f8610 cc3124	Leicestershire v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1912
Venue	Aylestone Road, Leicester on 11th, 12th July 1912 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 40 runs
Points	Leicestershire 0; Worcestershire 5
Umpires	J Blake, T Westborough
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 168/3 (Wood 81*, King 58*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Bowley	c Mounteney b Astill	100		120	10	1
FA Pearson	run out	0
EG Arnold	b Astill	19
CGA Collier	c Shields b King	14
BG Stevens	c Shields b King	26
JA Cuffe	c Wood b Astill	8
*GHT Simpson-Hayward	b Astill	3
F Chester	b Astill	17
AT Cliff	c Shields b Geary	16
RD Burrows	c Astill b Geary	33
+EW Bale	not out	1
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 3 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 69.5 overs)	247
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-48, 3-116, 4-167, 5-174, 6-178, 7-178, 8-203, 9-241, 10-247 (69.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shipman	16	1	91	0	-	-
King	24	5	64	2	-	3
Astill	19	4	42	5	-	-
Geary	10.5	1	40	2	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJB Wood	c Bale b Burrows	91
WN Riley	c Bale b Burrows	7
H Whitehead	b Cuffe	4
AE Knight	b Cuffe	11
JH King	not out	104		180	10	-
CA Boden	c and b Cuffe	17
A Mounteney	c Collier b Simpson-Hayward	3
W Shipman	st Bale b Simpson-Hayward	5
*+J Shields	c Burrows b Simpson-Hayward	2
WE Astill	st Bale b Simpson-Hayward	2
G Geary	b Cuffe	0
Extras	(3 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 82.3 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-30, 3-54, 4-185, 5-222, 6-225, 7-231, 8-239, 9-249, 10-256 (82.3 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cuffe	30.3	6	80	4	-	-
Burrows	21	3	65	2	-	2
Pearson	11	0	39	0	-	-
Simpson-Hayward	14	0	52	4	-	-
Chester	6	3	10	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Bowley	b King	4
FA Pearson	c Mounteney b Geary	45
EG Arnold	c Whitehead b Shipman	7
CGA Collier	c Shields b Astill	13
BG Stevens	c Whitehead b Astill	5
JA Cuffe	c Knight b Astill	11
*GHT Simpson-Hayward	st Shields b Geary	2
F Chester	b Astill	5
RD Burrows	not out	3
+EW Bale	c Geary b Astill	15
AT Cliff	c Riley b King	2
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 51.2 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-34, 3-70, 4-80, 5-84, 6-86, 7-98, 8-98, 9-116, 10-119 (51.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shipman	9	0	32	1	-	-
King	10.2	3	17	2	1	3
Geary	16	5	30	2	-	-
Astill	16	5	33	5	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJB Wood	b Burrows	8
AE Knight	c Bale b Burrows	3
H Whitehead	b Cuffe	0
WN Riley	c Pearson b Cuffe	2
JH King	b Cuffe	12
CA Boden	b Burrows	1
A Mounteney	run out	5
W Shipman	c sub b Simpson-Hayward	26
*+J Shields	st Bale b Simpson-Hayward	3
WE Astill	b Cuffe	0
G Geary	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 3 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 25.2 overs)	70
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-15, 3-17, 4-28, 5-31, 6-37, 7-46, 8-69, 9-70, 10-70 (25.2 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cuffe	13	2	43	4	-	1
Burrows	10	3	17	3	-	2
Simpson-Hayward	2.2	2	0	2	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> G Geary made his debut in First-Class matches
--> G Geary made his debut in County Championship matches
--> FL Bowley (1) passed 14500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 85
--> BG Stevens (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in County Championship matches
--> BG Stevens (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in First-Class matches
--> F Chester (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in First-Class matches
--> JH King reached 650 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire second innings

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