f11913 cc5242	Leicestershire v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1927
Venue	Ashby Road, Hinckley on 21st, 23rd, 24th May 1927 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 279 runs
Points	Leicestershire 8; Gloucestershire 0
Umpires	RD Burrows, FH Sugg
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 189/7 (Geary 24*, Sidwell 22*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 212/4 (Astill 10*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Shipman	c Hammond b Goddard	64
GL Berry	c Bessant b Sinfield	23
NF Armstrong	c Dipper b Parker	0
JC Bradshaw	b Goddard	6
WE Astill	c Dipper b Parker	30
*GHS Fowke	c Morrison b Goddard	16
G Geary	c Hammond b Goddard	25
SS Coulson	b Parker	0
+TE Sidwell	st Smith b Parker	40
F Bale	not out	16
A Skelding	b Goddard	19
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 102.1 overs)	243
Fall of wickets:
1-63, 2-63, 3-93, 4-94, 5-123, 6-148, 7-148, 8-202, 9-212, 10-243 (102.1 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Parker	50	23	86	4	-	-
Goddard	27.1	5	92	5	-	-
Sinfield	25	5	61	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Sinfield	c Sidwell b Skelding	0
AE Dipper	c Fowke b Skelding	32
+H Smith	c Sidwell b Geary	8
WR Hammond	c and b Geary	4
BS Bloodworth	c Sidwell b Skelding	2
*WH Rowlands	run out	7
EG Morrison	b Geary	19
DF Pope	c Sidwell b Skelding	0
CWL Parker	b Skelding	0
JGWT Bessant	c Sidwell b Geary	8
TWJ Goddard	not out	3
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 39.3 overs)	87
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-17, 3-21, 4-42, 5-51, 6-61, 7-67, 8-67, 9-84, 10-87 (39.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skelding	20	9	32	5	-	-
Geary	19.3	2	51	4	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Shipman	c Smith b Parker	54
GL Berry	b Sinfield	61
NF Armstrong	lbw b Parker	62
JC Bradshaw	c Rowlands b Parker	9
WE Astill	c Hammond b Parker	22
G Geary	not out	14
*GHS Fowke	not out	30
SS Coulson	did not bat
+TE Sidwell	did not bat
F Bale	did not bat
A Skelding	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 14 lb, 3 nb)	19
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 97 overs)	271
Fall of wickets:
1-105, 2-143, 3-175, 4-212, 5-236

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Parker	36	18	61	4	-	-
Goddard	23	3	88	0	-	-
Sinfield	17	6	44	1	-	-
Hammond	8	2	15	0	-	-
Bessant	6	1	19	0	-	-
Morrison	7	1	25	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Sinfield	c Geary b Skelding	43
AE Dipper	c Shipman b Armstrong	32
+H Smith	lbw b Skelding	18
WR Hammond	b Skelding	30
BS Bloodworth	c Bradshaw b Skelding	6
*WH Rowlands	b Geary	7
EG Morrison	b Geary	3
DF Pope	st Sidwell b Geary	1
CWL Parker	c Sidwell b Skelding	0
JGWT Bessant	not out	4
TWJ Goddard	b Skelding	0
Extras	(3 lb, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 59.4 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-94, 3-99, 4-105, 5-128, 6-142, 7-142, 8-143, 9-148, 10-148 (59.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skelding	18.4	6	38	6	-	-
Geary	22	4	65	3	-	-
Astill	11	4	18	0	-	-
Armstrong	8	0	23	1	-	-

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Notes
--> SS Coulson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> SS Coulson made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> AE Dipper (1) passed 18000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 11
--> GL Berry (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 61
--> G Geary reached 750 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings

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