First-Class Cricket Matchex 1925

LEICESTERSHIRE v ESSEX Played at Aylestone Road, Leicester, July 8, 9, 10, 1925. Essex won by ten wickets. (Points: Leicestershire 0, Essex 5) LEICESTERSHIRE 1 G.L.Berry run out 49 c and b Hipkin 74 2 L.S.Hutchinson c Brown b Nichols 2 b Douglas 2 3 W.E.Astill lbw b Douglas 0 lbw b Douglas 11 4 A.W.Shipman c Hipkin b Nichols 26 c Hipkin b Eastman 28 5 J.C.Bradshaw b Hipkin 35 b Nichols 22 6 *G.H.S.Fowke c Morris b Douglas 51 lbw b Hipkin 11 7 G.Geary c Freeman b Hipkin 22 b Nichols 11 8 H.A.Smith c Freeman b Douglas 1 b O’Connor 1 9 †T.E.Sidwell c Russell b Douglas 4 b Hipkin 1 10 F.Bale not out 5 not out 13 11 A.Skelding b Nichols 1 b O’Connor 4 Extras b 6, lb 7, w 3 16 b 10, lb 1, w 1 12 —— —— 212 190 FoW (1): 1-2, 2-3, 3-76, 4-92, 5-144, 6-191, 7-201, 8-205, 9-206, 10-212 FoW (2): 1-17, 2-31, 3-100, 4-146, 5-158, 6-166, 7-167, 8-170, 9-178, 10-190 ESSEX 1 L.C.Eastman c Smith b Skelding 0 not out 23 2 J.A.Cutmore run out 1 not out 11 3 J.O’Connor b Bale 142 4 C.A.G.Russell c Smith b Skelding 104 5 †J.R.Freeman c Smith b Astill 4 6 P.A.Perrin lbw b Skelding 43 7 *J.W.H.T.Douglas b Skelding 25 8 H.M.Morris c Hutchinson b Skelding 19 9 M.S.Nichols b Shipman 18 10 A.B.Hipkin lbw b Shipman 0 11 G.R.R.Brown not out 0 Extras b 6, lb 4, nb 1 11 b 4 4 —— —— 367 (no wicket) 38 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-1, 3-167, 4-213, 5-267, 6-327, 7-330, 8-367, 9-367, 10-367 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Nichols 22.4 5 48 3 2w 19 6 37 2 1w Douglas 22 5 41 4 1w 13 4 23 2 Eastman 4 0 14 0 (5) 5 1 13 1 Hipkin 18 8 22 2 (6) 24 6 33 3 Brown 3 0 10 0 (4) 5 2 17 0 Russell 7 2 11 0 O’Connor 16 3 50 0 (3) 22.2 3 55 2 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Skelding 38.4 7 103 5 1nb 4 2 6 0 Shipman 25 11 54 2 (3) 5 1 15 0 Astill 26 12 52 1 (2) 8 4 13 0 Geary 20 7 48 0 Bale 25 5 56 1 Smith 9 1 28 0 Hutchinson 4 2 15 0 Umpires: C.Charlesworth and H.Chidgey. Toss: Leicestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 59-2 (O’Connor 26*, Russell 31*); 2nd day: Leicestershire (2) 31-2 (Berry 13*). J.O’Connor’s 142 took 285 minutes. C.A.G.Russell’s 104 took 180 minutes.