First-Class Cricket Matches 1924

LEICESTERSHIRE v KENT Played at Aylestone Road, Leicester, July 23, 24, 25, 1924. Kent won by 298 runs. (Points: Leicestershire 0, Kent 5) KENT 1 H.T.W.Hardinge c Sidwell b Geary 8 b Shipman 8 2 W.H.Ashdown c Astill b Geary 64 c Taylor b Shipman 4 3 J.Seymour c King b Geary 46 b Skelding 4 4 F.E.Woolley c Berry b Astill 7 b Shipman 141 5 C.H.Knott c Taylor b Shipman 19 run out 45 6 G.C.Collins b Shipman 40 b Skelding 15 7 S.G.Hearn b Skelding 11 lbw b Shipman 2 8 †J.C.Hubble c Astill b Shipman 7 (9) not out 34 9 A.C.Wright c Astill b Skelding 6 (8) b Geary 11 10 *W.S.Cornwallis b Skelding 0 not out 4 11 A.P.Freeman not out 1 c Fowke b Astill 5 Extras b 4, lb 6, w 2, nb 1 13 b 4, lb 6, w 2 12 —— —— 222 (9 wickets, declared) 285 FoW (1): 1-21, 2-113, 3-130, 4-134, 5-180, 6-203, 7-213, 8-221, 9-221, 10-222 FoW (2): 1-4, 2-11, 3-23, 4-111, 5-154, 6-157, 7-246, 8-261, 9-266 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 E.W.Dawson lbw b Freeman 36 b Ashdown 13 2 S.S.Coulson b Freeman 18 b Wright 0 3 W.E.Astill st Hubble b Freeman 18 c Ashdown b Wright 2 4 J.H.King st Hubble b Freeman 2 b Freeman 15 5 C.H.Taylor b Wright 27 lbw b Freeman 1 6 G.Geary lbw b Freeman 0 st Hubble b Ashdown 21 7 †T.E.Sidwell b Ashdown 1 (9) b Freeman 0 8 A.W.Shipman b Ashdown 5 (10) not out 2 9 G.L.Berry b Freeman 6 (8) b Ashdown 3 10 *G.H.S.Fowke not out 10 (7) lbw b Freeman 3 11 A.Skelding st Hubble b Ashdown 1 st Hubble b Ashdown 2 Extras b 12, lb 2, w 2, nb 1 17 b 4, lb 1, nb 1 6 —— —— 141 68 FoW (1): 1-52, 2-80, 3-82, 4-89, 5-89, 6-90, 7-114, 8-123, 9-134, 10-141 FoW (2): 1-1, 2-5, 3-32, 4-37, 5-42, 6-46, 7-63, 8-64, 9-64, 10-68 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Skelding 21 2 57 3 19 4 59 2 Shipman 16 6 27 3 1w 19 3 77 4 2w Astill 25 8 67 1 1w,1nb (4) 14 2 62 1 Geary 25 6 42 3 (3) 18 1 66 1 King 4 1 16 0 2 0 9 0 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Cornwallis 6 3 14 0 Collins 12 4 23 0 1w 5 0 11 0 1nb Freeman 28 11 52 6 (4) 10 0 28 4 Woolley 6 3 9 0 1w,1nb Wright 4 2 4 1 (1) 6 1 10 2 Ashdown 19.4 8 22 3 (3) 10.4 3 13 4 Umpires: W.Reeves and W.A.J.West. Toss: Kent Close of Play: 1st day: Leicestershire (1) 20-0 (Dawson 4*, Coulson 9*); 2nd day: Kent (2) 154-5 (Woolley 72*). F.E.Woolley’s 141 took 180 minutes and included 16 fours, 1 five and 2 sixes.