First-Class Cricket Matches 1913

LEICESTERSHIRE v WORCESTERSHIRE Played at Fox and Goose Ground, Coalville, June 12, 13, 14, 1913. Leicestershire won by eight wickets. (Points: Leicestershire 5, Worcestershire 0) WORCESTERSHIRE 1 F.L.Bowley b Geary 23 b Geary 14 2 F.A.Pearson c Lord b Geary 120 b Geary 30 3 E.G.Arnold b Geary 4 b Astill 0 4 W.B.Burns b Geary 10 b Skelding 51 5 J.A.Cuffe b Shipman 41 c Wood b Geary 2 6 *G.H.T.Simpson-Hayward b Geary 7 not out 105 7 C.G.A.Collier c Shields b Shipman 1 b Shipman 3 8 F.Chester not out 11 b Geary 4 9 R.D.Burrows c Shields b Geary 2 b Skelding 0 10 †E.W.Bale c Geary b Skelding 10 b Astill 14 11 A.J.Conway c Wood b Geary 5 b Shipman 1 Extras b 13, lb 2, nb 3 18 b 3, lb 3, w 1 7 —— —— 252 231 FoW (1): 1-48, 2-62, 3-84, 4-185, 5-200, 6-203, 7-227, 8-232, 9-243, 10-252 FoW (2): 1-25, 2-32, 3-62, 4-70, 5-85, 6-94, 7-145, 8-145, 9-210, 10-231 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 C.J.B.Wood b Pearson 34 b Burns 11 2 H.Whitehead c sub b Simpson-Hayward 100 b Collier 68 3 J.H.King c Bale b Burrows 90 not out 71 4 A.Lord c Bale b Burrows 10 not out 0 5 A.Mounteney c and b Burrows 0 6 W.N.Riley c Bale b Burrows 10 7 W.Shipman c Pearson b Burrows 1 8 W.E.Astill c Pearson b Burrows 36 9 *†J.Shields lbw b Pearson 14 10 G.Geary b Burrows 9 11 A.Skelding not out 5 Extras b 9, lb 5, w 1, nb 2 17 b 5, lb 3 8 —— —— 326 (2 wickets) 158 FoW (1): 1-94, 2-170, 3-202, 4-214, 5-238, 6-240, 7-271, 8-300, 9-321, 10-326 FoW (2): 1-26, 2-157 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Shipman 17 1 74 2 1nb 18.4 2 73 2 1w Geary 30.2 7 58 7 26 8 59 4 Astill 11 1 39 0 2nb 23 4 63 2 Skelding 8 1 34 1 4 1 29 2 King 4 1 17 0 Whitehead 3 0 12 0 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Burrows 28.1 7 96 7 2nb 10 4 31 0 Conway 5 0 34 0 Chester 15 2 45 0 1w (2) 7.3 0 38 0 Pearson 20 3 53 2 (3) 9 2 21 0 Simpson-Hayward 3 0 18 1 Cuffe 3 0 10 0 Burns 8 0 53 0 (4) 7 0 42 1 Collier (5) 2 1 18 1 Umpires: F.Parris and W.Vining. Toss: Worcestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Leicestershire (1) 191-2 (King 47*, Lord 1*); 2nd day: Worcestershire (2) 231 all out. F.A.Pearson’s 120 took 150 minutes and included 15 fours and 1 six. H.Whitehead’s 100 took 120 minutes and included 15 fours and 1 six. G.H.T.Simpson-Hayward’s 105 included 11 fours and 5 sixes. 117