f5185 cc953	Worcestershire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1899
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 24th, 25th, 26th July 1899 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Worcestershire won by 122 runs
Points	Worcestershire 1; Leicestershire -1
Umpires	H Pickett, G Porter
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 83/6 (Coe 13*, Whitehead 2*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 41/0 (Knight 25*, Brown 15*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WL Foster	b Geeson	21
JB Fereday	b Stocks	2
*HK Foster	c Wood b Geeson	12
RE Foster	st Whiteside b Geeson	61
EG Arnold	b Stocks	35
GF Wheldon	b Stocks	2
GHT Simpson-Hayward	run out	5
A Bird	not out	27
RD Burrows	b Geeson	3
+T Straw	c King b Wood	9
GA Wilson	c Stocks b Geeson	17
Extras	(9 b, 3 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 88.3 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-24, 3-55, 4-136, 5-138, 6-139, 7-148, 8-159, 9-184, 10-206 (88.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Geeson	40.3	17	83	5	-	-
Stocks	28	7	70	3	-	-
King	5	1	11	0	-	-
Wood	10	2	22	1	-	-
Coe	5	3	8	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CE de Trafford	b Wilson	1
AE Knight	b Bird	1
L Brown	c RE Foster b Wilson	0
R Joyce	run out	23
CJB Wood	c Straw b Burrows	35
JH King	c RE Foster b Burrows	5
S Coe	b Wilson	13
H Whitehead	b Arnold	7
F Geeson	not out	24
FW Stocks	c RE Foster b Wilson	4
+JP Whiteside	c HK Foster b Burrows	3
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 66.1 overs)	126
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-2, 3-7, 4-60, 5-65, 6-72, 7-84, 8-103, 9-108, 10-126 (66.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bird	9	3	15	1	-	-
Wilson	26	13	41	4	-	-
Simpson-Hayward	5	0	11	0	-	-
Arnold	13	5	25	1	-	-
Burrows	13.1	3	24	3	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WL Foster	c King b Coe	44
JB Fereday	c Stocks b Coe	23
*HK Foster	c and b King	76
RE Foster	c Whiteside b Wood	2
EG Arnold	b Stocks	11
GF Wheldon	not out	56
GHT Simpson-Hayward	b Wood	18
A Bird	b Wood	0
RD Burrows	b Geeson	2
+T Straw	c de Trafford b Wood	3
GA Wilson	c Knight b Geeson	3
Extras	(12 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 87.2 overs)	255
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-81, 3-84, 4-130, 5-196, 6-228, 7-228, 8-233, 9-252, 10-255 (87.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Geeson	24.2	7	68	2	-	-
Stocks	13	4	45	1	-	-
King	8	4	13	1	-	-
Wood	23	3	65	4	-	-
Coe	19	3	47	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Knight	b Wilson	46
L Brown	c Simpson-Hayward b Burrows	18
CJB Wood	c Straw b Wilson	68
R Joyce	b Arnold	30
*CE de Trafford	c Bird b Arnold	10
JH King	c Straw b Arnold	1
H Whitehead	b Wilson	9
S Coe	c HK Foster b Arnold	4
F Geeson	c Straw b Arnold	7
FW Stocks	b Wilson	8
+JP Whiteside	not out	1
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 4 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 96.1 overs)	213
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-111, 3-154, 4-172, 5-174, 6-184, 7-191, 8-199, 9-203, 10-213 (96.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bird	4	0	24	0	-	-
Wilson	29.1	7	69	4	-	-
Simpson-Hayward	7	3	5	0	-	-
Arnold	35	17	70	5	-	-
Burrows	21	7	34	1	-	-

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Notes
--> JB Fereday made his debut in County Championship matches
--> RE Foster (1) passed his previous highest score of 32 in County Championship matches
--> A Bird (1) passed his previous highest score of 21 in County Championship matches
--> A Bird (1) passed his previous highest score of 21 in First-Class matches
--> GA Wilson (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in First-Class matches
--> GA Wilson (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in County Championship matches
--> HK Foster (2) passed his previous highest score of 75 in County Championship matches
--> GF Wheldon (2) passed his previous highest score of 49 in First-Class matches
--> GF Wheldon (2) passed his previous highest score of 49 in County Championship matches
--> AE Knight (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 46
--> R Joyce (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> F Geeson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> CJB Wood achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Worcestershire second innings (previous best was 3-63)
--> CJB Wood achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Worcestershire second innings (previous best was 3-63)
--> EG Arnold achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire second innings (previous best was 4-35)
--> EG Arnold achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire second innings
--> GA Wilson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> GA Wilson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> EG Arnold achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire second innings (previous best was 4-35)
--> EG Arnold achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire second innings

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