First-Class Cricket Matchex 1925

ESSEX v LEICESTERSHIRE Played at County Ground, Leyton, August 29, 31, September 1, 1925. Leicestershire won by ten wickets. (Points: Essex 0, Leicestershire 5) ESSEX 1 J.R.Freeman b Bale 27 lbw b Bale 52 2 J.A.Cutmore b Bale 9 c Fowke b Astill 17 3 J.O’Connor c Berry b Geary 8 c Smith b Astill 9 4 C.A.G.Russell b Bale 2 b Bale 0 5 N.G.Wykes b Astill 15 b Astill 0 6 *J.W.H.T.Douglas lbw b Lord 37 b Bale 5 7 A.B.Hipkin c Sidwell b Astill 0 b Astill 0 8 †F.W.Gilligan not out 38 lbw b Bale 3 9 R.H.Sharp b Geary 0 b Astill 15 10 M.S.Nichols b Astill 2 run out 15 11 H.J.Palmer lbw b Astill 0 not out 0 Extras b 8, lb 2 10 b 5, lb 4, w 1 10 —— —— 148 126 FoW (1): 1-33, 2-40, 3-44, 4-66, 5-66, 6-67, 7-136, 8-137, 9-148, 10-148 FoW (2): 1-73, 2-77, 3-77, 4-78, 5-89, 6-92, 7-92, 8-98, 9-124, 10-126 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 E.W.Dawson c Palmer b Sharp 19 2 A.W.Shipman c Russell b Sharp 102 3 G.L.Berry c and b Hipkin 6 4 A.Lord c Palmer b O’Connor 5 5 W.E.Astill c Russell b Nichols 0 6 G.Geary b Hipkin 30 7 J.C.Bradshaw b O’Connor 45 8 *G.H.S.Fowke b O’Connor 1 (2) not out 0 9 H.A.Smith c Douglas b Nichols 0 10 †T.E.Sidwell c Nichols b O’Connor 52 (1) not out 6 11 F.Bale not out 3 Extras b 4, lb 3, nb 2 9 —— —— 272 (no wicket) 6 FoW (1): 1-34, 2-48, 3-55, 4-56, 5-109, 6-192, 7-196, 8-205, 9-260, 10-272 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Geary 26 10 39 2 (2) 14 5 21 0 Astill 22.3 14 13 4 (1) 23.2 6 47 5 Shipman 15 8 36 0 (4) 2 1 1 0 Bale 14 6 25 3 (3) 21 7 47 4 Smith 6 3 11 0 Lord 7 1 14 1 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Nichols 25 5 65 2 2nb Douglas 23 9 56 0 Sharp 14 3 33 2 Hipkin 26 6 41 2 Palmer 7 2 14 0 O’Connor 21.5 5 48 4 Russell 5 2 6 0 Gilligan (1) 0.2 0 6 0 Umpires: H.R.Butt and H.Draper. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Leicestershire (1) 55-3 (Shipman 20*); 2nd day: Essex (2) 98-7 (Gilligan 3*, Sharp 3*). A.W.Shipman’s 102 took 300 minutes.