First-Class Cricket Matches 1924

LEICESTERSHIRE v SUSSEX Played at Aylestone Road, Leicester, August 23, 25, 26, 1924. Sussex won by an innings and 95 runs. (Points: Leicestershire 0, Sussex 5) LEICESTERSHIRE 1 E.W.Dawson c Bowley b Tate 31 b Tate 1 2 S.S.Coulson c Roberts b A.E.R.Gilligan 3 c Tate b A.E.R.Gilligan 2 3 W.E.Astill b A.E.R.Gilligan 1 c Tate b A.E.R.Gilligan 0 4 J.H.King retired hurt 1 absent hurt 0 5 G.Geary c and b A.E.R.Gilligan 8 (4) b Tate 7 6 *G.H.S.Fowke c Cornford b Holloway 34 (5) c Tate b A.E.R.Gilligan 0 7 J.C.Bradshaw c Young b Tate 0 (6) b A.E.R.Gilligan 2 8 G.L.Berry b Tate 5 (7) c Cornford b Tate 9 9 †T.E.Sidwell c Grimston b Holloway 4 (8) b A.E.R.Gilligan 5 10 A.W.Shipman c Young b Holloway 3 (9) b A.E.R.Gilligan 6 11 A.Skelding not out 3 (10) not out 10 Extras b 18, lb 2 20 b 2, lb 1 3 —— —— 113 45 FoW (1): 1-8, 2-14, 3-32, 4-62, 5-62, 6-68, 7-73, 8-90, 9-113 FoW (2): 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-14, 6-17, 7-25, 8-29, 9-45 SUSSEX 1 E.H.Bowley b Shipman 74 2 †W.L.Cornford c Sidwell b Geary 5 3 R.A.Young b Astill 1 4 M.W.Tate b Shipman 53 5 A.H.H.Gilligan c and b Shipman 3 6 *A.E.R.Gilligan c and b Shipman 0 7 T.E.R.Cook hit wkt b Shipman 23 8 G.S.Grimston b Skelding 47 9 A.C.Watson c Skelding b Shipman 27 10 N.J.Holloway not out 4 11 H.E.Roberts b Skelding 0 Extras b 6, lb 10 16 —— 253 FoW (1): 1-14, 2-19, 3-96, 4-100, 5-100, 6-165, 7-182, 8-244, 9-253, 10-253 Sussex Bowling O M R W O M R W A.E.R.Gilligan 28 8 40 3 18.3 10 24 6 Tate 26 11 32 3 18 8 18 3 Holloway 13.2 5 17 3 Bowley 3 1 4 0 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W Skelding 21.2 2 78 2 Shipman 23 11 50 6 Geary 24 8 69 1 Astill 16 5 40 1 Umpires: W.A.Buswell and T.M.Russell. Toss: Leicestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Leicestershire (1) 57-3 (Dawson 29*, Fowke 11*); 2nd day: Sussex (1) 231-7 (Grimston 34*, Watson 22*). J.H.King retired hurt in the Leicestershire first innings having scored 1 (team had lost 2 wickets).