First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

KENT v LEICESTERSHIRE Played at Mote Park, Maidstone, July 14, 16, 1923. Kent won by eight wickets. (Points: Kent 5, Leicestershire 0) LEICESTERSHIRE 1 *G.H.S.Fowke b Woolley 5 st Wood b Woolley 21 2 A.Lord c Woolley b Freeman 1 c Ashdown b Cornwallis 0 3 W.E.Astill c Seymour b Woolley 2 run out 19 4 J.H.King b Ashdown 40 not out 71 5 G.H.Salmon b Freeman 27 b Collins 16 6 S.Coe c Troughton b Freeman 13 b Collins 0 7 †T.E.Sidwell c Hedges b Freeman 22 c Woolley b Collins 1 8 G.Geary st Wood b Freeman 1 b Freeman 23 9 S.S.Coulson not out 11 b Freeman 2 10 A.W.Shipman c Woolley b Freeman 2 b Ashdown 0 11 F.Bale b Freeman 12 c Bryan b Ashdown 0 Extras b 6, lb 6, nb 2 14 b 8, lb 7, w 1 16 —— —— 150 169 FoW (1): 1-7, 2-9, 3-9, 4-86, 5-86, 6-123, 7-123, 8-134, 9-136, 10-150 FoW (2): 1-0, 2-33, 3-55, 4-98, 5-98, 6-100, 7-158, 8-166, 9-167, 10-169 KENT 1 J.L.Bryan c Shipman b Astill 10 not out 21 2 H.T.W.Hardinge c Bale b Astill 14 b Geary 21 3 J.Seymour c Bale b Astill 1 b Geary 7 4 F.E.Woolley not out 136 5 L.P.Hedges run out 27 (4) not out 1 6 G.C.Collins b Geary 27 7 W.H.Ashdown b Geary 16 8 †G.E.C.Wood b Geary 5 9 *L.H.W.Troughton c Sidwell b Astill 7 10 A.P.Freeman c Salmon b Geary 0 11 W.S.Cornwallis c Astill b Geary 6 Extras b 7, lb 5, w 2, nb 1 15 b 6 6 —— —— 264 (2 wickets) 56 FoW (1): 1-11, 2-15, 3-39, 4-110, 5-183, 6-213, 7-245, 8-246, 9-246, 10-264 FoW (2): 1-41, 2-51 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Cornwallis 6 1 21 0 1nb 9 3 27 1 Woolley 16 7 15 2 1nb (5) 17 9 13 1 Freeman 22.5 8 57 7 (4) 20 8 35 2 Ashdown 17 5 38 1 (3) 17.4 3 30 2 1w Hardinge 3 2 5 0 Collins 2 2 0 0 (2) 16 3 48 3 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Shipman 10 2 38 0 1nb Astill 22 5 90 4 1w 9 3 19 0 Geary 20 1 72 5 (1) 9.3 1 31 2 Bale 8 1 47 0 1w Fowke 1 0 2 0 Umpires: F.Chester and W.Reeves. Toss: Leicestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Kent (1) 203-5 (Woolley 100*, Ashdown 13*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. F.E.Woolley’s 136 took 160 minutes and included 18 fours and 2 sixes. 233