First-Class Cricket Matches 1908

LEICESTERSHIRE v ESSEX Played at Aylestone Road, Leicester, July 13, 14, 15, 1908. Match drawn. LEICESTERSHIRE 1 C.J.B.Wood b Douglas 58 2 A.E.Knight b Read 87 3 H.Whitehead b Douglas 46 4 J.H.King run out 1 5 S.Coe b Benham 1 6 V.F.S.Crawford c J.R.Freeman b Mead 46 7 T.Jayes b Douglas 7 8 *A.G.Hazlerigg b Read 2 9 †J.Shields c Douglas b Mead 14 10 W.E.Astill c Fane b Mead 7 11 W.Shipman not out 1 Extras b 1, lb 4, w 1 6 —— 276 FoW (1): 1-125, 2-176, 3-185, 4-187, 5-204, 6-220, 7-225, 8-260, 9-270, 10-276 ESSEX 1 F.L.Fane run out 37 c and b Whitehead 12 2 J.W.H.T.Douglas c Whitehead b Astill 10 not out 26 3 E.J.Freeman c Hazlerigg b King 3 b Jayes 1 4 *C.P.McGahey c Jayes b Astill 3 not out 4 5 S.P.Meston c Shields b Shipman 11 6 J.R.Freeman not out 6 7 W.Reeves b Astill 1 8 A.H.Read c Knight b Astill 4 9 †A.E.Russell c Shields b Shipman 2 10 C.E.Benham c Whitehead b Shipman 0 11 W.Mead c Whitehead b Shipman 0 Extras lb 2 2 b 7, lb 1, w 2 10 —— —— 79 (2 wickets) 53 FoW (1): 1-21, 2-33, 3-44, 4-60, 5-68, 6-69, 7-77, 8-79, 9-79, 10-79 FoW (2): 1-24, 2-30 Essex Bowling O M R W Douglas 26 2 86 3 Benham 24 8 59 1 1w Read 21 6 45 2 McGahey 6 0 20 0 Mead 7.4 1 31 3 Reeves 8 0 29 0 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W King 24 11 24 1 (3) 6 3 4 0 Astill 25 9 38 4 (1) 11 7 7 0 Jayes 4 1 4 0 (6) 6 2 9 1 Shipman 5.2 1 11 4 (2) 8 1 11 0 Wood (4) 2 2 0 0 2w Whitehead (5) 3 1 4 1 Coe (7) 4 3 3 0 Crawford (8) 5 5 0 0 Hazlerigg (9) 3 0 5 0 Umpires: W.Flowers and A.Millward. Toss: Leicestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Leicestershire (1) 247-7 (Crawford 31*, Shields 8*); 2nd day: No play. 166