f5632 cc1257	Sussex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1901
Venue	Central Recreation Ground, Hastings on 11th, 12th, 13th July 1901 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	W Hearn, J Moss
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 353/8 (MacDonald 87*, Haywood 9*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (1) 314/6 (Relf 18*, Newham 21*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CE de Trafford	b Vine	1
CJB Wood	st Butt b Vine	34
AE Knight	b Tate	99
JH King	b Vine	0
R MacDonald	b Relf	127
F Geeson	run out	30
S Coe	b Tate	4
RT Crawford	c Relf b Ranjitsinhji	26
H Whitehead	c Relf b Tate	45
JW Haywood	b Bland	16
+JP Whiteside	not out	37
Extras	(20 b, 6 lb, 1 w)	27
Total	(all out, 176.5 overs)	446
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-56, 3-64, 4-150, 5-206, 6-214, 7-259, 8-327, 9-360, 10-446 (176.5 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bland	28	11	53	1	-	-
Vine	48	16	124	3	-	-
Relf	11.5	3	38	1	-	-
Goldie	7	2	18	0	-	-
Tate	47	18	101	3	-	-
Ranjitsinhji	27	7	67	1	1	-
Killick	8	2	18	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CB Fry	b King	8
J Vine	c Coe b Geeson	94
*KS Ranjitsinhji	b Geeson	55
KO Goldie	b Haywood	19
EH Killick	lbw b Geeson	63
FW Marlow	b Geeson	24
AE Relf	not out	18
W Newham	not out	21
+HR Butt	did not bat
FW Tate	did not bat
CHG Bland	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(6 wickets, 94 overs)	314
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-95, 3-133, 4-232, 5-262, 6-281

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
King	28	8	69	1	-	-
Haywood	20	2	74	1	1	1
Geeson	31	2	139	4	-	-
Coe	5	1	8	0	-	-
Wood	10	4	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> R MacDonald (1) passed his previous highest score of 46 in County Championship matches
--> R MacDonald (1) passed his previous highest score of 114 in first-class matches
--> JW Haywood made his debut in County Championship matches
--> JW Haywood made his debut in first-class matches
--> KS Ranjitsinhji (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 52
--> J Vine reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> F Geeson reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex first innings

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A heavy storm on the second evening and more rain on the third morning prevented any play on the final day. Macdonald batted six and a quarter hours for his 127 which included 21 fours

 

 

 

 

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