First-Class Cricket Matches 1908

KENT v LEICESTERSHIRE Played at St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury, August 20, 21, 22, 1908. Kent won by an innings and 156 runs. KENT 1 *C.H.B.Marsham b Shipman 70 2 H.T.W.Hardinge c Whitehead b Odell 3 3 J.Seymour c King b Shipman 137 4 S.H.Day c Burgess b King 55 5 F.E.Woolley b King 22 6 K.L.Hutchings c Shipman b King 73 7 A.P.Day b King 18 8 E.Humphreys c and b King 0 9 †F.H.Huish st Shields b Odell 13 10 C.Blythe st Shields b King 7 11 A.Fielder not out 3 Extras b 8, lb 5, nb 2 15 —— 416 FoW (1): 1-15, 2-194, 3-235, 4-294, 5-299, 6-344, 7-354, 8-391, 9-409, 10-416 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 *C.J.B.Wood st Huish b Woolley 49 (3) c Hutchings b Blythe 0 2 A.E.Knight c S.H.Day b Blythe 0 (4) b Woolley 5 3 H.Whitehead b Blythe 36 (5) b Blythe 24 4 J.H.King lbw b Blythe 48 (6) c Blythe b Woolley 0 5 S.Coe not out 34 (7) b Woolley 4 6 H.Thompson lbw b Blythe 0 (8) b Blythe 0 7 J.Burgess b Blythe 0 (9) st Huish b Woolley 26 8 W.W.Odell c Seymour b Woolley 1 (1) c Hutchings b Blythe 4 9 †J.Shields c Seymour b Blythe 0 (10) c Marsham b Blythe 8 10 W.E.Astill b Woolley 0 (2) c Hardinge b Blythe 4 11 W.Shipman lbw b Blythe 0 not out 4 Extras b 4, lb 3, nb 2 9 b 4 4 —— —— 177 83 FoW (1): 1-4, 2-64, 3-136, 4-158, 5-171, 6-171, 7-174, 8-175, 9-176, 10-177 FoW (2): 1-12, 2-12, 3-17, 4-21, 5-37, 6-45, 7-45, 8-45, 9-79, 10-83 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W Shipman 24 2 106 2 2nb Odell 25 4 86 2 King 27.3 6 99 6 Astill 14 0 78 0 Whitehead 3 1 9 0 Coe 4 1 19 0 Wood 1 0 4 0 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Fielder 6 4 7 0 Blythe 30.4 8 91 7 (1) 15.2 5 45 6 Woolley 22 10 34 3 1nb (2) 15 7 34 4 Seymour 3 0 9 0 Humphreys 4 2 5 0 1nb A.P.Day 5 0 21 0 Hardinge 1 0 1 0 Umpires: F.Parris and W.Richards. Toss: Kent Close of Play: 1st day: Kent (1) 247-3 (S.H.Day 26*, Woolley 3*); 2nd day: Leicestershire (2) 6-0 (Odell 0*, Astill 2*). J.Seymour’s 137 took 140 minutes and included 20 fours. 245