f5413 cc1111	Leicestershire v Lancashire
	County Championship 1900
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 23rd, 24th, 25th July 1900 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	H Pickett, W Richards
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 5/0 (Briggs 2*, Smith 3*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 22/2 (Brown 7*, King 10*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CE de Trafford	c Briggs b Sharp	5
CJB Wood	c Ward b Cuttell	27
JH King	c Hallows b Ward	15
H Whitehead	c Hartley b Ward	8
AE Knight	c and b Ward	110
S Coe	c MacLaren b Sharp	24
L Brown	b Sharp	33
F Geeson	c Smith b Briggs	18
H Burgess	st Smith b Briggs	20
+JP Whiteside	not out	1
T Marlow	b Ward	4
Extras	(1 w)	1
Total	(all out, 120.5 overs)	266
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-37, 3-66, 4-86, 5-120, 6-200, 7-233, 8-261, 9-261, 10-266 (120.5 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mold	16	5	32	0	-	-
Sharp	25	6	52	3	-	-
Cuttell	16	6	42	1	-	-
Ward	25.5	3	70	4	-	-
Briggs	25	13	33	2	1	-
Hallows	10	3	20	0	-	-
MacLaren	3	1	16	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Briggs	c Whiteside b Burgess	43
+C Smith	b Geeson	3
*AC MacLaren	b Marlow	31
A Ward	not out	90
JT Tyldesley	c Geeson b King	20
A Eccles	b Geeson	1
WR Cuttell	b Geeson	0
J Hallows	c Marlow b Geeson	2
CR Hartley	c Whitehead b Burgess	104
J Sharp	c Brown b Geeson	4
AW Mold	c Whiteside b Coe	15
Extras	(8 b, 12 lb)	20
Total	(all out, 123.3 overs)	333
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-75, 3-79, 4-126, 5-127, 6-127, 7-129, 8-279, 9-291, 10-333 (123.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Burgess	28	4	83	2	-	-
Geeson	46	10	105	5	-	-
King	22	6	43	1	-	-
Marlow	13	4	45	1	-	-
Coe	11.3	3	31	1	-	-
Brown	3	1	6	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CE de Trafford	c MacLaren b Sharp	4
L Brown	c Mold b Ward	7
+JP Whiteside	c Smith b Sharp	0
JH King	c Smith b Mold	52
AE Knight	b Briggs	80
H Whitehead	b Mold	2
S Coe	b Briggs	14
CJB Wood	c Briggs b Smith	55
F Geeson	not out	71
H Burgess	not out	8
T Marlow	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 5 lb, 2 w)	17
Total	(8 wickets, 130 overs)	310
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-4, 3-22, 4-128, 5-134, 6-165, 7-172, 8-291

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mold	18	6	42	2	-	-
Sharp	22	6	52	2	-	-
Cuttell	15	8	21	0	-	-
Ward	22	4	52	1	-	-
Briggs	25	12	31	2	-	-
Hallows	7	4	13	0	-	-
MacLaren	7	1	27	0	1	-
Hartley	3	1	5	0	-	-
Eccles	3	0	16	0	-	-
Tyldesley	4	0	16	0	1	-
Smith	4	1	18	1	-	-

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Notes
--> JH King (1) passed 1500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 8
--> AE Knight (1) 100 in 210 minutes
--> L Brown (1) passed 1500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 9
--> AC MacLaren (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 2
--> AC MacLaren (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 2
--> CR Hartley (1) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 57
--> AE Knight (2) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 68
--> F Geeson (2) passed his previous highest score of 61 in County Championship matches
--> F Geeson (2) passed his previous highest score of 61 in first-class matches
--> F Geeson (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 7
--> F Geeson reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> JH King reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire first innings

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Hartley scored his 104 in 110 minutes, hitting 16 fours, including six in succession off T.Marlow. Briggs kept wicket at the end of the Leicestershire innings to allow Smith to bowl

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