First-Class Cricket Matches 1924

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE v LEICESTERSHIRE Played at County Ground, Northampton, August 2, 4, 5, 1924. Match drawn. (Points: Northamptonshire 1, Leicestershire 3) LEICESTERSHIRE 1 S.S.Coulson c Bull b Woolley 12 2 C.H.Taylor c Haywood b Wells 12 3 W.E.Astill b Murdin 57 4 J.H.King c Nicholson b Wells 48 5 A.T.Sharp hit wkt b Walden 22 6 G.Geary c and b Wells 61 7 G.H.Salmon c Woolley b Walden 7 8 A.W.Shipman b Woolley 5 9 †T.E.Sidwell b Wells 28 10 *G.H.S.Fowke not out 7 11 A.Skelding c Wright b Nicholson 0 Extras b 4, lb 2 6 —— 265 FoW (1): 1-15, 2-45, 3-96, 4-141, 5-170, 6-190, 7-203, 8-257, 9-258, 10-265 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 C.N.Woolley c Fowke b Geary 0 lbw b Geary 19 2 A.P.R.Hawtin b Skelding 36 (4) lbw b Geary 95 3 W.W.Timms b Astill 24 (5) b Fowke 64 4 R.A.Haywood lbw b Skelding 4 (6) not out 26 5 F.I.Walden c and b Skelding 5 (7) not out 1 6 W.Wells b Astill 1 7 †B.W.Bellamy b Skelding 0 8 R.L.Wright b Astill 11 9 *A.H.Bull c Fowke b Geary 8 (3) b Skelding 20 10 J.S.Nicholson c King b Geary 5 (2) b Skelding 11 11 J.V.Murdin not out 0 Extras lb 2 2 lb 4 4 —— —— 96 (5 wickets) 240 FoW (1): 1-3, 2-52, 3-65, 4-66, 5-67, 6-71, 7-74, 8-84, 9-96, 10-96 FoW (2): 1-13, 2-44, 3-71, 4-198, 5-229 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W Wells 28 9 51 4 Woolley 35 10 59 2 Murdin 15 2 42 1 Nicholson 25.2 7 62 1 Walden 18 5 45 2 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Skelding 17 2 43 4 (3) 19 5 56 2 Geary 10.4 4 10 3 (1) 41 15 60 2 Shipman 7 3 14 0 (4) 21 2 43 0 Astill 17 8 25 3 (2) 22 6 39 0 Taylor 1 0 2 0 10 1 25 0 Fowke (6) 3 0 13 1 Umpires: B.Brown and W.Phillips. Toss: Leicestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Leicestershire (1) 45-1 (Taylor 12*, Astill 21*); 2nd day: Northamptonshire (2) 3-0 (Bull 1*, Nicholson 2*).