f12128 cc5413	Leicestershire v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1927
Venue	Aylestone Road, Leicester on 13th, 15th, 16th August 1927 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 5; Worcestershire 3
Umpires	LC Braund, A Morton
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 128/6 (Fox 43*, Root 6*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 184/5 (Geary 56*, Armstrong 0*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LR Serrurier	b Astill	32		95	3	-
L Wright	b Skelding	2		20
JB Higgins	c Snary b Astill	36		110	4	-
WV Fox	not out	66		190	2	-
CV Tarbox	c Dawson b Astill	1
JW King	c Sidwell b Geary	5		50
HHIH Gibbons	c Sidwell b Geary	0
CF Root	b Shipman	16		65
HO Rogers	b Shipman	5
*+CB Ponsonby	b Astill	2
HL Williams	lbw b Shipman	2
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 285 minutes, 110.5 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Wright), 2-65 (Serrurier), 3-74 (Higgins), 4-78 (Tarbox), 5-110 (King), 6-110 (Gibbons), 7-154 (Root), 8-164 (Rogers), 9-167 (Ponsonby), 10-174 (Williams, 110.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skelding	27	9	54	1	-	-
Shipman	14.5	7	19	3	-	-
Astill	25	9	33	4	-	-
Geary	15	7	14	2	-	-
Snary	26	10	43	0	-	-
Armstrong	3	1	4	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EW Dawson	c Fox b Tarbox	94		175	8	1
AW Shipman	lbw b Tarbox	5
GL Berry	run out (Williams->Ponsonby)	11		30
CH Taylor	b Root	5
WE Astill	b Root	5		30
G Geary	c Higgins b Williams	96		190	8	-
NF Armstrong	not out	63		100	4	-
*GHS Fowke	did not bat
+TE Sidwell	did not bat
HC Snary	did not bat
A Skelding	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb)	9
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 107.5 overs)	288
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Shipman), 2-30 (Berry), 3-48 (Taylor), 4-70 (Astill), 5-181 (Dawson), 6-288 (Geary, 107.5 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Root	43	19	73	2	-	-
Tarbox	23	1	80	2	-	-
Williams	24.5	3	58	1	-	-
Rogers	13	1	49	0	-	-
Serrurier	4	0	19	0	-	-

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Notes
--> WV Fox (1) 50 in 150 minutes
--> EW Dawson (1) 50 in 102 minutes
--> G Geary (1) 50 in 85 minutes

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NF Armstrong scored 1 five in the Leicestershire first innings

 

 

 

 

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