Lives in Cricket No 29 - AN Hornby

116 Leicestershire bowling O M R W Geeson 29   6 79 3 Grewcock 38   6 118 2 Agar 38   7 132 2 King 32   10 90 1 Brown 16   2 59 0 Pougher 5   0 28 0 Joyce 9   0 49 1 Whitehead 7   2 24 1 Umpires: J Moss, JJ Tuck Close of play day 1: Leicestershire (1) 281 all out Close of play day 2: Lancashire 554/7 (Smith 4*, AN Hornby 39*) Lancashire won by an innings and 170 runs. Source: cricketarchive.com Hornby’s last Championship match Such a heavy defeat for Leicestershire, after they were at one stage 222 for 1, represents one of the greatest turn-rounds in cricket history. For Hornby, who scored a run for every year of his age and had his son playing alongside him, it couldn’t get much better and he promptly retired.