First-Class Cricket Matches 1913

WORCESTERSHIRE v LEICESTERSHIRE Played at County Ground, New Road, Worcester, August 14, 15, 16, 1913. Leicestershire won by 8 runs. (Points: Worcestershire 0, Leicestershire 5) WORCESTERSHIRE 1 *H.K.Foster c and b Geary 88 b Skelding 8 2 F.L.Bowley lbw b Shipman 5 c Sharp b Shipman 2 3 W.B.Burns c Shields b Skelding 32 b Shipman 6 4 F.Chester b King 20 c Shields b Skelding 31 5 G.N.Foster c Whitehead b Skelding 175 b Skelding 10 6 F.A.Pearson b Skelding 4 c Shipman b Geary 51 7 J.A.Cuffe c Shipman b Geary 86 b Skelding 0 8 G.L.Crowe c Whitehead b Shipman 17 b Skelding 6 9 W.H.Taylor c Shields b Geary 12 c Shields b Geary 0 10 R.D.Burrows not out 5 b Skelding 6 11 †E.W.Bale c Sharp b Shipman 0 not out 1 Extras b 7, lb 5, w 3, nb 4 19 b 8, nb 1 9 —— —— 463 130 FoW (1): 1-23, 2-72, 3-141, 4-183, 5-196, 6-391, 7-442, 8-458, 9-458, 10-463 FoW (2): 1-3, 2-11, 3-17, 4-31, 5-80, 6-80, 7-94, 8-95, 9-116, 10-130 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 C.J.B.Wood st Bale b Cuffe 68 b Burns 43 2 H.Whitehead c G.N.Foster b Chester 68 c Bale b Burrows 4 3 J.H.King c G.N.Foster b Chester 23 not out 146 4 C.E.deTrafford b Taylor 29 c Burns b Burrows 24 5 S.Coe c Bale b Burrows 26 c H.K.Foster b Chester 9 6 A.T.Sharp lbw b Burrows 14 c Burrows b Taylor 41 7 W.N.Riley c Bale b Taylor 35 b Chester 4 8 W.Shipman c Burns b Burrows 2 b Taylor 0 9 G.Geary c Bale b Taylor 1 b Taylor 0 10 *†J.Shields not out 6 run out 18 11 A.Skelding lbw b Taylor 0 c H.K.Foster b Taylor 2 Extras b 7, lb 3, nb 4 14 b 10, lb 4, nb 10 24 —— —— 286 315 FoW (1): 1-98, 2-142, 3-176, 4-210, 5-233, 6-258, 7-277, 8-278, 9-278, 10-286 FoW (2): 1-9, 2-85, 3-145, 4-182, 5-199, 6-298, 7-307, 8-308, 9-308, 10-315 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Shipman 19.5 1 93 3 4nb 9 2 27 2 1nb King 15 1 59 1 1w Geary 33 5 112 3 15.4 4 31 2 Skelding 30 5 140 3 (2) 24 6 63 6 Coe 4 0 15 0 Whitehead 3 0 19 0 2w Wood 1 0 6 0 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Burns 12 0 55 0 12 1 44 1 Burrows 12 1 41 3 1nb 23 3 71 2 3nb Taylor 13 2 62 4 2nb 21.3 1 81 4 7nb Cuffe 17 3 52 1 2 0 6 0 Chester 22 8 56 2 1nb 16 1 40 2 Crowe 3 1 6 0 5 1 13 0 Pearson (7) 8 0 36 0 Umpires: R.G.Barlow and G.P.Harrison. Toss: Worcestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Leicestershire (1) 5-0 (Wood 3*, Whitehead 2*); 2nd day: Leicestershire (2) 91-2 (King 34*, Shields 6*). G.N.Foster’s 175 took 140 minutes and included 20 fours. J.H.King’s 146 took 270 minutes and included 19 fours. 237