First-Class Cricket Matches 1924

ESSEX v LEICESTERSHIRE Played at County Ground, Leyton, May 14, 15, 16, 1924. Leicestershire won by seven wickets. (Points: Essex 0, Leicestershire 5) ESSEX 1 C.A.G.Russell c and b Geary 8 (9) not out 34 2 F.W.H.Nicholas c Fowke b Geary 62 (1) c Berridge b Astill 10 3 †J.R.Freeman b Astill 41 c and b Astill 2 4 J.O’Connor lbw b Astill 14 c Shipman b Geary 6 5 P.A.Perrin c and b Geary 0 (6) lbw b Astill 2 6 *J.W.H.T.Douglas c Sidwell b Geary 10 (8) b Bale 2 7 A.B.Hipkin c King b Astill 0 (5) lbw b Astill 12 8 C.J.H.Treglown lbw b Astill 13 (2) c King b Geary 4 9 J.V.Richardson not out 51 (7) b Geary 1 10 H.M.Morris b Geary 18 b Skelding 5 11 H.J.Palmer c King b Astill 5 b Geary 2 Extras b 3, lb 1, nb 1 5 b 5, lb 1 6 —— —— 227 86 FoW (1): 1-16, 2-108, 3-119, 4-120, 5-138, 6-140, 7-140, 8-161, 9-196, 10-227 FoW (2): 1-10, 2-17, 3-20, 4-38, 5-40, 6-40, 7-41, 8-65, 9-72, 10-86 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 A.Lord c O’Connor b Hipkin 22 b Palmer 1 2 †T.E.Sidwell run out 16 c O’Connor b Douglas 2 3 E.W.Dawson lbw b Douglas 28 lbw b Palmer 6 4 J.H.King lbw b Douglas 54 (5) not out 43 5 W.E.Astill c O’Connor b Hipkin 11 (4) not out 75 6 W.Berridge b Douglas 4 7 G.Geary c Nicholas b Douglas 2 8 *G.H.S.Fowke not out 12 9 A.W.Shipman c Douglas b Hipkin 1 10 F.Bale b Hipkin 0 11 A.Skelding b Douglas 11 Extras b 10, lb 7 17 b 6, lb 3 9 —— —— 178 (3 wickets) 136 FoW (1): 1-41, 2-49, 3-124, 4-141, 5-149, 6-153, 7-156, 8-157, 9-173, 10-178 FoW (2): 1-3, 2-9, 3-17 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Geary 37 13 100 5 21.2 11 16 4 Astill 36 11 88 5 1nb 19 7 42 4 Bale 11 1 26 0 6 2 13 1 Skelding 4 1 8 0 4 0 9 1 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Douglas 22.2 6 46 5 13 3 45 1 Palmer 13 2 28 0 16 4 44 2 Hipkin 26 4 69 4 5 1 7 0 Russell 3 2 2 0 Richardson 4 2 10 0 (4) 8 0 16 0 Morris 5 1 6 0 O’Connor (5) 4.5 0 15 0 Umpires: G.H.Watts and W.A.J.West. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 140-6 (Hipkin 0*); 2nd day: Essex (2) 35-3 (O’Connor 6*, Hipkin 12*).