First-Class Cricket Matches 1914

LEICESTERSHIRE v WORCESTERSHIRE Played at Fox and Goose Ground, Coalville, July 11, 13, 14, 1914. Leicestershire won by an innings and 16 runs. (Points: Leicestershire 5, Worcestershire 0) WORCESTERSHIRE 1 A.T.Cliff b Geary 12 c Brown b Skelding 23 2 F.A.Pearson b Geary 2 lbw b Skelding 39 3 F.Chester lbw b Wood 93 run out 1 4 P.J.Morris b Skelding 3 c Wood b Geary 71 5 J.A.Cuffe st Sidwell b Wood 28 c Riley b Geary 43 6 *W.H.Taylor b Geary 0 c Wood b Geary 0 7 R.D.Burrows b Wood 1 b Geary 5 8 B.G.Stevens c Geary b Skelding 41 not out 5 9 G.R.Byrne c Joyce b Geary 18 b Geary 8 10 A.F.Lane not out 2 c Coe b Skelding 42 11 †E.W.Bale c Sidwell b Geary 0 b Geary 2 Extras b 13, lb 9, w 1 23 b 15, lb 12, nb 2 29 —— —— 223 268 FoW (1): 1-13, 2-53, 3-66, 4-143, 5-144, 6-145, 7-158, 8-220, 9-220, 10-223 FoW (2): 1-55, 2-59, 3-73, 4-177, 5-211, 6-227, 7-241, 8-256, 9-266, 10-268 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 *C.J.B.Wood c Bale b Burrows 0 2 H.Whitehead c Taylor b Lane 103 3 A.Mounteney c Morris b Byrne 10 4 J.H.King not out 227 5 W.N.Riley lbw b Pearson 32 6 S.Coe c Stevens b Burrows 76 7 F.M.Joyce c Bale b Chester 14 8 †T.E.Sidwell b Burrows 5 9 W.Brown b Cuffe 1 10 G.Geary b Burrows 6 11 A.Skelding b Cuffe 10 Extras b 13, lb 5, nb 5 23 —— 507 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-24, 3-174, 4-227, 5-386, 6-431, 7-458, 8-463, 9-480, 10-507 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Skelding 16 1 51 2 (2) 27 2 116 3 Geary 20.3 3 45 5 1w (1) 25.2 7 67 6 Brown 12 0 50 0 (4) 3 0 11 0 King 7 0 24 0 Wood 9 0 30 3 (3) 10 1 38 0 2nb Joyce (5) 1 0 7 0 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W Burrows 31 1 142 4 3nb Byrne 19 3 86 1 1nb Pearson 14 3 36 1 Taylor 11 1 55 0 Cuffe 21 1 90 2 Chester 12 5 25 1 Morris 2 0 13 0 Lane 12 4 37 1 1nb Umpires: H.Bagshaw and W.Richards. Toss: Worcestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Leicestershire (1) 174-3 (King 55*); 2nd day: Worcestershire (2) 135-3 (Morris 46*, Cuffe 18*). H.Whitehead’s 103 took 120 minutes and included 14 fours and 2 sixes. J.H.King’s 227 took 375 minutes and included 33 fours. 186