f12047 cc5345	Gloucestershire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1927
Venue	Victoria Ground, Cheltenham on 13th, 14th, 15th July 1927 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Gloucestershire 3; Leicestershire 5
Umpires	WR Cuttell, J Stone
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 214/6 (Astill 77*, Sidwell 4*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (1) 100/1 (Dipper 39*, Smith 46*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GHS Fowke	c Neale b Parker	25
AW Shipman	c Goddard b Mills	54
GL Berry	run out	24
JC Bradshaw	run out	2
WE Astill	c Parker b Sinfield	84
NF Armstrong	c Dipper b Parker	14
G Geary	run out	1
+TE Sidwell	c Goddard b Sinfield	4
HA Smith	not out	4
HC Snary	st Smith b Sinfield	0
A Skelding	c Bessant b Parker	13
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 134.3 overs)	238
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-98, 3-100, 4-136, 5-188, 6-194, 7-214, 8-221, 9-221, 10-238 (134.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Parker	61.3	17	98	3	-	-
Mills	31	6	55	1	-	-
Sinfield	30	9	46	3	-	-
Bessant	3	0	5	0	-	-
Goddard	9	4	21	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Sinfield	c Smith b Astill	15
AE Dipper	c and b Astill	71
+H Smith	lbw b Geary	53
BS Bloodworth	c Smith b Geary	10
WL Neale	b Geary	0
EG Morrison	lbw b Astill	1
CWL Parker	c and b Astill	0
*WH Rowlands	b Geary	0
JGWT Bessant	not out	19
PT Mills	c and b Geary	5
TWJ Goddard	b Geary	0
Extras	(10 b, 1 lb, 2 w)	13
Total	(all out, 89 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-126, 3-138, 4-140, 5-141, 6-143, 7-144, 8-176, 9-187, 10-187 (89 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shipman	10	4	16	0	-	-
Skelding	9	2	19	0	-	-
Astill	33	9	57	4	-	-
Geary	30	6	65	6	-	-
Snary	7	2	17	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GHS Fowke	c Neale b Parker	2
AW Shipman	lbw b Sinfield	6
GL Berry	c Bloodworth b Mills	32
JC Bradshaw	b Parker	0
WE Astill	c Goddard b Parker	15
NF Armstrong	c Sinfield b Parker	3
G Geary	lbw b Mills	2
+TE Sidwell	not out	36
HA Smith	st Smith b Sinfield	1
HC Snary	did not bat
A Skelding	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb)	5
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 42.2 overs)	102
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-8, 3-13, 4-34, 5-49, 6-49, 7-82, 8-102 (42.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Parker	19	3	39	4	-	-
Mills	11	4	29	2	-	-
Sinfield	12.2	4	29	2	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Sinfield	c Geary b Skelding	17
AE Dipper	b Skelding	12
+H Smith	c Sidwell b Skelding	8
BS Bloodworth	c Bradshaw b Geary	0
WL Neale	c Astill b Skelding	6
EG Morrison	b Geary	2
JGWT Bessant	not out	2
CWL Parker	not out	2
*WH Rowlands	did not bat
PT Mills	did not bat
TWJ Goddard	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(6 wickets, 32 overs)	52
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-36, 3-37, 4-48, 5-48, 6-48

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skelding	16	8	19	4	-	-
Geary	16	7	30	2	-	-

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Notes
--> AW Shipman (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 49
--> G Geary reached 1000 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> CWL Parker reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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