f6207 cc1612	Worcestershire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1903
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 10th, 11th, 12th August 1903 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	RG Barlow, GB Nichols
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 419/7 (Knight 200*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (1) 235/6 (Caldwell 99*, Gaukrodger 13*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJB Wood	c GN Foster b Wilson	1
*CE de Trafford	c HK Foster b Bird	22
JH King	c Bowley b Keene	72
AE Knight	not out	229
VFS Crawford	c RE Foster b Wilson	32
H Whitehead	c RE Foster b Arnold	17
RT Crawford	b Keene	18
GC Gill	b Arnold	37
S Coe	b Wilson	4
+JP Whiteside	c RE Foster b Arnold	1
TC Allsopp	run out	11
Extras	(5 b, 15 lb, 1 w)	21
Total	(all out, 133.1 overs)	465
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-43, 3-193, 4-254, 5-281, 6-344, 7-419, 8-424, 9-431, 10-465 (133.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnold	34	3	98	3	-	-
Wilson	33	2	146	3	-	-
Bird	27.1	5	76	1	-	-
Keene	29	7	79	2	-	-
RE Foster	10	0	45	0	1	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HK Foster	c Whiteside b King	49
FL Bowley	lbw b King	3
WS Caldwell	c Whitehead b Gill	101
RE Foster	b Allsopp	5
EG Arnold	c Whitehead b Gill	16
GN Foster	c Whitehead b Gill	0
GF Wheldon	c Whiteside b Gill	46
+GW Gaukrodger	not out	39
A Bird	c Whitehead b Allsopp	18
GA Wilson	run out	4
JW Keene	b Gill	6
Extras	(6 b, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 137.5 overs)	294
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-81, 3-86, 4-118, 5-118, 6-190, 7-237, 8-270, 9-281, 10-294 (137.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
King	39	17	47	2	-	-
Gill	28.5	7	68	5	-	-
Allsopp	32	13	61	2	-	-
RT Crawford	14	2	48	0	-	-
Coe	9	4	16	0	-	-
Whitehead	7	1	14	0	-	-
Wood	4	0	19	0	-	-
VFS Crawford	4	0	14	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RE Foster	b Gill	2
FL Bowley	not out	55
WS Caldwell	c RT Crawford b Gill	0
*HK Foster	c Whitehead b Gill	2
EG Arnold	not out	34
GN Foster	did not bat
GF Wheldon	did not bat
+GW Gaukrodger	did not bat
A Bird	did not bat
GA Wilson	did not bat
JW Keene	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 nb)	5
Total	(3 wickets, 51 overs)	98
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-6, 3-13

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
King	12	5	22	0	-	-
Gill	17	3	30	3	-	-
Allsopp	7	3	17	0	-	-
Coe	7	3	6	0	-	-
Whitehead	8	2	18	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CE de Trafford (1) passed 6500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 22
--> AE Knight (1) passed his previous highest score of 182 in County Championship matches
--> AE Knight (1) passed his previous highest score of 190 in first-class matches
--> GN Foster made his debut in first-class matches
--> GN Foster made his debut in County Championship matches
--> EG Arnold (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 21
--> JH King reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> JH King reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings

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Knight's 229* took 340 minutes and included 21 fours. Caldwell's 101 lasted 260 minutes

 

 

 

 

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