f12157 cc5441	Leicestershire v Lancashire
	County Championship 1927
Venue	Aylestone Road, Leicester on 27th, 29th, 30th August 1927 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 3; Lancashire 5
Umpires	JW Day, TW Oates
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 250/9 (Snary 8*, Skelding 5*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (1) 248/6 (RK Tyldesley 6*, Sibbles 8*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EW Dawson	c RK Tyldesley b McDonald	12
AW Shipman	c Horridge b McDonald	120
GL Berry	c Green b McDonald	15
JC Bradshaw	b Sibbles	50
WE Astill	c and b Sibbles	0
G Geary	b Watson	11
NF Armstrong	lbw b Watson	3
+TE Sidwell	lbw b Sibbles	6
*GHS Fowke	b McDonald	0
HC Snary	b McDonald	11
A Skelding	not out	15
Extras	(21 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	25
Total	(all out, 130.5 overs)	268
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-65, 3-170, 4-170, 5-194, 6-198, 7-237, 8-238, 9-239, 10-268 (130.5 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McDonald	31.5	9	56	5	-	-
Sibbles	33	11	48	3	-	-
RK Tyldesley	27	12	46	0	-	-
Watson	21	5	49	2	-	-
Iddon	12	3	29	0	-	-
Horridge	6	2	15	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JWH Makepeace	b Skelding	12
FB Watson	b Armstrong	111
GE Tyldesley	c Snary b Geary	47
ML Taylor	b Snary	9
*L Green	b Geary	9
J Iddon	lbw b Snary	30
RK Tyldesley	b Skelding	26
FM Sibbles	b Geary	9
L Horridge	b Geary	11
+G Duckworth	c Dawson b Geary	14
EA McDonald	not out	4
Extras	(10 b, 7 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	19
Total	(all out, 158.3 overs)	301
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-111, 3-133, 4-157, 5-229, 6-233, 7-254, 8-278, 9-290, 10-301 (158.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skelding	37	7	93	2	-	-
Snary	33	12	48	2	-	-
Astill	29	12	51	0	-	-
Geary	46.3	22	59	5	-	-
Armstrong	13	4	31	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EW Dawson	c Horridge b Sibbles	89
GL Berry	b Horridge	74
NF Armstrong	lbw b Watson	30
JC Bradshaw	st Duckworth b Horridge	4
G Geary	not out	32
*GHS Fowke	c GE Tyldesley b Iddon	47
+TE Sidwell	st Duckworth b Green	4
AW Shipman	did not bat
WE Astill	did not bat
HC Snary	did not bat
A Skelding	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(6 wickets, 75 overs)	290
Fall of wickets:
1-143, 2-199, 3-203, 4-210, 5-281, 6-290 (75 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McDonald	13	1	38	0	-	-
Sibbles	18	6	42	1	-	-
RK Tyldesley	13	3	65	0	-	-
Watson	10	0	41	1	-	-
Iddon	9	2	39	1	-	-
Horridge	11	1	46	2	-	-
Green	1	0	9	1	-	-

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Notes
--> FB Watson (1) passed 9000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 22
--> L Horridge made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> L Horridge (1) equalled his previous highest score of 11 in first-class matches
--> L Horridge (1) equalled his previous highest score of 11 in County Championship matches
--> EA McDonald (1) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 3
--> NF Armstrong (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 17
--> GHS Fowke made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> GHS Fowke made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> EA McDonald reached 150 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> EA McDonald reached 550 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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