First-Class Cricket Matches 1920

LEICESTERSHIRE v NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Played at Aylestone Road, Leicester, May 22, 24, 25, 1920. Northamptonshire won by seven wickets. (Points: Leicestershire 0, Northamptonshire 5) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 W.H.Denton b Benskin 82 (4) not out 14 2 C.N.Woolley c Coe b King 21 run out 35 3 R.A.Haywood c King b Mounteney 65 4 A.P.R.Hawtin b King 21 (1) lbw b King 32 5 F.I.Walden run out 7 (3) b King 23 6 W.Wells c Astill b Benskin 0 (5) not out 6 7 W.C.Izzard c Whitehead b Benskin 11 8 E.F.Tomkins not out 50 9 †W.A.Buswell c King b Mounteney 31 10 *O.C.White b Benskin 8 11 J.V.Murdin c Sidwell b Benskin 14 Extras b 4, lb 10, nb 1 15 b 3, lb 5, nb 1 9 —— —— 325 (3 wickets) 119 FoW (1): 1-30, 2-142, 3-180, 4-203, 5-203, 6-212, 7-217, 8-274, 9-300, 10-325 FoW (2): 1-68, 2-83, 3-111 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 *C.J.B.Wood b Wells 31 lbw b White 21 2 H.Whitehead c Woolley b Wells 10 b Wells 116 3 J.H.King c Izzard b Woolley 0 b Murdin 54 4 W.E.Astill c Hawtin b Wells 38 lbw b Walden 7 5 A.T.Sharp b Wells 1 (7) b Wells 1 6 S.Coe b Wells 10 (8) c and b White 51 7 A.Mounteney c Buswell b Wells 0 (9) b Wells 58 8 J.W.Middleton b Wells 2 (6) c Buswell b Wells 2 9 E.W.Parkinson b White 3 (10) c Buswell b Murdin 18 10 W.E.Benskin b Wells 8 (11) not out 2 11 †T.E.Sidwell not out 0 (5) lbw b Murdin 1 Extras b 5, nb 1 6 lb 2, nb 1 3 —— —— 109 334 FoW (1): 1-24, 2-47, 3-55, 4-57, 5-75, 6-87, 7-94, 8-96, 9-109, 10-109 FoW (2): 1-45, 2-163, 3-164, 4-185, 5-198, 6-199, 7-206, 8-282, 9-320, 10-334 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Benskin 39 11 94 5 12 1 44 0 Astill 27 9 71 0 (3) 7 1 19 0 King 36 9 58 2 (2) 11.2 2 23 2 Parkinson 13 2 44 0 1nb 5 0 24 0 1nb Mounteney 11 3 29 2 Coe 2 0 3 0 Wood 5 0 11 0 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Wells 22 7 40 8 31 6 99 4 Woolley 21 4 62 1 1nb 28 5 62 0 1nb Murdin 1 0 1 0 23.5 3 87 3 White 0.5 0 0 1 17 2 57 2 Walden (5) 6 1 26 1 Umpires: J.Moss and T.M.Russell. Toss: Northamptonshire Close of Play: 1st day: Northamptonshire (1) 302-9 (Tomkins 40*, Murdin 1*); 2nd day: Leicestershire (2) 195-4 (Whitehead 111*, Middleton 0*). H.Whitehead’s 116 took 180 minutes and included 16 fours and 1 six. 64