First-Class Cricket Matches 1908

SUSSEX v LEICESTERSHIRE Played at The Saffrons, Eastbourne, May 25, 26, 27, 1908. Match drawn. LEICESTERSHIRE 1 C.J.B.Wood c Butt b Cox 17 (3) c Butt b Leach 12 2 A.E.Knight b Killick 32 c Butt b Cox 3 3 H.Whitehead b Cox 4 (1) c Smith b Vine 5 4 J.H.King c R.R.Relf b Cox 0 b Vine 67 5 S.Coe lbw b Vincett 63 b R.R.Relf 71 6 V.F.S.Crawford c R.R.Relf b Vine 61 c A.E.Relf b Simms 106 7 W.W.Odell c R.R.Relf b Vincett 5 (8) c Leach b Simms 75 8 T.Jayes b Vine 1 (7) b Vine 0 9 *A.G.Hazlerigg c Butt b Vincett 9 not out 8 10 †J.Shields b Vine 1 (11) not out 11 11 W.E.Astill not out 0 (10) b Vine 0 Extras b 4 4 b 15, lb 7, w 2 24 —— —— 197 (9 wickets) 382 FoW (1): 1-24, 2-28, 3-30, 4-84, 5-148, 6-154, 7-155, 8-196, 9-197, 10-197 FoW (2): 1-6, 2-12, 3-26, 4-165, 5-173, 6-173, 7-344, 8-366, 9-366 SUSSEX 1 J.Vine c Shields b Jayes 12 2 R.R.Relf c Knight b Astill 128 3 E.H.Killick c Shields b Jayes 26 4 A.E.Relf c King b Jayes 35 5 H.L.Simms run out 2 6 G.Leach c Jayes b Odell 45 7 *C.L.A.Smith b Jayes 5 8 G.R.Cox not out 31 9 J.H.Vincett c Whitehead b Astill 5 10 J.E.B.B.P.Q.C.Dwyer c Shields b Jayes 26 11 †H.R.Butt st Shields b Odell 40 Extras b 8, nb 1 9 —— 364 FoW (1): 1-34, 2-76, 3-164, 4-169, 5-235, 6-243, 7-270, 8-280, 9-313, 10-364 Sussex Bowling O M R W O M R W Cox 20 7 47 3 (2) 28 11 48 1 A.E.Relf 15 5 36 0 (1) 19 8 36 0 Leach 5 1 11 0 (4) 9 2 37 1 Killick 6 1 26 1 (5) 9 3 30 0 1w Vine 16 6 23 3 (3) 41 18 71 4 Vincett 12 2 50 3 14 2 44 0 1w Dwyer (7) 16 6 19 0 R.R.Relf (8) 8 2 24 1 Simms (9) 9 0 49 2 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W Jayes 33 3 126 5 1nb Odell 27.3 6 102 2 Astill 15 2 60 2 King 10 0 40 0 Whitehead 2 0 14 0 Coe 2 0 13 0 Umpires: W.Richards and B.C.Smith. Toss: Leicestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Sussex (1) 23-0 (Vine 7*, R.R.Relf 12*); 2nd day: Leicestershire (2) 80-3 (King 23*, Coe 31*). R.R.Relf’s 128 took 220 minutes and included 10 fours. 73