f11560 cc5035	Worcestershire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1926
Venue	War Memorial Ground, Amblecote on 2nd, 3rd, 4th June 1926 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by an innings and 61 runs
Points	Worcestershire 0; Leicestershire 5
Umpires	JW Day, WR Parry
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 182/4 (Berry 44*, Fowke 25*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 41/2 (Tarbox 14*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Shipman	c Ponsonby b Jewell	22
EW Dawson	c Wright b Tarbox	65
GL Berry	c Fox b Wright	86
NF Armstrong	hit wkt b Jewell	0
WE Astill	c Ponsonby b Wilson	7
*GHS Fowke	c Tarbox b Jewell	27
+TE Sidwell	c Ponsonby b Jewell	49
HA Smith	c Foster b Jewell	2
SS Coulson	c Williams b Tarbox	4
F Bale	not out	23
A Skelding	b Wright	0
Extras	(16 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(all out, 130.2 overs)	305
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-117, 3-121, 4-135, 5-185, 6-259, 7-261, 8-268, 9-305, 10-305 (130.2 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pearson	24	7	67	0	-	-
Wilson	24	4	61	1	-	-
Jewell	44	8	69	5	-	-
Rogers	10	2	20	0	-	-
Tarbox	28	5	68	2	-	-
Wright	0.2	0	0	2	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MK Foster	c Sidwell b Skelding	3
RH Williams	b Astill	10
CV Tarbox	b Astill	4
WV Fox	c Fowke b Bale	19
L Wright	b Astill	20
HO Rogers	b Bale	1
FA Pearson	not out	39
*MFS Jewell	c Sidwell b Skelding	2
AW Robinson	b Skelding	2
GC Wilson	b Smith	12
+CB Ponsonby	b Armstrong	9
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 79.5 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-20, 3-21, 4-54, 5-58, 6-62, 7-66, 8-70, 9-114, 10-127 (79.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skelding	21	6	29	3	-	-
Astill	30	15	44	3	-	-
Bale	20	9	20	2	-	-
Armstrong	4.5	0	16	1	-	-
Smith	4	0	12	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RH Williams	c and b Astill	20
GC Wilson	c Smith b Skelding	5
CV Tarbox	c Fowke b Shipman	60
WV Fox	c Smith b Skelding	1
L Wright	c Armstrong b Astill	0
MK Foster	c Smith b Astill	5
FA Pearson	c Smith b Astill	0
*MFS Jewell	lbw b Astill	12
HO Rogers	not out	4
AW Robinson	c Berry b Astill	4
+CB Ponsonby	b Shipman	0
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 51.3 overs)	117
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-41, 3-47, 4-56, 5-82, 6-83, 7-108, 8-112, 9-117, 10-117 (51.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skelding	18	4	57	2	-	-
Astill	25	10	38	6	-	-
Shipman	8.3	1	16	2	-	-

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Notes
--> AW Robinson made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> AW Robinson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> EW Dawson (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32
--> GHS Fowke (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> TE Sidwell (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 49
--> GC Wilson reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> MFS Jewell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 4-62)
--> MFS Jewell achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings
--> WE Astill reached 1100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire second innings

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