First-Class Cricket Matches 1924

DERBYSHIRE v LEICESTERSHIRE Played at Queen’s Park, Chesterfield, June 28, 30, July 1, 1924. Leicestershire won by seven wickets. (Points: Derbyshire 0, Leicestershire 5) DERBYSHIRE 1 L.Oliver b Skelding 10 (9) not out 2 2 S.W.A.Cadman b Bale 96 (1) c Sidwell b Geary 7 3 L.F.Townsend b Benskin 23 b Skelding 0 4 *G.R.Jackson c Sidwell b Skelding 12 b Skelding 4 5 W.Carter b Skelding 2 b Skelding 5 6 J.M.Hutchinson c Fowke b Skelding 143 (2) c King b Geary 9 7 A.Morton st Sidwell b Geary 8 (6) c Sidwell b Skelding 11 8 H.Storer c Geary b Skelding 3 (7) c Sidwell b Geary 18 9 A.Ackroyd c and b Geary 3 (10) c Coulson b Geary 3 10 †H.Elliott not out 5 (8) c Geary b Skelding 0 11 W.Bestwick b Skelding 0 c Benskin b Geary 0 Extras b 17, lb 6 23 b 5, lb 4, nb 1 10 —— —— 328 69 FoW (1): 1-14, 2-64, 3-92, 4-102, 5-238, 6-265, 7-294, 8-324, 9-327, 10-328 FoW (2): 1-13, 2-20, 3-24, 4-24, 5-33, 6-60, 7-64, 8-64, 9-67, 10-69 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 G.L.Berry c and b Carter 21 b Bestwick 22 2 S.S.Coulson run out 45 b Hutchinson 45 3 G.Geary lbw b Bestwick 58 c Elliott b Morton 10 4 J.H.King b Ackroyd 34 not out 23 5 †T.E.Sidwell lbw b Ackroyd 31 not out 8 6 *G.H.S.Fowke c Elliott b Ackroyd 0 7 A.W.Shipman lbw b Bestwick 28 8 W.Berridge b Cadman 33 9 W.E.Benskin b Bestwick 1 10 F.Bale c Carter b Bestwick 0 11 A.Skelding not out 2 Extras b 8, lb 9, nb 6 23 b 6, lb 5, nb 3 14 —— —— 276 (3 wickets) 122 FoW (1): 1-35, 2-116, 3-149, 4-200, 5-200, 6-209, 7-271, 8-273, 9-273, 10-276 FoW (2): 1-40, 2-67, 3-110 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Skelding 37.1 7 107 6 18 6 40 5 1nb Geary 40 16 58 2 17.5 9 19 5 Shipman 13 3 40 0 Benskin 13 3 49 1 Bale 23 5 51 1 Derbyshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Bestwick 31.4 9 74 4 4nb 18 7 44 1 3nb Cadman 14 4 21 1 8 4 11 0 Ackroyd 29 10 50 3 1nb Morton 23 7 34 0 (3) 9 4 18 1 Carter 9 0 43 1 Storer 7 2 8 0 1nb (4) 4 1 9 0 Townsend 7 1 19 0 (5) 3 2 5 0 Hutchinson 3 1 4 0 (6) 3 0 18 1 Jackson (7) 1.4 0 3 0 Umpires: B.Brown and G.P.Harrison. Toss: Derbyshire Close of Play: 1st day: Derbyshire (1) 302-7 (Hutchinson 130*, Elliott 0*); 2nd day: Leicestershire (1) 272-7 (Shipman 25*, Benskin 1*). J.M.Hutchinson’s 143 took 210 minutes. A.Morton retired hurt in the Derbyshire first innings having scored 5 (team had lost 5 wickets) - he returned when the score was 324-8.