First-Class Cricket Matches 1914

ESSEX v LEICESTERSHIRE Played at County Ground, Leyton, July 27, 28, 29, 1914. Essex won by six wickets. (Points: Essex 5, Leicestershire 0) ESSEX 1 †C.D.McIver c Sidwell b Skelding 90 b Skelding 25 2 C.A.G.Russell b Geary 145 b Geary 1 3 H.A.Carpenter b Geary 39 b Skelding 37 4 P.A.Perrin c and b Brown 3 not out 42 5 *J.W.H.T.Douglas b Geary 0 6 W.M.F.Turner b Brown 2 (5) c Brown b Wood 65 7 J.R.Freeman c and b Brown 17 8 O.C.Bristowe c Riley b King 81 (6) not out 4 9 W.Reeves lbw b Brown 1 10 G.B.Davies b Skelding 3 11 B.Tremlin not out 29 Extras b 8, lb 6, nb 4 18 b 5, lb 5, w 1, nb 1 12 —— —— 428 (4 wickets) 186 FoW (1): 1-212, 2-274, 3-291, 4-292, 5-295, 6-295, 7-331, 8-333, 9-350, 10-428 FoW (2): 1-2, 2-58, 3-79, 4-182 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 W.Brown b Tremlin 1 (10) not out 9 2 †T.E.Sidwell c Carpenter b Douglas 0 (8) c Russell b Bristowe 35 3 *C.J.B.Wood lbw b Douglas 16 (1) c McIver b Douglas 10 4 H.Whitehead c Perrin b Douglas 1 (3) c Turner b Tremlin 86 5 J.H.King c Russell b Douglas 9 (4) c Carpenter b Tremlin 37 6 A.T.Sharp c McIver b Tremlin 9 (5) b Tremlin 61 7 S.Coe not out 21 (2) b Tremlin 152 8 W.N.Riley run out 4 (6) c Tremlin b Bristowe 14 9 H.M.Bannister c Davies b Tremlin 9 (7) c McIver b Davies 64 10 G.Geary c and b Douglas 12 (9) c Freeman b Davies 6 11 A.Skelding b Douglas 0 lbw b Davies 2 Extras b 2, lb 8 10 b 37, lb 7, nb 1 45 —— —— 92 521 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-6, 3-7, 4-20, 5-39, 6-39, 7-47, 8-71, 9-92, 10-92 FoW (2): 1-26, 2-233, 3-297, 4-310, 5-349, 6-396, 7-491, 8-500, 9-514, 10-521 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Skelding 23 2 93 2 18.5 3 62 2 1w,1nb Geary 29 2 95 3 15 3 48 1 King 9.4 1 29 1 5 0 26 0 Bannister 18 1 80 0 3 0 15 0 Brown 21 2 67 4 2 0 13 0 Wood 4 1 17 0 2 0 10 1 Coe 2 0 15 0 Riley 1 0 7 0 Whitehead 1 0 7 0 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Douglas 17.4 3 51 6 27 3 112 1 Tremlin 17 7 31 3 42 5 157 4 Reeves (3) 17 2 58 0 Bristowe (4) 21 4 79 2 1nb Davies (5) 20.1 2 70 3 Umpires: T.Flowers and W.A.J.West. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 428 all out; 2nd day: Leicestershire (2) 276-2 (Coe 125*, King 26*). C.A.G.Russell’s 145 took 220 minutes and included 11 fours. 211