First-Class Cricket Matches 1914

LEICESTERSHIRE v YORKSHIRE Played at Aylestone Road, Leicester, June 4, 5, 6, 1914. Match drawn. (Points: Leicestershire 3, Yorkshire 1) YORKSHIRE 1 B.B.Wilson b Skelding 18 c Wood b Geary 17 2 T.J.D.Birtles b Brown 29 c Brown b Geary 4 3 D.Denton b Brown 16 c Wood b Geary 5 4 R.Kilner c Sidwell b Brown 17 b Geary 0 5 G.H.Hirst c Coe b King 41 c Brown b King 11 6 W.Rhodes lbw b Geary 10 lbw b Geary 15 7 D.C.F.Burton c and b Skelding 13 c Sharp b Brown 24 8 M.W.Booth not out 47 not out 28 9 A.Drake lbw b Geary 15 b Brown 14 10 *A.W.White b Geary 7 not out 0 11 †A.Dolphin c and b Brown 3 Extras b 5, lb 1, w 3 9 b 10, lb 4 14 —— —— 225 (8 wickets, declared) 132 FoW (1): 1-20, 2-48, 3-77, 4-84, 5-129, 6-151, 7-153, 8-204, 9-212, 10-225 FoW (2): 1-12, 2-21, 3-21, 4-30, 5-52, 6-62, 7-100, 8-128 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 *C.J.B.Wood b Hirst 7 not out 7 2 H.Whitehead c Hirst b Drake 27 run out 12 3 A.Mounteney b Booth 12 c White b Rhodes 2 4 J.H.King not out 114 not out 5 5 †T.E.Sidwell b Hirst 1 6 A.T.Sharp run out 21 7 S.Coe c White b Hirst 11 8 F.M.Joyce c Burton b Hirst 19 9 W.Brown c and b Rhodes 1 10 G.Geary c Kilner b Hirst 22 11 A.Skelding b Rhodes 0 Extras b 3, lb 1, nb 2 6 b 6, lb 2 8 —— —— 241 (2 wickets) 34 FoW (1): 1-20, 2-47, 3-47, 4-59, 5-98, 6-129, 7-159, 8-182, 9-241, 10-241 FoW (2): 1-13, 2-16 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Skelding 20 5 61 2 3w Geary 27 10 47 3 23 6 47 5 Joyce 9 2 24 0 Brown 24.1 7 62 4 (1) 13 1 46 2 King 7 2 21 1 (3) 10 2 25 1 Wood 1 0 1 0 Yorkshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Hirst 37 9 94 5 1nb 7 4 11 0 Booth 22 4 63 1 1nb Rhodes 20.1 5 47 2 (2) 11 6 9 1 Drake 10 2 31 1 (3) 5 1 6 0 Umpires: R.G.Barlow and W.Phillips. Toss: Yorkshire Close of Play: 1st day: Leicestershire (1) 57-3 (King 8*, Sidwell 1*); 2nd day: Leicestershire (1) 117-5 (King 38*, Coe 6*). J.H.King’s 114 took 240 minutes and included 14 fours. 114