f10677 cc4477	Leicestershire v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1923
Venue	Aylestone Road, Leicester on 4th, 6th, 7th August 1923 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by an innings and 115 runs
Points	Leicestershire 5; Northamptonshire 0
Umpires	HR Butt, GP Harrison
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 14/0 (Lord 2*, Sidwell 7*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 418/8 (Sharp 116*, Geary 9*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RL Wright	b Benskin	1
CN Woolley	b Astill	15
HF Bagnall	lbw b Geary	4
RA Haywood	c Taylor b Geary	37
+BW Bellamy	c and b Astill	21
FI Walden	c Taylor b Geary	2
W Wells	c Geary b Benskin	21
CH Tyler	c and b Geary	0
AE Thomas	b Benskin	42
*PA Wright	b Geary	30
JV Murdin	not out	21
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 113.3 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-15, 3-41, 4-65, 5-81, 6-87, 7-90, 8-115, 9-161, 10-205 (113.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Geary	38	18	60	5	-	-
Benskin	25.3	7	60	3	-	-
Astill	33	12	57	2	-	-
King	17	11	17	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Lord	c and b Walden	23
+TE Sidwell	c Walden b Thomas	86
CH Taylor	c Bellamy b Thomas	49
WE Astill	c PA Wright b Walden	63
AT Sharp	not out	116		170	14	-
JH King	c RL Wright b Murdin	1
GH Salmon	c Wells b Murdin	33
S Coe	lbw b Walden	2
*GHS Fowke	b RL Wright	3
G Geary	not out	9
WE Benskin	did not bat
Extras	(28 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	33
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 155 overs)	418
Fall of wickets:
1-73, 2-156, 3-210, 4-267, 5-269, 6-343, 7-347, 8-364

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Murdin	38	5	105	2	-	-
Thomas	39	12	83	2	-	-
Woolley	35	6	82	0	-	-
PA Wright	6	0	30	0	-	1
Walden	33	8	59	3	-	-
RL Wright	4	0	26	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RL Wright	b Astill	12
CN Woolley	b Benskin	13
HF Bagnall	b Geary	25
RA Haywood	b Astill	0
+BW Bellamy	b Geary	1
FI Walden	b Astill	31
W Wells	lbw b Astill	1
AE Thomas	lbw b Astill	3
CH Tyler	b Geary	1
*PA Wright	b Astill	0
JV Murdin	not out	1
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 49.4 overs)	98
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-54, 3-54, 4-59, 5-61, 6-66, 7-67, 8-81, 9-87, 10-98 (49.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Geary	21	12	26	3	-	-
Benskin	11	4	23	1	-	-
Astill	17.4	4	39	6	-	-

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Notes
--> S Coe made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> S Coe made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> CH Tyler made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CH Tyler made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> TE Sidwell (1) passed his previous highest score of 57 in County Championship matches
--> TE Sidwell (1) passed his previous highest score of 57 in First-Class matches
--> TE Sidwell (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 7
--> CH Taylor (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in County Championship matches
--> AT Sharp (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 22
--> GH Salmon (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 31
--> G Geary (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8

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