First-Class Cricket Matches 1924

GLAMORGAN v LEICESTERSHIRE Played at St Helen’s, Swansea, May 28, 29, 1924. Glamorgan won by an innings and 121 runs. (Points: Glamorgan 5, Leicestershire 0) GLAMORGAN 1 N.V.H.Riches c Sidwell b Skelding 32 2 T.E.Abel c Berridge b Bale 107 3 W.E.Bates st Sidwell b Benskin 67 4 C.F.Walters b Bale 10 5 D.Davies c Shipman b King 31 6 T.Arnott b Shipman 65 7 *J.C.Clay lbw b King 0 8 F.P.Ryan b Bale 19 9 J.Mercer c Lee b Bale 10 10 H.Spencer lbw b Bale 5 11 †D.Sullivan not out 5 Extras b 5, lb 7, nb 1 13 —— 364 FoW (1): 1-113, 2-167, 3-199, 4-252, 5-266, 6-266, 7-331, 8-351, 9-357, 10-364 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 A.Lord b Spencer 7 c Ryan b Mercer 3 2 †T.E.Sidwell c Spencer b Ryan 31 (3) c Arnott b Mercer 1 3 W.Berridge lbw b Spencer 0 (9) st Sullivan b Ryan 0 4 J.H.King b Ryan 21 lbw b Ryan 53 5 *G.H.S.Fowke b Davies 42 c Sullivan b Mercer 6 6 A.W.Shipman not out 15 (2) run out 0 7 F.Bale run out 1 (6) c Abel b Ryan 1 8 N.B.Lee lbw b Ryan 1 (7) c Mercer b Ryan 2 9 S.S.Coulson st Sullivan b Ryan 4 (8) b Mercer 0 10 W.E.Benskin st Sullivan b Ryan 3 not out 25 11 A.Skelding c Davies b Ryan 0 b Ryan 0 Extras b 2, lb 13, nb 5 20 b 5, lb 1, w 1 7 —— —— 145 98 FoW (1): 1-28, 2-28, 3-48, 4-72, 5-129, 6-130, 7-135, 8-139, 9-145, 10-145 FoW (2): 1-1, 2-1, 3-10, 4-18, 5-19, 6-23, 7-24, 8-31, 9-98, 10-98 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W Skelding 21 2 107 1 Shipman 20 4 46 1 1nb Benskin 17 1 71 1 Bale 34 11 69 5 King 17 5 58 2 Glamorgan Bowling O M R W O M R W Mercer 8 3 12 0 (2) 19 4 48 4 Clay 6 2 11 0 4nb Spencer 10 2 28 2 (1) 6 1 18 0 Arnott 6 1 22 0 1nb Ryan 21 9 46 6 (3) 14.5 7 18 5 1w Davies 10 7 6 1 (5) 1 0 5 0 Abel (4) 2 0 2 0 Umpires: L.C.Braund and W.Phillips. Toss: Glamorgan Close of Play: 1st day: Leicestershire (1) 8-0 (Sidwell 1*, Lord 3*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. T.E.Abel’s 107 took 140 minutes and included 16 fours.