f9869 cc3907	Leicestershire v Sussex
	County Championship 1921
Venue	Aylestone Road, Leicester on 21st, 23rd, 24th May 1921 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 3 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 5; Sussex 0
Umpires	J Blake, J Carlin
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 479/9 (Cox 8*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 19/2 (Higgs 7*, Sarel 1*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VWC Jupp	c Coe b Benskin	179		210	21	-
EH Bowley	b Bale	127		150	15	-
KA Higgs	b King	21
WGM Sarel	b Benskin	74
MW Tate	c Coe b Astill	2
+GB Street	b Astill	2
AER Gilligan	b King	12
GA Stannard	b Benskin	29
GR Cox	not out	8
AHH Gilligan	c and b Astill	5
HE Roberts	did not bat
Extras	(17 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	20
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 117.1 overs)	479
Fall of wickets:
1-235, 2-304, 3-349, 4-354, 5-364, 6-387, 7-437, 8-474, 9-479 (117.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Benskin	31	2	148	3	-	-
Astill	40.1	6	139	3	-	1
Bale	14	0	58	1	-	-
King	22	2	75	2	-	-
Lord	7	2	19	0	-	-
Pratt	3	0	20	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GH Salmon	b Cox	26
A Lord	b Roberts	4
JH King	b Tate	3
WE Astill	c Jupp b AER Gilligan	50
*AT Sharp	b Jupp	150		225	18	-
S Coe	b Higgs	27
GBF Rudd	c Cox b Tate	13
WE Pratt	b Cox	18
WE Benskin	not out	12
+TE Sidwell	c Street b Jupp	6
F Bale	b Jupp	0
Extras	(20 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	29
Total	(all out, 114.4 overs)	338
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-14, 3-50, 4-134, 5-224, 6-268, 7-305, 8-328, 9-334, 10-338 (114.4 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Roberts	19	5	55	1	-	2
Tate	25	8	50	2	-	-
Jupp	17.4	2	71	3	-	-
Cox	24	8	35	2	-	-
AHH Gilligan	5	0	15	0	-	-
AER Gilligan	21	4	68	1	-	-
Higgs	3	1	15	1	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VWC Jupp	b Benskin	9
EH Bowley	c Sharp b Astill	0
KA Higgs	c Sidwell b Benskin	12
WGM Sarel	b Benskin	14
MW Tate	c King b Benskin	4
GA Stannard	b Astill	28
AHH Gilligan	c Sidwell b King	18
AER Gilligan	c Coe b King	12
GR Cox	not out	10
HE Roberts	b Astill	0
+GB Street	b King	5
Extras	(4 b, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 41.4 overs)	117
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-15, 3-34, 4-38, 5-47, 6-82, 7-100, 8-102, 9-102, 10-117 (41.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Benskin	12	3	30	4	-	-
Astill	20	6	42	3	-	1
King	9.4	1	40	3	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GH Salmon	b Cox	32
A Lord	b Cox	34
WE Astill	b Cox	27
JH King	not out	110			14	-
*AT Sharp	b Cox	4
S Coe	b Cox	1
GBF Rudd	lbw b Cox	5
+TE Sidwell	b Jupp	0
WE Pratt	not out	29
WE Benskin	did not bat
F Bale	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	17
Total	(7 wickets, 79.5 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-65, 2-74, 3-121, 4-131, 5-139, 6-159, 7-172

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Roberts	4	0	10	0	-	1
Tate	10	4	24	0	-	-
Cox	34.5	8	73	6	-	-
Jupp	19	1	74	1	-	-
AER Gilligan	10	1	49	0	-	-
AHH Gilligan	2	0	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> WGM Sarel (1) passed his previous highest score of 38 in County Championship matches
--> AT Sharp (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 133
--> AER Gilligan (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> JH King (2) passed 20000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 28
--> WE Astill (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> WE Pratt (2) passed his previous highest score of 27 in County Championship matches
--> WE Pratt (2) passed his previous highest score of 27 in First-Class matches

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