First-Class Cricket Matchex 1925

SUSSEX v LEICESTERSHIRE Played at County Ground, Hove, May 2, 4, 5, 1925. Match drawn. (Points: Sussex 1, Leicestershire 3) LEICESTERSHIRE 1 *G.H.S.Fowke lbw b Bowley 46 c Cook b A.E.R.Gilligan 1 2 A.Lord b A.E.R.Gilligan 0 not out 9 3 G.L.Berry b Tate 0 not out 3 4 J.H.King b Tate 114 5 W.E.Astill c Bowley b Wensley 39 6 G.Geary c A.E.R.Gilligan b Wensley 1 7 S.S.Coulson lbw b Tate 6 8 C.E.Starmer b Tate 5 9 †T.E.Sidwell not out 11 10 F.Bale b A.E.R.Gilligan 1 11 A.W.Shipman st Cornford b Tate 1 Extras b 4, nb 1 5 —— —— 229 (1 wicket) 13 FoW (1): 1-3, 2-4, 3-108, 4-189, 5-195, 6-209, 7-212, 8-223, 9-224, 10-229 FoW (2): 1-1 SUSSEX 1 A.H.H.Gilligan c Berry b Geary 26 2 E.H.Bowley c Astill b Geary 48 3 †W.L.Cornford lbw b Bale 12 4 L.C.R.Isherwood b Geary 3 5 M.W.Tate c Astill b Geary 5 6 *A.E.R.Gilligan c Astill b Bale 3 7 T.E.R.Cook c Geary b Bale 6 8 G.R.Cox b Geary 0 9 A.F.Wensley lbw b Astill 14 10 J.H.Parks lbw b Astill 8 11 J.Langridge not out 1 Extras lb 4, nb 1 5 —— 131 FoW (1): 1-37, 2-78, 3-87, 4-99, 5-102, 6-106, 7-106, 8-114, 9-130, 10-131 Sussex Bowling O M R W O M R W Tate 38 21 44 5 6 4 2 0 A.E.R.Gilligan 18 6 31 2 8 3 9 1 Parks 7 1 17 0 Cox 12 5 29 0 (3) 2 1 2 0 Bowley 11 1 32 1 1nb Wensley 18 8 32 2 Langridge 15 1 39 0 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W Geary 29 10 55 5 Shipman 7 1 18 0 1nb Astill 14.3 4 20 2 Bale 15 3 33 3 Umpires: F.Chester and W.A.J.West. Toss: Leicestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Leicestershire (1) 229 all out; 2nd day: Leicestershire (2) 13-1 (Lord 9*, Berry 3*). There was no play on the final day. J.H.King’s 114 took 255 minutes and included 10 fours.