First-Class Cricket Matches 1908

LEICESTERSHIRE v NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Played at Aylestone Road, Leicester, August 3, 4, 5, 1908. Match drawn. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 P.A.Fryer c Crawford b Astill 23 (2) c Shields b Odell 11 2 W.H.Kingston b Odell 83 (1) b Curtis 50 3 G.A.T.Vials b Astill 0 c Crawford b Shipman 1 4 C.J.T.Pool b Curtis 36 c Crawford b Odell 8 5 G.J.Thompson run out 40 b King 42 6 F.N.Bird not out 61 b Shipman 12 7 W.Wells c Crawford b Odell 51 c Odell b Shipman 28 8 L.T.Driffield c Crawford b Odell 1 not out 37 9 D.Hardy st Shields b Odell 0 c Whitehead b Coe 25 10 *T.E.Manning c Shields b Odell 0 not out 5 11 †W.A.Buswell c and b Odell 41 Extras b 14, lb 4, w 2 20 b 13, lb 3, w 1 17 —— —— 356 (8 wickets) 236 FoW (1): 1-39, 2-39, 3-95, 4-185, 5-210, 6-288, 7-290, 8-290, 9-290, 10-356 FoW (2): 1-13, 2-18, 3-29, 4-117, 5-121, 6-146, 7-173, 8-225 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 C.J.B.Wood c Thompson b Driffield 98 2 A.E.Knight b Thompson 105 3 H.Whitehead lbw b Wells 41 4 J.H.King c Thompson b Driffield 62 5 S.Coe c Bird b Driffield 0 6 *V.F.S.Crawford c Vials b Wells 98 7 W.W.Odell c Pool b Fryer 23 8 †J.Shields c Fryer b Wells 31 9 W.E.Astill st Buswell b Fryer 0 10 J.S.Curtis not out 8 11 W.Shipman c Pool b Fryer 3 Extras b 6, lb 2 8 —— 477 FoW (1): 1-202, 2-220, 3-293, 4-293, 5-327, 6-377, 7-466, 8-466, 9-466, 10-477 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Odell 34.1 12 90 6 1w 20 5 51 2 Shipman 28 3 97 0 24 5 59 3 Astill 24 4 52 2 6 0 23 0 King 13 6 18 0 10 2 34 1 Curtis 11 3 44 1 8 1 24 1 Coe 9 4 14 0 7 2 17 1 Wood 4 3 5 0 1w Whitehead 5 0 16 0 Crawford (7) 4 0 11 0 1w Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W Wells 41 8 151 3 Thompson 32 4 129 1 Driffield 32 6 114 3 Hardy 12 2 40 0 Fryer 9.1 1 35 3 Umpires: G.P.Harrison and J.Moss. Toss: Northamptonshire Close of Play: 1st day: Northamptonshire (1) 327-9 (Bird 55*, Buswell 18*); 2nd day: Leicestershire (1) 395-6 (Crawford 54*, Shields 6*). A.E.Knight’s 105 included 10 fours. W.W.Odell took a hat-trick in the Northamptonshire first innings (Driffield, Hardy and Manning). 207