First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

SUSSEX v LEICESTERSHIRE Played at County Ground, Hove, August 25, 27, 28, 1923. Sussex won by 287 runs. (Points: Sussex 5, Leicestershire 0) SUSSEX 1 A.H.H.Gilligan c Astill b Geary 12 b Astill 9 2 E.H.Bowley b Rudd 33 not out 112 3 R.A.Young c Dawson b Astill 67 lbw b Bale 24 4 G.R.Cox c Bale b Astill 49 (5) b Geary 8 5 K.A.Higgs b Geary 12 (4) st Sidwell b Bale 19 6 T.E.R.Cook b Geary 3 (7) st Sidwell b Bale 6 7 M.W.Tate b Geary 10 8 A.C.Watson b Geary 0 (9) not out 32 9 *A.E.R.Gilligan b Geary 1 (8) c Rudd b Bale 47 10 A.J.Holmes lbw b Astill 11 (6) c Astill b Bale 13 11 †G.B.Street not out 3 Extras b 13, lb 4, nb 1 18 b 1, lb 3, w 1 5 —— —— 219 (7 wickets, declared) 275 FoW (1): 1-24, 2-110, 3-131, 4-158, 5-172, 6-196, 7-196, 8-204, 9-210, 10-219 FoW (2): 1-10, 2-54, 3-105, 4-124, 5-149, 6-163, 7-221 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 *G.H.S.Fowke c Street b A.E.R.Gilligan 4 c Tate b A.E.R.Gilligan 3 2 †T.E.Sidwell b A.E.R.Gilligan 1 (5) c Street b Tate 4 3 F.Bale lbw b A.E.R.Gilligan 0 (10) not out 3 4 G.B.F.Rudd c Cox b Tate 3 b A.E.R.Gilligan 0 5 A.T.Sharp b Cox 20 (2) b A.E.R.Gilligan 6 6 W.E.Astill c Street b Tate 30 (3) c A.H.H.Gilligan b Tate 15 7 E.W.Dawson c Street b Cox 3 b Tate 2 8 A.C.J.German hit wkt b Cox 12 (6) lbw b A.H.H.Gilligan 36 9 L.S.Hutchinson b Cox 3 c Street b A.E.R.Gilligan 5 10 G.Geary b Cox 10 (8) b A.H.H.Gilligan 31 11 W.E.Benskin not out 1 absent hurt 0 Extras b 7 7 b 5, lb 3 8 —— —— 94 113 FoW (1): 1-4, 2-4, 3-4, 4-9, 5-54, 6-64, 7-64, 8-77, 9-93, 10-94 FoW (2): 1-10, 2-19, 3-19, 4-28, 5-36, 6-45, 7-94, 8-109, 9-113 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Geary 38 16 53 6 24 7 68 1 Astill 33.3 5 72 3 1nb 23 3 93 1 Benskin 11 3 31 0 (4) 4 1 21 0 1w Bale 12 2 35 0 (3) 34 4 88 5 Rudd 3 0 10 1 Sussex Bowling O M R W O M R W A.E.R.Gilligan 14 3 41 3 15 4 32 4 Tate 16 5 35 2 14 5 28 3 Cox 16 9 11 5 9 6 19 0 A.H.H.Gilligan (4) 8.2 2 26 2 Watson (5) 1 1 0 0 Umpires: T.M.Russell and B.Tremlin. Toss: Sussex Close of Play: 1st day: Leicestershire (1) 7-3 (Rudd 2*); 2nd day: Sussex (2) 190-6 (Bowley 84*, A.E.R.Gilligan 22*). E.H.Bowley’s 112 took 205 minutes. 325