35
TER Cook	lbw b Astill	0
J Langridge	c Armstrong b Shipman	63
RA Hollingdale	b Skelding	3
AHH Gilligan	c Berry b Tyler	61
*AER Gilligan	c Geary b Skelding	4
GR Cox	c Sidwell b Skelding	1
+WL Cornford	not out	0
HW Parks	c Sidwell b Skelding	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 77.2 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-71, 3-76, 4-99, 5-112, 6-208, 7-219, 8-223, 9-223, 10-223 (77.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skelding	22.2	4	63	4	-	-
Shipman	13	1	35	2	-	-
Geary	10	3	28	1	-	-
Astill	14	5	47	1	-	-
Bale	11	5	28	1	-	-
Armstrong	3	0	14	0	-	-
Tyler	4	2	3	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Shipman	b JH Parks	31
GL Berry	b Tate	1
NF Armstrong	run out	19
JC Bradshaw	c Cornford b Hollingdale	10
WE Astill	run out	4
G Geary	b Tate	31
*GHS Fowke	b JH Parks	45
B Tyler	b Tate	0
+TE Sidwell	lbw b Wensley	6
F Bale	c sub b JH Parks	15
A Skelding	not out	5
Extras	(13 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 94.2 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-48, 3-59, 4-63, 5-72, 6-132, 7-132, 8-152, 9-171, 10-182 (94.2 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tate	36	19	51	3	-	-
Wensley	24	7	49	1	-	-
Hollingdale	13	4	28	1	-	-
JH Parks	16.2	5	33	3	-	-
Cox	5	2	6	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MW Tate	b Astill	51
JH Parks	b Skelding	5
AF Wensley	b Geary	9
J Langridge	c Bale b Astill	5
RA Hollingdale	c Bradshaw b Geary	7
AHH Gilligan	b Geary	0
*AER Gilligan	b Geary	3
GR Cox	not out	35
+WL Cornford	b Geary	17
HW Parks	b Skelding	8
TER Cook	absent hurt
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 72.1 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-67, 3-73, 4-84, 5-84, 6-84, 7-89, 8-125, 9-148 (72.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skelding	20.1	4	49	2	-	-
Shipman	7	1	25	0	-	-
Geary	26	10	45	5	-	-
Astill	19	10	21	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Shipman	lbw b Tate	11
GL Berry	c Hollingdale b JH Parks	29
NF Armstrong	b Tate	0
JC Bradshaw	c Cox b JH Parks	51
WE Astill	c Langridge b Tate	70
G Geary	c Hollingdale b Tate	4
*GHS Fowke	not out	4
B Tyler	b Wensley	1
+TE Sidwell	not out	10
F Bale	did not bat
A Skelding	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(7 wickets, 107.1 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-27, 3-54, 4-154, 5-169, 6-176, 7-177

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tate	38	11	46	4	-	-
Wensley	18.1	3	37	1	-	-
Hollingdale	10	3	15	0	-	-
JH Parks	18	5	30	2	-	-
Cox	6	0	10	0	-	-
Langridge	15	5	31	0	-	-
HW Parks	2	0	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> G Geary (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> GHS Fowke (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11

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