First-Class Cricket Matches 1914

WORCESTERSHIRE v LEICESTERSHIRE Played at County Ground, New Road, Worcester, May 23, 25, 26, 1914. Match drawn. (Points: Worcestershire 1, Leicestershire 3) WORCESTERSHIRE 1 F.L.Bowley b Geary 10 c and b Geary 29 2 F.A.Pearson b Brown 19 b Shipman 8 3 H.K.Foster b Geary 24 c Whitehead b Brown 13 4 F.Chester c Sharp b Shipman 15 b King 28 5 M.K.Foster c and b Shipman 17 b Brown 118 6 A.T.Cliff b Geary 1 not out 59 7 G.H.T.Simpson-Hayward c Brown b Shipman 7 c Shipman b Brown 14 8 R.D.Burrows c Whitehead b Geary 4 b Geary 18 9 *W.H.Taylor c Sidwell b Shipman 0 not out 28 10 J.A.Cuffe lbw b Geary 3 11 †H.A.Fulton not out 2 Extras b 4, lb 8 12 b 16, lb 12, nb 2 30 —— —— 114 (7 wickets, declared) 345 FoW (1): 1-19, 2-51, 3-57, 4-87, 5-88, 6-100, 7-109, 8-109, 9-112, 10-114 FoW (2): 1-39, 2-54, 3-73, 4-114, 5-239, 6-255, 7-295 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 *C.J.B.Wood not out 123 2 H.Whitehead c Burrows b Taylor 7 not out 29 3 A.Mounteney c Chester b Simpson-Hayward 88 4 J.H.King b Pearson 50 5 H.Wright (1) not out 17 6 A.T.Sharp 7 S.Coe 8 W.Shipman 9 †T.E.Sidwell 10 W.Brown 11 G.Geary Extras b 6, lb 3, nb 1 10 b 5, lb 1 6 —— —— (3 wickets, declared) 278 (no wicket) 52 FoW (1): 1-18, 2-182, 3-278 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Brown 17 2 42 1 38 19 67 3 Geary 24.3 11 42 5 34 8 118 2 Shipman 8 2 18 4 (4) 14 0 67 1 2nb King (3) 16 2 55 1 Wood (5) 2 0 8 0 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Burrows 22 1 77 0 3 0 19 0 Taylor 14 2 46 1 1nb Pearson 12 1 35 1 Chester 13 1 44 0 Cuffe 5 0 32 0 (2) 9 3 16 0 Simpson-Hayward 9 0 34 1 (3) 6 2 11 0 Umpires: J.Carlin and T.Flowers. Toss: Worcestershire Close of Play: 1st day: No play; 2nd day: Leicestershire (1) 278-3 (Wood 123*). C.J.B.Wood’s 123 took 210 minutes and included 5 fours. M.K.Foster’s 118 took 110 minutes and included 15 fours and 1 five. 91