f5704 cc1323	Leicestershire v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1901
Venue	Aylestone Road, Leicester on 22nd, 23rd, 24th August 1901 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by an innings and 90 runs
Points	Leicestershire -1; Worcestershire 1
Umpires	W Hearn, JE West
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 472/5 (Pearson 83*, Lowe 107*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 5/0 (MacDonald 5*, Whiteside 0*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HK Foster	st Whiteside b Geeson	35
FL Bowley	b Coe	134
EG Arnold	c Whiteside b Geeson	2
*RE Foster	c Coe b Gill	96
WHB Evans	c Whiteside b Gill	3
FA Pearson	c Gill b Geeson	83
WW Lowe	c Knight b Odell	154
A Bird	c Geeson b Odell	2
RD Burrows	c Whitehead b Coe	26
GA Wilson	c Coe b Odell	8
+T Straw	not out	0
Extras	(11 b, 2 lb, 5 w)	18
Total	(all out, 152.1 overs)	561
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-73, 3-245, 4-250, 5-304, 6-473, 7-500, 8-553, 9-554, 10-561 (152.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Odell	43.1	11	129	3	-	-
Gill	28	8	91	2	1	-
Geeson	42	2	198	3	4	-
King	20	3	53	0	-	-
Coe	9	3	23	2	-	-
Wood	7	1	37	0	-	-
MacDonald	3	0	12	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CE de Trafford	b Wilson	29
CJB Wood	c Straw b Bird	131
JH King	c HK Foster b Burrows	9
R MacDonald	b Wilson	30
H Whitehead	c Pearson b Bird	30
AE Knight	c and b Pearson	14
S Coe	c Pearson b Burrows	49
F Geeson	b Wilson	13
WW Odell	b Wilson	5
+JP Whiteside	not out	1
EH Gill	b Wilson	0
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 93 overs)	318
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-94, 3-139, 4-233, 5-236, 6-248, 7-312, 8-317, 9-318, 10-318 (93 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilson	16	1	83	5	-	-
Pearson	27	4	95	1	-	-
Arnold	3	1	15	0	-	-
Burrows	23	5	67	2	-	-
Bird	22	10	38	2	-	-
Evans	2	0	13	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R MacDonald	b Lowe	37
+JP Whiteside	b Wilson	6
CJB Wood	b Bird	48
JH King	b Wilson	3
AE Knight	st Straw b Pearson	4
*CE de Trafford	b Wilson	10
S Coe	c Straw b Wilson	0
H Whitehead	c Arnold b Wilson	28
F Geeson	lbw b Burrows	2
WW Odell	not out	10
EH Gill	b Wilson	0
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 64.5 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-96, 3-98, 4-103, 5-105, 6-105, 7-114, 8-131, 9-153, 10-153 (64.5 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilson	20.5	4	55	6	-	-
Pearson	13	2	26	1	-	-
Burrows	20	6	39	1	-	-
Bird	6	2	10	1	-	-
RE Foster	3	0	11	0	-	-
Lowe	2	0	7	1	-	-

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Notes
--> FL Bowley (1) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 3
--> WW Lowe (1) passed his previous highest score of 120 in County Championship matches
--> WW Lowe (1) passed his previous highest score of 120 in first-class matches
--> FA Pearson reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> GA Wilson reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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Lowe's 154 included 21 fours and lasted 150 minutes. Wood took 160 minutes for his 131 which included 13 fours. Bowley's 134 included 16 fours and took 225 minutes

 

 

 

 

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