First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

LEICESTERSHIRE v GLAMORGAN Played at Aylestone Road, Leicester, August 15, 16, 17, 1923. Leicestershire won by 109 runs. (Points: Leicestershire 5, Glamorgan 0) LEICESTERSHIRE 1 C.H.Taylor c Stone b Ryan 7 c Riches b Mercer 102 2 A.Lord b Mercer 10 b Ryan 15 3 W.E.Astill st Riches b Ryan 59 lbw b Davies 69 4 J.H.King b Ryan 0 lbw b Ryan 59 5 K.Raynor c Bates b Ryan 0 (9) c Stone b Davies 0 6 *G.H.S.Fowke b Ryan 24 c Walters b Pinch 7 7 G.B.F.Rudd b Arnott 2 (5) b Mercer 8 8 E.W.Dawson b Mercer 8 (7) c Bates b Ryan 3 9 †T.E.Sidwell c Mercer b Ryan 8 (8) c Stone b Davies 1 10 G.Geary c Riches b Ryan 1 not out 6 11 W.E.Benskin not out 2 not out 13 Extras b 18, lb 6 24 b 9, lb 12, nb 1 22 —— —— 145 (9 wickets, declared) 305 FoW (1): 1-19, 2-25, 3-25, 4-25, 5-116, 6-119, 7-133, 8-141, 9-143, 10-145 FoW (2): 1-48, 2-152, 3-250, 4-260, 5-273, 6-285, 7-286, 8-286, 9-286 GLAMORGAN 1 *N.V.H.Riches lbw b Astill 23 b Geary 4 2 T.R.Morgan not out 87 c Astill b Benskin 2 3 W.E.Bates lbw b Astill 5 c Raynor b Astill 27 4 D.Davies b Geary 7 c Dawson b King 29 5 C.F.Walters c Sidwell b Raynor 21 (7) st Sidwell b King 3 6 F.B.Pinch b Geary 1 b King 36 7 G.E.Cording b Astill 17 (8) c Astill b Geary 8 8 T.Arnott b Astill 4 (9) st Sidwell b King 19 9 J.Mercer c Fowke b Astill 0 (10) not out 16 10 F.P.Ryan b Astill 7 (11) c Geary b King 1 11 †J.Stone absent hurt 0 (5) b Geary 1 Extras b 8, lb 5, nb 3 16 b 6, lb 1 7 —— —— 188 153 FoW (1): 1-60, 2-70, 3-79, 4-143, 5-144, 6-171, 7-181, 8-181, 9-188 FoW (2): 1-3, 2-33, 3-33, 4-42, 5-100, 6-105, 7-114, 8-123, 9-143, 10-153 Glamorgan Bowling O M R W O M R W Mercer 14.2 5 30 2 18 3 52 2 Arnott 14 5 17 1 7 0 40 0 Ryan 34 17 51 7 24 6 79 3 1nb Pinch 8 4 7 0 12 3 41 1 Davies 9 3 16 0 (6) 22 7 48 3 Bates (5) 3 0 23 0 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Geary 32 20 34 2 21 6 65 3 Benskin 18 3 53 0 1nb 8 0 22 1 Astill 32.1 15 51 6 2nb 10 4 28 1 King 10 3 22 0 8.4 0 31 5 Raynor 6 2 12 1 Umpires: F.Chester and T.Flowers. Toss: Leicestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Glamorgan (1) 69-3 (Morgan 45*, Walters 0*); 2nd day: Leicestershire (2) 283-5 (King 59*, Dawson 1*). C.H.Taylor’s 102 took 165 minutes and included 14 fours. 299