First-Class Cricket Matches 1914

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE v LEICESTERSHIRE Played at County Ground, Northampton, August 3, 4, 5, 1914. Northamptonshire won by 4 runs. (Points: Northamptonshire 5, Leicestershire 0) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 J.S.Denton b Skelding 0 c Sidwell b Skelding 4 2 W.H.Denton b Geary 6 b Brown 5 3 R.A.Haywood c Sharp b Brown 26 b Brown 8 4 *S.G.Smith c Skelding b Geary 7 c Brown b Geary 74 5 G.J.Thompson c and b Brown 0 c Whitehead b Skelding 4 6 G.A.T.Vials lbw b Brown 34 b Skelding 0 7 C.N.Woolley c Wood b Brown 8 b Brown 18 8 W.East run out 13 b Brown 1 9 S.T.Askham not out 11 lbw b Skelding 3 10 W.Wells b Brown 1 not out 39 11 †W.A.Buswell c Sidwell b Skelding 20 c Coe b Geary 0 Extras b 8, nb 1 9 b 9, lb 9, nb 2 20 —— —— 135 176 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-24, 3-38, 4-38, 5-39, 6-54, 7-88, 8-94, 9-100, 10-135 FoW (2): 1-11, 2-17, 3-19, 4-28, 5-28, 6-49, 7-57, 8-100, 9-176, 10-176 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 *C.J.B.Wood c Vials b Smith 22 b Wells 0 2 H.Whitehead b Wells 1 c Buswell b East 1 3 A.Lord lbw b Thompson 3 b Thompson 12 4 J.H.King b Wells 124 (5) c East b Thompson 24 5 A.T.Sharp c Vials b Smith 2 absent hurt 0 6 S.Coe b Wells 39 c J.S.Denton b East 26 7 J.W.Middleton lbw b Wells 0 c Buswell b Thompson 2 8 †T.E.Sidwell b Wells 10 (4) b East 0 9 G.Geary b Wells 0 (8) not out 8 10 W.Brown c Thompson b Wells 10 (9) b Thompson 0 11 A.Skelding not out 1 (10) lbw b Thompson 0 Extras b 6, lb 3, w 1, nb 6 16 b 5, nb 1 6 —— —— 228 79 FoW (1): 1-5, 2-17, 3-46, 4-54, 5-129, 6-137, 7-163, 8-166, 9-217, 10-228 FoW (2): 1-0, 2-11, 3-11, 4-25, 5-69, 6-69, 7-75, 8-79, 9-79 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Skelding 8 1 23 2 23 1 55 4 1nb Geary 24 6 53 2 (3) 11.5 2 36 2 Brown 22 4 45 5 1nb (2) 20 3 48 4 Lord 2 0 5 0 (5) 4 1 12 0 Wood 1 1 0 0 (4) 1 0 5 0 1nb King 2 2 0 0 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Wells 24 3 82 7 1w,2nb 3 1 6 1 1nb Thompson 19 6 38 1 1nb (3) 18.4 8 39 5 East 21 9 34 0 3nb (2) 17 8 17 3 Smith 18 6 38 2 7 4 11 0 Woolley 3 0 12 0 Askham 4 0 8 0 Umpires: R.G.Barlow and W.Richards. Toss: Northamptonshire Close of Play: 1st day: Leicestershire (1) 129-4 (King 50*, Coe 39*); 2nd day: Leicestershire (2) 11-3 (Lord 5*, King 0*). J.H.King’s 124 took 230 minutes. 227